Pixelmator |  | From: Smith Micro Software Inc.
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 393
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Mac OS X
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.4
MPN: PXMMBX2
Model: PXMMBX2
UPC: 717103891748
EAN: 0717103891748
ASIN: B002ABOYXG
Release Date: June 8, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Create Exceptional Photos and Stunning Images | | • | Made Exclusively for the Mac. | | • | Edit and retouch your images with 20+ tools, including crop, select, paint and erase and create editable text layers | | • | 16+ color correction tools for adjusting hue, saturation and contrast to make your images more vibrant | | • | Made for the Mac, Pixelmator takes advantage of built-in iPhoto support and one-click access to iSight and lets you export to 100+ file formats |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing program that has everything you need to enhance, edit and retouch your photos. Pixelmator's powerful toolset includes selection, painting, color correction and retouching tools that easily transform and enhance your photos and images. Layer-based image editing, filters and special effects help you quickly achieve impressive imagery. Add text to your pictures, analyze colors, crop, transform, rotate or move anything in your pictures. Made for the Mac, Pixelmator takes advantage of built-in iPhoto support and one-click access to iSight. This user-friendly image editor has everything you need to achieve professional results. Create Exceptional Photos and Stunning Images Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing program that has everything you need to enhance, edit and retouch your photos. Choose from powerful selection, painting, retouching, and color correction tools. Made for the Mac, Pixelmator takes advantage of built-in iPhoto support and one-click access to iSight. Use layer-based image editing, color management, filters and special effects to quickly achieve impressive imagery. |  Pixelmator is a user-friendly image editor that has everything you need to achieve professional results. Click to enlarge. |  Choose from 130+ filters and special effects to transform your images. Click to enlarge. | 130+ Filters and Special Effects
See results in real time--choose from standard filters such as blur, sharpen and distort, as well as many unique filters like comic-style halftones, tile, kaleidoscope and thermal camera. | | Layer-Based Image Editing
Stack portions of your image on top of one another and quickly create layers from photos, selections and more. You can also blend layers, change layer opacity and add layer masks to hide portions of layers. Add images as layers via drag-and-drop. |  Layer-Based Image Editing enables you to quickly create layers from photos, selections and more. Click to enlarge. |  Pixelmator offers more than 16 color correction tools for adjusting brightness, hue, saturation and more. Click to enlarge. | Color Correction Tools
16+ color correction tools help you make quick corrections to your images with Auto Enhance, Levels and Curves. Adjust hue, saturation, exposure, brightness, contrast and more. | | Select, Paint and Retouch Tools
20+ tools, including crop, select, paint and erase help you enhance your images. You can also import and customize Adobe Photoshop Brushes, and graphics tablet support enables you to draw by hand. Add Text to Your Images
Create editable text layers and use the type tool to create your own invitations and logos. |  Select from 20+ tools, including crop, select, paint and more to enhance your images. Click to enlarge. |  Access your iPhoto Library, events, albums, Smart Albums and Pictures folder with the built-in Photo Browser. Click to enlarge. | Made Exclusively for the Mac
One-click iSight support takes your picture and adds it as a layer in Pixelmator. Access your iPhoto Library, events, albums, Smart Albums and Pictures folder with the built-in Photo Browser. Supports Spotlight, ColorSync, Quick Look and many other Mac-only technologies, and takes advantage of Core Image and OpenGL. Built-in Automator actions let you quickly enhance, resize and transform images with batch processing. Supports Popular File Formats
Export to 100+ file formats including PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PICT, BMP and PDF. Also supports Adobe Photoshop files with layers. |
Product Description
Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing program that has everything you need to enhance, edit and retouch your photos. Pixelmator's powerful toolset includes selection, painting, color correction and retouching tools that easily transform and enhance your photos and images. Layer-based image editing, filters and special effects help you quickly achieve impressive imagery. Add text to your pictures, analyze colors, crop, transform, rotate or move anything in your pictures. Made for the Mac, Pixelmator takes advantage of built-in iPhoto support and one-click access to iSight. This user-friendly image editor has everything you need to achieve professional results. Import Adobe Photoshop Brushes Graphics tablet support enables you to draw by hand Supports Adobe Photoshop files with layers Photo Browser offers quick access to iPhoto Library, events, albums, Smart Albums and Pictures folder Use iSight camera to add pictures to compositions Includes Automator actions for converting, resizing, enhancing, adding special effects and transforming Export to 100+ file formats including PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PICT, BMP and PDF; also supports Adobe Photoshop files with layers Save images as PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PICT, BMP, EPS, PDF and more System Requirements - Mac computer with an Intel processor, a Power Mac G5, or an iMac G5. 512MB of RAM; 1GB recommended Core Image supported graphics card recommended Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard or later 1GB of available disk space Some features require iLife
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Still a bit inaccessible for a non-techie like me November 20, 2009
Rick R. Reed (Seattle, WA)
I really wanted to like Pixelmator and believe in its promise that it would be software that would have the Mac's user friendliness and intuitiveness. But my initial attempts to use it out of the box have been frustrating and have not given me the results I had hoped for. I don't need complicated graphic design help, as one might get with Photo Shop, just something simple for an amateur like me who wants to make his digital snapshots look better and maybe add a bit of text to them. So far, Pixelmator has not delivered. I'll stick with the painfully simple iPhoto for now.
