pixelmator or photoshop?

Trance said:

pixelmator is cheap and gets the job done for small things, which do you prefer?

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It depends on what you need to do. For many basic things, Preview works just fine.

I second the motion by GGJstudios about using Preview for small and simple tasks.

Trance said:

pixelmator is cheap and gets the job done for small things, which do you prefer?

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Just by asking this question would imply all you need is Pixelmator. Pixelmator is a great app for many basic things. No need to spend 800 dollars to edit photos when you aren't going to use 99% of the features. Kind of overkill.

I prefer Photoshop because my workflow is a little more complex than anything Pixelmator is capable of.

MonkeyBrainz said:

Just by asking this question would imply all you need is Pixelmator. Pixelmator is a great app for many basic things. No need to spend 800 dollars to edit photos when you aren't going to use 99% of the features. Kind of overkill.

I prefer Photoshop because my workflow is a little more complex than anything Pixelmator is capable of.

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Same here. I use Photoshop a lot because I'm very comfortable with it and my needs. I bought Pixelmator because I read some great things about and they all happen to be true.

It's a fantastic app and if your using it for hobby purposes it's perfect and does about 70% of what PS does but that other 30% is huge if you're a professional. I do like using it though and it's a lot lighter on resources too.

I agree with the two posters above me. If I had to do actual professional-level image editing or creation I would use photoshop, no question. However, for any normal person at home (such as myself) pixelmator is plenty. The most heavy duty thing I ever have to do is get rid of some unwanted stuff in a picture or mildly adjust some of the colors, and it works great for that.

I use photoshop, because it has the plugins I use, but I like pixelmator's clean interface. The one knock I have is the new version dropped the "save as"

Yeah there's work around but at this point its easier to do my work in PS and save it as a name I prefer instead of the work arounds in pixelmator

I still have somewhere a Photoshop license for CS2 (I guess) but I never really used it plus the upgrades are far too expensive.

On the Mac I'm very well served with Pixelmator; just updated for version 2.0 via AppStore.
It has more function then I have skills ...

And for raw files I use BibblePro. So no real need to PS.

I vastly prefer Pixelmator over Photoshop CS5 due to price and ease of use.

Photoshop CS5 for Mac is originally $199 USD. Not trying to advertise or anyting, but I was reading my RSS Feed and according to lifehacker, Photoshop is having a huge sale right now.

http://lifehacker.com/5887401/daily-app-deals-get-adobe-photoshop-cs5-extended-student-and-teacher-edition-for-windows-and-mac-for-only-3980-in-todays-app-deals

It's only $39.80 USD now, instead of $199 USD. That's 80% off!

I still prefer Pixelmator, however.

RocketRed said:

I vastly prefer Pixelmator over Photoshop CS5 due to price and ease of use.

Photoshop CS5 for Mac is originally $199 USD. Not trying to advertise or anyting, but I was reading my RSS Feed and according to lifehacker, Photoshop is having a huge sale right now.

http://lifehacker.com/5887401/daily-app-deals-get-adobe-photoshop-cs5-extended-student-and-teacher-edition-for-windows-and-mac-for-only-3980-in-todays-app-deals

It's only $39.80 USD now, instead of $199 USD. That's 80% off!

I still prefer Pixelmator, however.

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That deal is also only for .edu email address holders, which means it's an educational copy.

jW

If Pixelmator worked with the Nik Software plugins, I'd switch in a heartbeat and never look back.