Apple's Pixelmator Pro Update Brings iPhone 17 Mockups, Keyboard Shortcuts, and Expanded Camera Support

[baryon]

In other news, the letter "B" is now subscription-only.

I'm sticking to my pirated Photoshop, it's free, it does everything I need, no subscription, works pretty well, decent value for money.

 

[Corefile]

Your lack of understanding of software economy (or any economy really) is baffling.

An AI writes the majority of software nowadays. Old style programming is dead and the role is now a faciliator.

 

[Corefile]

So use open-source software.

I don’t get your argument here, as open source software is available.

Apple should open source Pixelmator so that it can finally be free.

 

[JeffPerrin]

My main gripe with Pixelmator Pro is that it is designed purely for single monitor usage. Feels like I'm working with my hands tied on dual monitors...

 

[JoeSilver]

Would be nice if they had an iMovie and Garageband equivalent for Pixelmator, though.

It’s integrated in the Photos app.

 

[2638se]

and not even the dark icon...
very lazy Apple

Of course, This is the sloppiness I expected from the modern Apple

 

[Happy_John]

My main gripe with Pixelmator Pro is that it is designed purely for single monitor usage. Feels like I'm working with my hands tied on dual monitors...

With that I agree. I get that they have to avoid bring “ completely” a Photoshop clone, but having everything constrained within a single window is frustrating.

That said, I switched to Pixelmator Pro because I was sick and tired of feeling fleeced by Adobe once Creative Cloud became their model, so I’ll happily but up with my frustrations with Pixelmator Pro for as long as my “pay once” perpetual license is honoured.

 

[Happy_John]

Apple should open source Pixelmator so that it can finally be free.

Fine, but when you factor in inflation, Macs have been getting significantly cheaper decade on decade.

Nothing is free. So would you prefer Creative Suite to be free and a price hike on the hardware, or for the hardware to be more competiveky priced but software and services to be paid?

The reality is that Apple are not upping prices of their hardware yet, despite AI inflating costs, and have upped their base levels of storage and RAM. But they’re charging for software and services.

It’s going to be one or the other. A higher hardware cost subsidises the software or services, or a lower hardware cost with higher software and services costs.

 

[Happy_John]

An AI writes the majority of software nowadays. Old style programming is dead and the role is now a faciliator.

Nope. Someone has to go through AI generated code. So getting AI to generate the code does not end up being more efficient. The new role is not as a facilitator, it is as a quality and functionality checker.

 

[Happy_John]

In other news, the letter "B" is now subscription-only.

I'm sticking to my pirated Photoshop, it's free, it does everything I need, no subscription, works pretty well, decent value for money.

That’s fine, as long as you are also happy with people pirating your work, ie, not paying you for it.

 

[mansplains]

And yet, still no Liquid Glass.

STILL NO LIQUID GLASS ON THE ONE TIME PURCHASE

Many would consider this as advantageous

 

[Astuces iOS]

Many would consider this as advantageous

It just doesn't match with the system, either it's full liquid ass or none ! Since there is no toggle off liquid ass, then I want this liquid everywhere !

 

[DunedinD]

Sorry, subscribe to use some keyboard shortcuts?!

 

[error]

Pixelmator Pro is the only Creator Studio app I use and it sucks that it now costs €129 a year.

 

[GertjeD]

Took a subscription because cheaper than Adobe for seamless operation between iPad (drawing) and Mac (further adjustments and exporting) which is indeed very good.

I just hope expect demand they take a LOT of cues from Procreate about

• brush presets,
• pencil pressure
• color palettes

in their next Pixelmator Pro update.

At this point for illustration it does not deserve the name ‘Creator Studio’.

 

[svish]

A very good app. Good to see these changes. Keyboard shortcuts for iPad is nice.

 

[iDento]

Why does it cost money? macOS is free so why does this cost money?

macOS isn’t free. Nothing is Free.

 

[JoeSilver]

It just doesn't match with the system, either it's full liquid ass or none ! Since there is no toggle off liquid ass, then I want this liquid everywhere !

From the screenshots https://www.apple.com/pixelmator-pro/ (if they are screenshots) it seems that it's already been ported to Liquid Glass.

P.S.:
on the App store there are still the standalone version, that you can buy once, and the Creator Studio bundle.

 

[Happy_John]

From the screenshots https://www.apple.com/pixelmator-pro/ (if they are screenshots) it seems that it's already been ported to Liquid Glass.

I think the poster means that, while the Creator Studio ( subscription only) version might have a LG interface, the previous "perpetual license" version of Pixelmater Pro has not been (and probably will not be) updated to have this interface.

I have the "perpetual license" edition of Pixelmator Pro, and it has not been updated to the new interface. I'm on version 3.6.18 and, as far as I am aware, this is the latest version for the perpetual license edition. NO LG, no updated "dark icon".

I'll also say that the colour of the icon and whether the interface is "flat" or "glass" is completely irrelevant to me, but I am not happy that I may not receive any significant updates or new functionality unless I pay for a subscription on top of having bought a perpetual license. Not a fan of having to pay twice for the same product, but that's the wonderful world of software, and the official line will probably be that it is NOT the same product, they are now actually two separate and distinct products that happen to have the same name.

 

[Corefile]

macOS isn’t free. Nothing is Free.

I distinctly remember paying nothing for all macOS flavors in recent memory. I'd equate "nothing" to being "free" unless you have a different definition of "Free"?

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

Pixelmator is so great, and indeed, helped to launch certain Apple devices of the past. I wish I could respect modern Apple; I just can't. They remain the lesser of evils in this space, but that is hardly an endorsement. Sigh. Just, sigh.

For what it's worth: I used to display them, but I now just throw the Apple stickers included in products away.

Just got a new MacBook M5 Pro. No stickers.

 

[Happy_John]

I distinctly remember paying nothing for all macOS flavors in recent memory. I'd equate "nothing" to being "free" unless you have a different definition of "Free"?

There was a charge for MacOS / OS X ? Sytem XX until Lion or Mountain Lion.

But, far more importantly, the cost of MacOS is rolled into the cost of the Mac which you paid for in order to use MacOS.

It is not free. The cost is simply rolled in.

This is why it is written into the terms and conditions that you are not allowed to use MacOS on non-Apple hardware.

 

[Happy_John]

Just got a new MacBook M5 Pro. No stickers.

No plastic packaging either. And the stickers were plastic. Apple stopped giving away stickers when they stopped using plastic in their packaging.

 

[tikipaul]

All the previous keyboard shortcuts still work just fine.
Nothing is being taken away from the one-time purchase.
New features are available with the Creator Studio.
This is how life works.
Someone who seriously needs the new features is not going to belly ache about $13 a month.

 

[Corefile]

There was a charge for MacOS / OS X ? Sytem XX until Lion or Mountain Lion.

But, far more importantly, the cost of MacOS is rolled into the cost of the Mac which you paid for in order to use MacOS.

It is not free. The cost is simply rolled in.

This is why it is written into the terms and conditions that you are not allowed to use MacOS on non-Apple hardware.

So how much does it cost to upgrade from Sequoia from Tahoe???