Pixelmator

There are so many photo editing apps available for Mac that it can sometimes be a daunting prospect trying to pick one. Of course, there’s Photoshop, which is literally now synonymous with editing images the world over. Then there’s also Adobe Lightroom, GIMP, Luminar Neo, and more. Apple even has its own editing suite built into Apple Photos, and there are plenty of online tools available, too, such as Canva. But for me, one app has proven ever-present in my workflow, and ultra-reliable when it comes to results. As a…

With Photomator 3.3 now available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users, the Pixelmator Team is adding watermarking to its newest photo editor app. This new function lets you easily protect your creative work from being used without permission by applying custom watermarks to your photos.The developers explain that when exporting photos, you can add watermarks as standalone text or images or tile them repeatedly throughout the entire photo for an added layer of security. The team behind Pixelmator also says that…

After adding full HDR support to Photomator, the Pixelmator team is bringing this feature to Pixelmator Pro. With the new update, Mac users can import, edit, and export HDR content, including HDR photos and videos taken with the iPhone.This major update also brings the ability to work with HDR layers, allowing users to seamlessly create designs featuring both SDR and HDR layers, all while maintaining their existing workflows. Pixelmator says HDR support “opens up a world of creative possibilities in Pixelmator…

After a couple of months, Photomator is finally releasing support for HDR content editing on iPhone 15, iPhone 14 Pro, and Macs and iPads with HDR displays. The developers from Pixelmator added this feature as the regular iPhone 15 models offer a professional-grade display with 1600 nits of peak brightness, which the company says is “perfect for viewing and capturing HDR photos.” With that, Photomator 3.2 adds full HDR support, letting users import, edit, and export HDR images, including those taken with an…

One of the best photo-editing apps for iPad has been given a huge update, with Pixelmator 3.0 redesigning how you use and manage color in a bunch of ways.Available on the App Store for $9.99 / £9.99 but as a free update for all users, Pixelmator is a great alternative to Adobe Photoshop and its other services on iPhone and iPad.It started back in 2007 on the Mac, and eventually, an iPad version appeared in 2014, with an iPhone version debuting a year later.There has been a constant stream of updates from the team since…

The popular photo editor app Pixelmator is now called Photomator. This rebrand comes with an iOS and iPadOS update that also adds a new AI-powered selective adjustment function, which takes photo editing to another level. With this new selective adjustment feature, users can edit specific areas of a photo using a variety of selections and masks or even make selections automatically using AI. As of now, common elements in images can be selected automatically, such as people, backgrounds, and skies. With…

Pixelmator Pro for macOS has just announced update 3.3. This version brings an all-new Remove Color adjustment for quickly removing color from images and videos. In addition, Pixelmator Photos‘ exclusive Clarity, Selective Clarity, and Texture features are also now available for the Mac version. With the Remove Color feature, you can eliminate solid colors, or entire color ranges in images and videos. By selecting the color you want to remove using the eyedropper, you can watch it disappear. Remove Color works…

After a year full of updates, the team behind Pixelmator Pro is announcing one more function to end 2022. With version 3.2.3, the photo editor app is bringing Deband, which lets you remove posterization and compression artifacts from images with just a click. Here’s a better explanation of this feature directly from the Pixelmator Pro team: Color banding (or posterization) is a common type of image artifact especially noticeable in low-quality photos featuring gradients or large areas of solid color.…

Pixelmator Photo 2.2 brings Clarity and Texture, Selective Clarity, and Highlight and Shadow Recovery enhancements for editing your photos. Published in a blog post, Pixelmator also says the app is twice as fast, so it’s easier than ever to rely on heavier edit workflows. With the new Clarity and Texture adjustments, Pixelmator Photos lets you “magically enhance fine details and structure in your photos.” These two adjustments make changes to small and large objects in a photo independently – this makes it a…

Pixelmator Pro, the hugely popular image editing and artwork app for Mac, has a big new version 3.0 update available for download and it brings with it more than 200 templates and more.The new update is a free download for existing users via the Mac App Store and you can download it right now. Everyone else will need to buy it, of course.There's plenty going on in the new update, with more than 200 templates meaning that users "can quickly create high-quality designs in a wide range of different formats, including social…