Black Pixel releases Kaleidoscope 2
Black Pixel on Thursday released Kaleidoscope 2, a significant update to its app for identifying differences between images and text. New features include an overhauled interface, the ability to compare and merge folders, and support for source-control technology Perforce.
Kaleidoscope, acquired by Black Pixel from developer Sofa back in October 2011, allows developers, designers, photographers, writers, and other users to compare two or more versions of similar documents (and now, in version two, folders).
When you drag two text documents into Kaleidoscope, the app shows highlighted diffs between them, and allows you to copy changes from one document to the other. Drag in a couple versions of an image, and Kaleidoscope offers up multiple ways to view the differences between the two. And new in version two, you can also drag in a pair of folders, with deleted, added, and changed files and subfolders highlighted in different colors.
New in Kaleidoscope 2 is the ability to compare two versions of the same folder side by side.
While you’re limited to comparing just two versions of a file at a time, Kaleidoscope allows you to drag more files into a single window; you just pick which two you want to compare at any given time. And regardless of which kind of media you’re comparing, the app offers up multiple views: You can see text comparisons side by side or stacked atop each other. You can compare image differences side by side, or compare them with a movable, adjustable slider, or superimpose the images atop each other with different spots highlighted. And folder comparisons can optionally include or exclude unchanged files, changed ones, or unmatched ones.
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