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Pixelmator

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Image editing software for macOS and iOS, offering nondestructive, GPU-powered editing with machine learning features, RAW support, custom brushes, and seamless macOS integration for touch-ups, painting, and creative compositions.

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  • Mac
  • iPhone
  • iPad
4.2 / 5 Avg rating (11)
417 likes
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  1.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Open PSD files
  2.  RAW Photo Editors
  3.  Retouch photos
  4.  Healing brush
  5.  Stickers
  6.  Tablet support
  7.  Multiple Font Colors
  8.  Asset Pipeline
  9.  Support for 64 bit
  10.  Specific for 64-Bit
  11.  Realtime magic wand tool
  12.  Photo effects

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Comment summary: Pixelmator is appreciated for its powerful features and ease of use. Users find it a great tool for image editing, with its background removal and layer-based functionality being highlights. However, some users prefer Photoshop for specific features like text handling. The non-Pro version is praised for being feature-complete and affordable. There are mixed views on Pixelmator Pro's workflow efficiency, but it's generally considered a strong, cost-effective alternative to Photoshop.
PablosPapa
  
Top positive commentDec 3, 2023

Pixelmator Pro is about the best alternative for Photoshop. It's cheap but very powerful. Highly recommended!

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Wonder Warthog
  
Top negative commentApr 2, 2019

Pixelmator pro (that's the icon used here, so I presume we're talking Pixelmator pro and not just good old Pixelmator which also still exists and gets updates) – for an app that has "pro" in its name the workflow is decidedly non-pro. Too much mousing around is required and not enough keyboard shortcuts on which pros heavily rely. Not impressed.

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procreator
  
Positive commentMay 20, 2022

Super easy to use and has powerful features. I love background removal feature. Easy, simple, effective. Probably the best image editing software on a mac.

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Sascha A. Carlin
  
Positive commentJun 24, 2020

Pixelmator is the part of my content creation workflow, that would be hard to replace.

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kristamhand
  
Positive commentNov 4, 2019

I love to do art with me fingers.

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RobinHart
CommentOct 26, 2019

What is the best iPad app for mixed media, photo editing, painting, and drawing?

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yangnw
  
Positive commentMay 6, 2019

To clarify: the non-Pro version is not a feature-locked version of the Pro version. It's feature-complete for image editing, and is much cheaper. It's the one I'm using.

methinks it's better to list the two as separate entries on alternativeto.net.

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What is Pixelmator?

Pixelmator is a powerful, beautiful, and easy to use image editor. Featuring an elegant and streamlined single-window interface, it puts all the focus on the images you edit, rather than what's around them.

Pixelmator lets you touch up and enhance images, draw or paint, apply dazzling effects, or create advanced compositions with ease. Once your images are ready, save them to popular image formats, share them via email or social networks, print them, or instantly add them to your Photos library.

Pixelmator 3.7 Mount Whitney is designed to integrate seamlessly with macOS High Sierra’s fresh and modern look, macOS Continuity features, like Handoff and iCloud Drive, and it works together with Pixelmator for iOS.

Pixelmator Pro, codenamed Whirlwind, includes a modern single-window interface, nondestructive, GPU-powered image editing tools, machine learning-enhanced editing features, and more.

Professional Tools • Enhance your existing images and create new ones • Edit nondestructively, adjusting individual changes whenever you like • Easily move, resize, and arrange objects to create stunning compositions • Enjoy superior support for RAW files, editing RAW images right inside Pixelmator Pro without having to preprocess them • Create digital or traditional paintings using a collection of handcrafted, fully-customizable, dual-texture brushes with full support for digital graphics tablets • Combine the built-in effects in Pixelmator Pro to create any artistic or special effects you can imagine • Save the adjustment, effect, and layer style combinations your create, use them in any of your images, and share them with others • Magically remove small imperfections or entire objects, seamlessly clone parts of your photos, lighten or darken precise areas, and more using a full set of retouching tools • Use the reshaping tools to easily change the shape of any object or area in your images, create striking artistic effects or make subtle changes to portrait photos

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Pixelmator information

  • Developed by

    Pixelmator Team
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $10 and $50.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2 (11 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    143 alternatives listed
  • News

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish

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Our users have written 14 comments and reviews about Pixelmator, and it has gotten 417 likes

Pixelmator was added to AlternativeTo by Mogelfar on Mar 3, 2009 and this page was last updated Nov 7, 2024. Pixelmator is sometimes referred to as Pixelmator Pro.