Most of these are ancillary annoyances but one key omission is the lack of a ‘constrain resize’ gesture.
As it looks like iWork, you expect these things to work, but they don’t … which is disappointing. For instance, you can’t one finger rotate images or bunch layers into a group to move multiple items at once. Unfortunately, this design approach breaks down in the edge-cases when Pixelmator hasn’t mimicked Apple’s implementation completely. The developers have even replicated Apple’s yellow tooltips UI if you need additional guidance. If you are familiar with Pages or Keynote, you will be very at home with Pixelmator. Most third-party developers apps have shunned the iWork navigation in favor of other custom control flows but I’m not really sure why. I like the structure of Apple’s iWork apps. Even the app icon is scarily similar to iPhoto. In fact, when using this app, you start to forget that this app isn’t made by Apple at all. Once again, with the controls you are not going to be a surprised by what you see if you have used iWork before. The contents of the ‘Format’ menu vary based on context and your current selection and is where you spend most of your time. Tapping each icon opens its respective popover with options. The primary toolbar uses the same ‘Format’ inspector as the iWork apps, alongside the memorable add, settings, sharing and help menus. The main canvas UI also takes many cues from Keynote.
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Read on for 9to5Mac’s full review of Pixelmator for iPad …īe prepared to tap these menu items a lot. There are also some template options that aren’t currently included in the Mac app to appease the ‘Photo Booth’ selfie crowd. The vast majority of the Mac app’s functionality have been ported across to the iPad with a touch-friendly interface, including advanced editing options like layer styles. There are a myriad of effects, painting brushes, color adjustments and other features to help edit and create images. I would be a bit cautious if you intend to install it on one of Apple’s older tablets.Īs a 1.0 release, the depth and breadth of this app is staggering. I tested the app on an iPad Air, although the app technically supports all the way back to iPad 3, even some operations on the Air felt slow. No doubt this app (aside from games) is one of a handful that will directly benefit from the A8X performance gains. The Mac app is regularly featured by Apple as an exemplar app in the Mac App Store and it is clear Apple wants to use Pixelmator as a ‘trophy’ app in the same way. Check back soon if the links don’t work for you!Īnnounced during Apple’s October event, Pixelmator for iPad ($4.99) is an important stepping stone in the iPad’s history. (This review is brought to you courtesy of “Layers Magazine”: ).Note: The app is still rolling out worldwide. But Pixelmator is a powerful program worth downloading and trying. Currently the browser can only open files saved to iPhoto or your Home picture folder. What Pixelmator needs is to spruce up the text tools’ options and have a photo browser that can navigate freely. Third-party plug-ins are supported by Apple’s Core Image and Quartz Composer technology. The extensive filter menu has some wonderful effects with unique digital ropes that allow you to select the center of the filter’s effect. Pixelmator offers an excellent brush and gradient tool and there’s a wide range of selection tools including a clever magic wand that visually shows the selection as you drag across targeted areas. Its layer-based architecture has layer masks and blending modes but it lacks nondestructive adjustment layers and blending styles. It supports more than 100 file formats including PSD, DNG, and most proprietary RAW formats. If you work with Photoshop, Pixelmator’s user interface - configurable palettes and a toolbar float on a slick, black background - will be warm, familiar ground, with many of the same keyboard commands. Also, with one click, Pixelmator can take a picture via Apple iSight and add it as a layer into your composition. Added features include: Save for Web image slicing a trim tool and you can send a copy of your image to a new Mail message or your iPhoto library. Pixelmator does a lot within its layer-based architecture, 10 palettes, and set of 20 tools. And it’s fast: booting in two seconds and processing and applying one of 50 effects filters to large files in approximately three seconds. Originally released in 2007, version 1.5 for Mac is only compatible with Leopard and Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later), taking advantage of Apple’s OS X Core Image technology. Pixelmator (USS$59) from the Pixelmator Team () has a practical feature set for creating, editing, and enhancing images.
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