Pixelmator Adds New Color Profile Management and CMYK Support

[Zmijutin]

Awesome update, but im still wating for HDR editing. Still not Adobe free OSX (

[Truffy]

CMYK was one of the last big 'gotchas' for Pixelmator compared to PS. Granted, it doesn't do a lot of the 'high-end' stuff like video editing or HDR, but I've always thought that those were bloat added to PS anyway, especially video.

I haven't installed PS since my last system reinstall, and now I think PM may be all that I need.

Originally Posted by CrickettGrrrl

Try iDraw, it's in the Mac App Store, and looks a lot like Pixelmator. I've been using it to do vector tutorials from Vector tuts+. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles but is still viable, and wonderfully fluid.

iDraw doesn't have a demo version, does it? I've kinda been looking at that and Sketch to replace AI. Unfortunately, my major use for AI these days requires EPS/CMYK support.

[4D4M]

So we have Pixelmator for Photoshop and iDraw for Illustrator (Does iDraw do CMYK?) plus Coda/BBEdit for Dreamweaver.

Now somebody give me an alternative for InDesign that ISN'T Quark and I'll be seriously considering kicking all the buggy Adobe CS bloatware off my Mac!

[CrickettGrrrl]

Originally Posted by Truffy

iDraw doesn't have a demo version, does it? I've kinda been looking at that and Sketch to replace AI. Unfortunately, my major use for AI these days requires EPS/CMYK support.

Here is the link to Indeeo's iDraw features:
http://www.indeeo.com/idraw/mac.html

You can import EPS files, iDraw has a CMYK palette; and no --doesn't look like they offer a Demo.

[Manderby]

CMYK-support: not bad

but wait... generic CMYK?

Well, hold on a second... Widely used as a printing standard color profile?

Ok. No replacement for PS.

[Truffy]

Originally Posted by CrickettGrrrl

You can import EPS files

Thanks, but unfortunately it's EPS export that I need

[tardegrade]

Has Hell suddenly frozen over?

The developers had said that CMYK just wasn't on their roadmap. They had no intention of supporting it at any time as far as I can recall.

This is seriously great news! It makes Pixelmator just about perfect for my needs now. Well done guys!

[I WAS the one]

I Will buy it, try it and if it really works. I will be happy to know that my days of paying thousands of dollars for CMYK export and image corrections are over. Thanx Pixelmator! (Thx God I didn't buy CS6 yet!)

[I WAS the one]

Originally Posted by 4D4M

somebody give me an alternative for InDesign that ISN'T Quark and I'll be seriously considering kicking all the buggy Adobe CS bloatware off my Mac!

Swift Publisher. Seriously give it a try for free first.

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The New CS7 (Cheap Suit 7)

Pixelmator
iDraw
Espresso
Swift publisher

Less than $200 for a Professional set of tools!

[ikir]

Italian translation finally! Thanks

[Kwill]

With lack of CMYK support, I have always viewed Pixelmator as eye candy, a graphic artist's toy. I bought. I launch it occasionally. But I use Photoshop. With this upgrade, Pixelmator has now become worthy of closer examination.

My next question is whether it recognizes embedded color profiles (like Adobe RGB-1998).

[colinwil]

Originally Posted by 4D4M

plus Coda/BBEdit for Dreamweaver

And Flux 4. It's been receiving updates recently too, and I'm liking and using it more & more

[Truffy]

Originally Posted by Manderby

CMYK-support: not bad

but wait... generic CMYK?

Well, hold on a second... Widely used as a printing standard color profile?

Ok. No replacement for PS.

I didn't realise the CMYK support was limited to soft-proofing. You cannot set the colour space of the document

[firewood]

So when is the iPad version of Pixelmator coming out?

[Pakaku]

Still has that terrible black UI. Looks like a mod is in order

[Anonymouse106]

Awesome! Just needs layer styles and then I'm super happy!

[Drag'nGT]

Can I put in a request for panoramic photo stitching?

[mixel]

really nice update!

Its getting there. It'd need full compatibility with PS layer effects and much better natural media support (and probably a few more things I can't think of) for me to be able to consider replacing PS with it.. But it's still very impressive!

[kd5jos]

Originally Posted by extricated

I've wondered about picking it up. CMYK support is great to hear.
Does anyone else out there think it's a viable alternative to Photoshop?

I use lynda.com for tutorials. I love Deke's Techniques. I use those to practice on Pixelmator. The techniques are designed to teach how to use the advanced features of Photoshop. So far I've been able to do 15 of them. I have on occasion had to figure out a replacement technique, but I've had good results.

[Michaelgtrusa]

Originally Posted by Drag'nGT

Can I put in a request for panoramic photo stitching?

On the website you can.

[Mr. Retrofire]

Originally Posted by Zmijutin

Awesome update, but im still wating for HDR editing. Still not Adobe free OSX (

You want the “Adobe free” OS X for what?

The equivalent to the “Adobe free” OS X is a “Dell free” PC-market.

iLOL

[Zmijutin]

Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

You want the “Adobe free” OS X for what?

The equivalent to the “Adobe free” OS X is a “Dell free” PC-market.

iLOL

thats just my thing. But i dont like how photoshop has couple of icons in applications folder instead of just one.

[turtlez]

good to see where this app is going but still not enough to make the switch from PS.

[definitive]

so how do i use the cmyk feature and save jpegs to cmyk?

i tried through view > generic or ps5 cmyk and then saved as jpeg, but it opens as rgb in photoshop cs4.

[Renzatic]

Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

You want the “Adobe free” OS X for what?

The equivalent to the “Adobe free” OS X is a “Dell free” PC-market.

iLOL

Yup. What's up with the Adobe hate amongst the hardcore Apple crowd? Ole Steve got into a spat with them over Flash, and now suddenly whole loads of people have been programmed to think of them as "The Enemy".

...why?