 Powerful, easy to use, and affordable November 19, 2009
Dieds (Pacifica, Calif.)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RX3J63VAIIE5E I have been delighted with the performance of Pixelmator. I have used Photoshop Elements for years and recently upgraded to a new MacBook Pro and needed new, updated photo-editing software. Pixalmater is as good -- if not better -- than Photoshop Elements. And at much less money. Watch my video review for details on how easy this wonderful program is to use. Please note that I am by no means a professional photo-editing guru -- just a casual home-user.
 Inexpensive good buy for what it does, but not as good as Photoshop Elements November 15, 2009
Traveler (New England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a bit confused as to all the comparisons of Pixelmator to the full version of Photoshop. Just by looking at the price (hundreds and hundreds of dollars) you'll know the two programs aren't going to have the same features. The real competition with Pixelmator is Photoshop Elements, a stripped down version of full Photoshop.
As soon as I started the Pixelmator program I knew it wasn't going to be of use to me. It lacks correction tools and the photo tweaks it does offer I can get in Elements. I researched multiple pro and non-pro reviews of this program to figure out what I'm missing. Pixelmator does indeed do things that Elements doesn't or lacks. It has more filters, according to one source, and handles layers better according to another. Neither of these are things I need - or at least I don't want them as they're presented in this program. If you need them and you already have image correction software then perhaps Pixelmator will be a good buy. It's certainly cheap enough. While I'm giving this 3 stars, I do want to stress that - this is a bargain if the program gives you what you're looking for. Essentials is also cheap, but it is about double the price.
Each photographer is different, but here's what I find myself wanting and using:
1. Image correction (red eye, etc.): I use Elements as it's usually the easiest. I don't really need nor am I interested in the full program.
2. Artistic manipulation: Corel Painter Essentials. When you really want to mess with a photo, change it completely, and you want to do it fast and cheap, I've found Corel to be the best choice. (If you're not on a budget, there are better options.) It's not very practical, however, as there is such a thing as overkill.
3. Filters with a TRUE photographer's perspective: Hands down, Tiffen DFX. Tiffen makes filters for cameras. For anyone who was shooting photos before digital they'll know the brand and they'll know the approach. No changing your photo into mosaic tiles or other total manipulation, this program applies filters just like you would out in the field by putting them on your lens. I don't know why Photoshop hasn't taken this approach which seems more designed by computer geeks than real photographers. DFX is both a standalone app and a plugin for Photoshop and some other photo editing programs.
It seems like Pixelmator's market is a very small niche. I know I'm not in their market. But you might be. Definitely figure out what you want and need and then decide if it's for you.
Great replacement for photoshop November 14, 2009
A. Fall-Fry (Tallahassee, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This program is easy to install and use and has many of the same features as found in Adobe's photoshop (it may have all the same features, but I don't really know all the ins and outs of Photoshop). I had my photographer husband show me a few tricks and he was able to use his Photoshop knowledge to show me tricks in Pixelmator, so it appears that the programs are very similar.
It doesn't use up too much memory, like some other photo editing programs. It also integrates seamlessly with my other photo management software. I haven't had any problems with it since I installed it a month ago. The real test will be my SIL's wedding at the end of the month.
Interesting, but need more time November 11, 2009
James Hiller (Beaverton, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using "Pixelmator" on my Mac for the past couple of months. I'm not "Photoshopped" trained, and have never really ever used that program before. I only mention this because it seems to me that if you have experience with that program, then Pixelmator may be more intuitive to you than it was to me. It's a good program, but I still have yet to unlock the potential.
I was looking for a graphic editing software originally to create a heading picture for my blog. Not having Photoshop, I went for Pixelmator, hoping it would be an easy to use substitute. It does seem to offer many of the features that I was looking for. You can take pictures, and manipulate them to your desires. There seems to be many features in the program, but not really knowing what they do, I haven't used that many. I have searched for guides for the program, which are available, but not easily accessible in my opinion.
I'd like to give this program a workout a bit. It probably would be better if I have a trained professional take me through some of the features of the program. But overall, I would recommend it.
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