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Pixelmator Updated With Improved 16-Bit Color, Locking Layers and an All-New Repair Tool
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furi0usbee
macrumors 68000
No. And this is one that will be welcomed when it does get here. I'm sure almost everyone has a top 10 list of things they'd like to see. Probably 50% of those things would be identical on all lists. If Pixelmator can add those 5 killer features, they would go a long way to bridging the gap between themselves and PS.
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I'm sure they took the liberty of doing some "other" stuff to make that video look good. But I doubt they would lie too much. 90% seems like a good start to me. I don't trust any company 100% of the time anyway.
IJ Reilly
macrumors P6
The new repair tool is quite effective and easy to use, but of course the results are going to depend on what you are trying to remove from the photo, and the complexity of the background. I was able to remove about ten objects from a photo in a matter of seconds. Some of them disappeared without a trace on the first try, but other required repairing in stages and still left over some mud where the object was removed. Either way, nicely done Pixelmator. Fast, easy to use, and effective.
Parasprite
macrumors 68000
Well that's pretty silly of them to do.
Not even with "Assign Profile"? I assumed that was pulling whatever you had installed to populate that. Granted, I don't actually work with CMYK (obviously) so what I'm saying may not even make any sense.
Traverse
macrumors 604
IJ Reilly
macrumors P6
Tried the trial, no where near PS replacement. Anyone saying so is either kidding themselves or not that professional lol.
arkmannj
macrumors 68000
While I agree that PM is not a full PS replacement (yet) and I find myself going back to PS (CS5.5), PM is an incredible value. Look at the features vs. the cost. Even if PM only did 15% of what PS does, then PM is still a great ROI for the cost.
PM happily has my money to support "small business", and competition.
PS is not going to get an on par competitor overnight, but PM is a quickly maturing contendor.
I WAS the one
macrumors 6502a
I ditch Photoshop (Design CS3 actually been an adobe user since Photoshop 5.5) when Pixelmator arrived. it was buggy, very basic and unstable but it had the element of good risk stamped on it. you was able to tell that app will grow stronger. I had too many money invested on PS plugins and all but I was unhappy of the power Adobe was acquiring with designers and the prices were too high for software barely updated in that time. Suddenly Adobe was more into PCs and less related with Macs and all of that was upsetting me badly. So, I decided to learn the new curve and struggle and suddenly I started to love Pixelmator as a pro app. Today this app is way better. I don't need Photoshop now. I remember when color separation was the need of the day but in my case Digital promotion and magazines are getting stronger and the CMYK issue is not part of my workflow no more. Pixelmator is perfect for web art designing and digital art publishing. Pixelmator is the new Photoshop.
I bought it yesterday. I use Photoshop on one computer and Pixelmator on another. I'm just starting to become familiar with Pixelmator and it seems really great...
CrickettGrrrl
macrumors 6502a
Here are some links to 3rd party written tuts, but Pixelmator has added so many new features in spurts recently that it's practically impossible to keep most of the tuts current, you just have to dive in:
Design/Tuts+
PixelmatorTutorials.net
Pixelmator Templates
TripletSisters
PXM-Tuts
Abduzeedo
Idea Venue
Although I prefer written tutorials too, I quite like & learned a lot from Drippy Cat's Pixelmator video series.
The 8 Best Pixelmator Twitter Feeds To Follow http://www.pixelmatortemplates.com/the-8-best-pixelmator-twitter-feeds-to-follow/
Jessica Lares
macrumors G3
Because when you're screwing with changing widths, opacities, and the like, you will end up messing up everything else most likely. It's just a safety. 😀
Aperture 😉
dumastudetto
macrumors 603
I used Photoshop for years paying thousands of dollars for the privilege. I never needed one tenth of the capabilities of the software but I still convinced myself it was money well spent. It was only when CC was announced that I finally had my motivation to explore alternatives and landed on Pixelmator.
Initially I kept Pixelmator and Photoshop around on the same machine while I grew accustomed to the new software. But today I only have Pixelmator installed on my system. Photoshop is a distant memory and I doubt I'll never go back to it.
Obviously for the real pros Pixelmator is a long way behind photoshop in terms of providing the rich tools needed to get professional results. But for everyone else there is Pixelmator and it's a warming escape from expensive cloud subscription plans.
It'll be interesting to see how the market looks in the next several years because I have a feeling expensive cloud subscriptions may change the de-facto standard Photoshop achieved in the past.
Initially I kept Pixelmator and Photoshop around on the same machine while I grew accustomed to the new software. But today I only have Pixelmator installed on my system. Photoshop is a distant memory and I doubt I'll never go back to it.
Obviously for the real pros Pixelmator is a long way behind photoshop in terms of providing the rich tools needed to get professional results. But for everyone else there is Pixelmator and it's a warming escape from expensive cloud subscription plans.
It'll be interesting to see how the market looks in the next several years because I have a feeling expensive cloud subscriptions may change the de-facto standard Photoshop achieved in the past.
