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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Pixelmator

Pixelmator has really improved as of version 1.3 (called the Tempo release).

I find that it's finally becoming a more fleshed out image editor and the niggling bugs of prior to 1.3 versions have largely been addressed.

I'd like to better palette management (they palettes become unwieldy on smaller monitors) and I believe the performance with larger images needs to improve.

There are some non-destructive tools and I'd like to see more in the future. I also think that future versions will likely support MobileMe better.


That being said the Pixelmator has the layer functions that most people need it now has the Magic Wand tools and does a solid job creating masks.

I'm thinking that when they ship version 2.0 I'll likely be upgrading. I like the evolution the developers have shown. I no longer fret about the consistent delay of Photoshop Elements for the Mac.

Pixelmator is probably the brightest spot in low cost image editing. I rarely have crashes and there are tutuorial sites that are very helpful.

HM
 
I saw Steve's post, so I downloaded it to check it out... I've played with it off and on for the last hour or so.

I like some things about the interface, don't like some things. The tool palette seems very limited and there's lots of stuff I feel I should be able to right click on, but I think they've designed this with the single-button mentality that still plagues a lot of the lower-end software on the Mac.

For it being GPU accelerated, I'm not really impressed with the performance. Every time I change brushes, the first stroke I take seems to hang for a half second at the start, further strokes work fine... Until I change brushes again. Large images are sluggish compared to how they handle in PS or Painter X and I find my overall performance in those apps to be better.

It's obviously a very young application and I find it very intriguing for a low-cost image editing application. It could be a nice option for giving a computer a low-cost imaging application if the more expensive tools like Photoshop is out of the budget or not needed.

I'll play with it some more, but I think for the cost, it's pretty good. I like how it has a very well-rounded support for image file formats.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm looking for a cheaper alternative to Photoshop to put on machines that don't do a lot of image editing. Just need some basic features. This one was intriguing.
 
stevesherrick said:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm looking for a cheaper alternative to Photoshop to put on machines that don't do a lot of image editing. Just need some basic features. This one was intriguing.
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Steve,

Take a look at Phoenix
http://aviary.com/tools/phoenix

It's free and web based, currently in beta, but promising none the less.
 
stevesherrick said:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm looking for a cheaper alternative to Photoshop to put on machines that don't do a lot of image editing. Just need some basic features. This one was intriguing.
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Pixelmator is a choice there.

There is another editor which isn't quite as spiffy but some like it.

Acorn

http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/

is cheaper at $49 and contains a nice featureset for a young application.

Both of these apps should begin to get pretty interesting with 2.0 versions and are serviceable today.
 
I've tried Gimp in early days and it was full featured but a bit unstable. Has it improved in most recent versions?

I'll take a look at Phoenix.

Thanks!
 
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