Pixelmator Classic
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| Pixelmator logo | |
| Pixelmator screenshot Screenshot of Pixelmator | |
| Developer(s) | Pixelmator Team Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Stable release | Version 1.5
/ September 8, 2009 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.pixelmator.com |
Pixelmator is a graphic editor developed for Mac OS X, by Pixelmator Team Ltd. Built upon a combination of open source and Mac OS X technologies, Pixelmator features selection, painting, retouching, navigation, and color correction tools, and layers-based image editing, GPU-powered image processing, color management, automation, and a transparent head-up display user interface for work with images. Pixelmator uses Core Image and OpenGL technologies that use the Mac's video card for image processing.
Pixelmator 1.0 was released on September 25, 2007 at a price of $59[1]. A beta was earlier released on the August 16, 2007. Initially the developers announced a public beta, but decided later to only publish a closed beta to a select group of testers [2].
On May 12, 2008, the Pixelmator Team released version 1.2 of Pixelmator called Draftsman. This release included some often requested features, like the Curve tool, Polygonal, Lasso Tool, Rulers, Guides and the ability to display an alignment grid.
Pixelmator 1.3 released on November 11, 2008 with the codename tempo. Added more stability and improvements for working with large images. It also came with new features like click-and-drag for adjusting the tolerance of the Magic Wand, Paint bucket and the new Magic Eraser tool on the fly. The Hue and Saturation, Replace Color and Colorize palettes had been renewed as well. Also better Stroking capabilities with live preview were added. Finally Pixelmator is from version 1.3 available in two extra languages, French and Spanish, alongside the already available English and German language.
Pixelmator 1.4 was released April 20, 2009 with the codename Sprinkle. This version introduced a new painting engine and the possibility for more advanced brush creation. Support for importing Photoshop brushes is also included. In addition a new cloud generation filter made its way into Pixelmator in 1.4, and a noise filter in 1.4.1.
The current version, 1.5, is codenamed Spider and was released on September 8, 2009. New features include the ability to save for web, send to Mail/iPhoto, trimming, info labels, Italian language support, and support for Mac OS X 10.6, released less than two weeks prior to this update. Version 1.5.1 brought bug fixes and Brush Collections.
Pixelmator 1.6 Nucleus is likely to be released in April or May, and will be followed by two more .x updates. Pixelmator 2.0 is scheduled for a mid-2011 release.[3]
Features
- Uses technologies like ImageMagick, Core Image, Automator, Cairo and Sparkle.
- Photoshop images with layers are supported as well as over 100 other still image file formats.
- Uses layers-based editing
- Over 20 tools for selection, crop, painting, retouching, typing, measuring and navigation.
- 16 color correction tools and over 50 filters.
- Integrates with Mac OS X and iLife applications such as iPhoto.
- Pictures can be taken with an iSight camera from within the program.
- Quick file conversion can be done with the help of Automator actions.
- Mac OS X ColorSync and ColorSync profiles are supported
See also
References
- ^ Blog posting on Pixelmator.com (visited September 26, 2007)
- ^ Pixelmator.com blog, visited September 26, 2007.
- ^ Blog posting on Pixelmator.com
