Pixelmator Pro
Pixelmator Pro overview
Pixelmator Pro is an incredibly powerful, beautiful, and easy to use image editor designed exclusively for Mac.
With a wide range of professional-grade, nondestructive image editing tools, Pixelmator Pro lets you bring out the best in your photos, create gorgeous compositions and designs, draw, paint, apply stunning effects, design beautiful text, and edit images in just about any way you can imagine. And thanks to its intuitive and accessible design, Pixelmator Pro is delightfully easy to use - whether you’re just starting out with image editing or you’re a seasoned pro.
The modern, single-window interface is designed exclusively for working with images on a Mac. An intuitive and accessible design makes it easy for anyone to edit images - from complete beginners to design professionals.
What’s new in version 3.3.2
Updated on Mar 20 2023
- Use 12 new, gorgeous mockups featuring the latest Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices to create ultra-high-quality designs for web publishing, marketing, and more.
- Work with mockups featuring original devices or their stylized versions.
- Quickly replace placeholder images in mockups with your own images or entire multilayered designs using handy on-canvas controls.
- Enjoy extra sharp designs thanks to pixel-perfect device screen sizes.
- Choose from a number of designer-created device shadow alternatives.
- Change document colors with readymade color palettes.
- Move devices in mockups separately from the background together with placeholder images and shadows, or use them in compositions with other devices.
- Use the new What's New category in the Templates browser to find the latest templates and mockups in Pixelmator Pro.
Other Improvements and Fixes
- When using the Pen tools, close paths by pressing Shift-Enter, or press Enter to keep the paths open.
- Use the new Select Layers option in the tool shortcut menus to turn on Auto Select or to turn it off for layers or layer groups.
- Choose Arrange > Select Layers at the top of your screen to turn on Auto Select or to turn it off for layers or layer groups.
- The support of .M4V file format in Shortcuts has been improved.
- The handling of Sidecar files and Sidecar preferences has been improved.
- Tilt-Shift and Focus blur effects would not work correctly when resizing images in the Image Size menu. Fixed.
- The Histogram would get stuck in the Color Adjustments pane when minimizing and maximizing the application window. Fixed.
- Hiding layer group masks wouldn't update the image view on the canvas. Fixed.
- Shift-Plus and Shift-Minus keyboard shortcuts for changing layer blend modes would not work. Fixed.
- The brush pointer would not revert to the arrow pointer in the Retouch and Paint shortcut menus. Fixed.
- Opening photos or videos from Photos or the Photos browser would not preserve file metadata. Fixed.
- Turning on the Fade adjustment would activate the Remove Color adjustment even when it was turned off. Fixed.
- When opening older Pixelmator Pro documents, certain rectangle shapes would be displayed incorrectly. Fixed.
- In certain situations, Pixelmator Pro would quit unexpectedly when exporting documents to PSD file format. Fixed.
- Sometimes Pixelmator Pro would quit unexpectedly when editing advanced brush options. Fixed.
- When working on extremely wide screens, Pixelmator Pro would quit unexpectedly when zooming with rulers turned on. Fixed.
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App requirements
- Intel 64
- Apple Silicon
- macOS 11 or later
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Nov 16 2022
Version: 3.1
Superb. Easy to use and lots of really useful features. Much, much easier to use than Photoshop. I use this every day. It's well worth the price and they don't charge rent! Highly recommended.
Aug 22 2021
Version: 2.0.6
Very good alternative for PS (and much cheaper too).
Jan 21 2021
Version: 1.8
In light of the Developer's response to my initial review, I have to admit that having executed the suggestions of the Developer without success--no usable image file ever having been generated--I feel I have wasted enough of my time now. I would prefer getting a refund of my money--perhaps without success. In any case I have trashed the app from my computer and I will not be asking for any more help.
Jul 19 2020
Version: 1.6.5
No, it's not free, it's only a free trial. For me GraphicConverter is the superior multi-tasking tool, for most users and even photographers, graphic editors(not artists)...etc.
