Ayanami Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I stumbled across Pixelmator yesterday, and have been trying it out, and think it's an amazing solution to Photoshop. Does anyone else use this? I mean...for $60, and it does all the multi-layer editing that I used Photoshop for.... http://www.pixelmator.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Pixlemator is OK, but I don't know why or how could you compare it against something like Photoshop. It is not intended to replace it, as simple as that. It doesn't even have rulers! not to mention bezier paths, CMYK support, etc etc. However, if you're not in professional image editing (which is what PS is intended for) Pixelmator is a nice app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 No, I've just been fooling around with it since Photoshop 7 and 9. I've never really used any of those features before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I tried pixelmator when it came out, really sucky imo. Photoshop is still one of the most professional apps around. Pixelmator just leecehs off the fact that its hooked into the core * API's and ahs fancy graphics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewno Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Pixelmator is good for small tasks, much more like Paint Shop Pro in early versions for Windows. In fact, it's hard to find a program like PSP for OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I like acorn. Almost the same as Pixelmator though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I just use Seashore for my (simple) editing tasks. I haven't upgraded to CS3 yet so it's too slow to run with Rosetta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 Hmmmm I don't much care for Seashore.... I dunno...For some reason, I kinda want to have legit software, and owning CS3 doesn't seem quite feasible in the near future. Pixelmator seems close enough, will let me do multi-layer editing, and has some nice filters, and the general setup is a lot nicer to look at than Photoshop, or the open source Seashore or GIMP. I like my eye candy, and I don't truly need Photoshop. Although............. http://showcase.itcs.umich.edu/ Could get me a damn nice discount...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Seashore is based on The Gimp but using Mac OS X's Aqua Interface the same way that NeoOffice is based on OpenOffice. Pixelmator seems to have a slick interface. Pretty good package for $60. --danyel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 It seems as much, but that's the difficulty I have in a lot of open source applications...they seem like the GUI was created for Windows 95. I mean, I have nothing against open source (I mean, I have a love affair with Camino), but I want something easy on my eyes. I want something fun to work with, not just free. I like acorn. Almost the same as Pixelmator though.I did a search for it, and didn't find anything (Other than a bunch of stuff on squirells and trees). Would you mind sending me a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 It's on Apple's download page...lol. Look! There is an Acorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSPHax0r9 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Meh, without support for reading or creating "groups," it becomes useless in multi-layered PSDs like websites and high-quality images. The main thing I wish it had is "Blending Options" for each layer, like Photoshop has. If Pixelmator had these 2 features, I would switch in a heartbeat. What I love about Pixelmator is how integrated and professional it looks, as opposed to CS3 being a quite obvious port of the Windows version, with almost no effort to make it look more Apple-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Acorn is just a bad joke. That damn interface is anything but productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 i don't have pixelmator but imma get it, tried it for a while and i luve it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnm Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 depends what you use photoshop for, i tried pixelmator and couldnt even do a single piece of work with it. Doesn't even have guides grids and rulers if i remember rightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 I just use Seashore for my (simple) editing tasks. ################## yeah, heres another vote for Seashore. its all i need and the learning curve is short - its so intuitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuliand Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 does anyone else have problems starting pixelmator? when i try to run it it bounces once and then bombs out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtomek Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Pixel seems like more of a photoshop clone at a low cost, to me it felt like I was using photoshop 7. I tried out the demo and it worked pretty good and he still has the christmas sale going on. http://www.kanzelsberger.com/pixel/?page_id=12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesasone Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Pixelmator is more of a competitor of Photoshop Elements than it is Photoshop. I haven't dug deep into it yet, however it does not seem too bad for the price. Layer Groups, the option for a polygon lasso, and vector tools would be great. I think we will see more of these tools added as the software moves into 2.0 status. Hell, layers didn't even show up in photoshop until what, version 4 or 5? I forget. Rome wasn't built in a day I also wish it followed more of the photoshop conventions with short cuts and UI. For example, to show the brush outline of the brush on the screen, you have to press caps lock. Where as in Photoshop it was enabled by default(and caps lock turns it off... it's just backwards in Pixelmator). They also use different shortcuts for some of the tools, for example using 'O' for the sharpen tool where as it's 'R' in photoshop. PSPHax0r9: You can set per-layer blending options in the current version of Pixelmator. Just select the layer, and then set the blending option. KIKO: You seem to imply tapping into the power of the Core Image API and taking advantage of the GPU a gimmicky feature - I would call it a potentially useful feature, especially for users on older hardware that don't need the advanced features of Photoshop and may experience a major performance boost. Truth be told, while Pixelmator is noticeably faster than Photoshop for me, however when I open up activity monitor it seems to be making heavy use of one of my cpu cores. So, I wonder if there's an issue on my machine with Core Image hardware acceleration. Ultimately, I've tried the demos for a few apps and, I will be picking up a license in the MacHeist II bundle sometime shortly. It does the job well enough and the price is right ($49.00 for 11+ apps, including Pixelmator and CSSedit. I'm holding off until they unveil the referral program, as they claim there will be additional software as a bonus. Just not sure why they don't have the referral program up yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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