Mar 2 2020
Version: 1.5.5
Really good. Improvements in interface a major improvement. Still take a look at Luminar 4 and Affinity Photo and Designer as possible significant challenges.
Feb 28 2020
Version: 1.5.5
The ML functions are fantastic. As a complete amateur photoeditor I am very impressed by how easy it is to make a mediocre photo look good in Pixelmator Pro. I own all of Pixelmators apps on MacOS and iOS/iPadOS, and I am very impressed by all of them.
Dec 9 2019
Version: 1.4
I was looking for a Photoshop replacement, and from all the apps I tested Pixelmator Pro is the one that does not let me miss Photoshop much. It does not have all things that Photoshop has, but it does have all the important things one needs for creating images for websites or Facebook. Some things are even better than Photoshop. As a plus, while other apps are a bit ugly, Pixelmator Pro is very elegant. Thank you for this!
Oct 29 2019
Version: 1.4
Currently Pixelmator Pro is cheaper than Pixelmator in MAS. A review suggested the latter is to be abandoned by the developer.
Jan 22 2019
Version: 1.2.4
Best selection tool ever! Fantastic photo editing capabilities.
Dec 9 2018
Version: 1.2.4
Very good Photoshop alternative. The GUI needs some time to get used to though.
Dec 27 2017
Version: 1.0.5
I'm very impressed with this software. I've paid thousands of dollars to Adobe over the years and can't stomach their monthly subscription. The last version of Creative Suite I bought won't run on my new MacBook , so I'll be using Pixelmator Pro from now on. Sure, there are some niggles, but this is a very promising 1.0 release. It already does pretty much everything I need it to do and at 60 dollars it's great value for money.
Dec 16 2017
Version: 1.0.5
The big question : What image editor to buy/use.
IMO there are only two outstanding image editors: Affinity Photo and Pixelmator Pro. I tried about any other image editor and those are out of bounds for me for several reasons.
So, which to choose. It is pretty simple. If you need a PhotoShop alternative, then by all means go for Affinity Photo. It is on par on features and plugin support. But keep in mind you are facing a steep learning curve. Ones mastered, it is the uber image app !
If you need a very good and fast image editor doing the basics, you can choose Pixelmator Pro. You learn to use it in minutes and you never get lost.
Dec 16 2017
Version: 1.0.5
If you are a user of Affinity Photo there is no reason to buy Pixelmator Pro. AP is $10 cheaper and does a lot more for the money. If you are a user of Pixelmator, Pro is only a little better. But, as others have said, it has its issues right now. I appreciate what the Pixelmator team is trying to do with this app, but it's just not there yet.
Dec 12 2017
Version: 1.0.4
In my opinion it's a bit early to release a High Sierra only app. It would be nice to know what features require the new OS. Just my 2 cents.
Dec 3 2017
Version: 1.0.3
Pixelmator Pro uses the GPU and GPU memory to speed up things which is great and delivers fast responding editing.
And thats where it goes wrong if you run out of GPU memory, it is prone for crashing the system completely.
It works fine for small files but ones you are going to edit larger files (RAW or any other format) the problems rises. Lock ups, crashes, sometime the complete OS becomes unresponsive, automatically login out of your account without any notice, loss of work, …
Is this a bug or feature in Pixelmator Pro?
FYI: Affinity Photo also uses the GPU but for some reason it never crashes on my system.
Dec 2 2017
Version: 1.0.2
Note that you must be running High Sierra and have a computer with a Metal compatible graphics card.
Dec 1 2017
Version: 1.0.2
As a long time user of Pixelmator, I think the Pro version is a step forward. I love the new interface and the new selection feature (much faster and easy to use). Not 5 stars yet, since the NEW features (comparing with the old app) are not many. I'm very curious where this app will be in 1-2 years.
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