The Pixelmator Team today unveiled Pixelmator Pro, a brand new Mac app that redefines image editing on the Mac, providing professional-grade editing tools in an incredibly intuitive and accessible design. Pixelmator Pro 1.0, codenamed Whirlwind, includes a modern single-window interface, nondestructive, GPU-powered image editing tools, machine learning-enhanced editing features, and more.
“Pixelmator Pro offers every tool you could ever need to create, edit, and enhance images on a Mac in a beautiful, user-centered interface,” said Saulius Dailide, one of the founders of the Pixelmator Team, in a statement. “And with its GPU-powered, machine learning-enhanced tools, it’s truly one of the most advanced and innovative image editing apps on the planet.”
The modern, dark single-window interface of Pixelmator Pro has been created exclusively for working with images. Its streamlined, macOS-inspired design provides a completely native Mac app experience and is fully consistent with the look and feel of macOS. And a reimagined, user-centered workflow design makes the professional editing tools in Pixelmator Pro incredibly accessible, even to first-time users.
Completely nondestructive color adjustments, effects, styles, and layouting tools in Pixelmator Pro give users the freedom and flexibility to go back and modify or delete individual changes at any point in the editing workflow. Thanks to the new presets feature, you can create endless combinations of multiple adjustments, effects, or styles, save them to your favorites and reuse them in any of your images. Drag-and-drop sharing also makes it a breeze to share presets with others.
Pixelmator Pro pushes the boundaries of image editing, using breakthrough machine learning to deliver more intelligent editing tools and features. Integrated via the new, blazing fast Core ML framework, machine learning lets Pixelmator Pro detect and understand various features within images, bringing a number of groundbreaking advancements, such as jaw-droppingly accurate automatic layer naming, automatic horizon detection, stunningly realistic object removal, and intelligent quick selections.
Designed exclusively for the Mac, Pixelmator Pro uses the Mac graphics processor in tandem with the latest Mac graphics technologies, such as Metal 2, Core Image, and OpenGL, to deliver blistering fast, GPU-powered image editing. Built with Swift 4, Pixelmator Pro is a next-generation app that takes full advantage of the latest technological innovations in hardware and software.
The Pixelmator Team has also packed a wide range of other features and innovations into Pixelmator Pro, such as HEIF file format compatibility; full RAW support, including support for multiple RAW layers; superior support for Adobe Photoshop images; complete macOS integration via full support for iCloud, Versions, Tabs, Full Screen, Split View, Sharing, Permanent Undo, Touch Bar, Wide Color, and others; Metal 2-powered painting tools and dual texture brushes; powerful retouching, reshaping, selecting, type, shape and vector tools; and a lot more.
Pixelmator Pro is coming exclusively to the Mac App Store this fall. Pricing is yet to be announced.
Full system requirements and more information on Pixelmator Pro can be found at www.pixelmator.com.
Source: Pixelmator Team
MacDailyNews Take: Yes! No more palettes strewn about everywhere over our dual monitor Mac desktops!
So, how much? Hopefully, it will be one price for the app outright and not subscriptionware!
This sounds like excellent news. The way that that Pixelmator people have dealt with their customers has been first class and the product itself is superb. A pro version of Pixelmator sounds intriguing and I’m sure that they are working hard to make it a serious alternative to Photoshop for many customers.
Competition is always great, right, Adobe? However, we will see, if and how Pixelmator Pro will compete against Affinity Photo. They did a great job, it is a real Pro app.
I use Pixelmator a lot, but will the new version export files in CMYK for my many print clients?
I would almost certainly abandon Adobe in a heartbeat if it had CMYK in Pixelmator. But as I am locked into Adobe for this feature requirement, why would I bother buying and learning another piece of software that duplicates what I already have?
Obviously, they are going after those who do not need CMYK (professional printing uses CMYK color space, not RGB; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model ). But there are a ton of people like us who need to occasionally design and print flyers, cards, etc. etc.
@JimBob You should try Affinity Photo, which has CMYK support already. They also have Affinity Designer which provides an Illustrator alternative. I haven’t tried them myself but the reviews seem to be excellent, they were released after extensive public beta periods, and Affinity Designer won a coveted Apple Design Award.
Yes we sorely need more complete solutions to Photoshop and it’s subscription model. I HATE subscriptions (though I see why they like it – a constant revenue stream – and why many don’t like a constant revenue drain). My problem is software like After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop aren’t needed all the time yet I don’t want the hassle of constant renewing and cancelling all the time.
Anyone see the requirements?
http://www.pixelmator.com/pro/faq/
“What are the system requirements for Pixelmator Pro?
– Pixelmator Pro runs on any Metal-compatible Mac running macOS 10.13 High Sierra.”
Thanks.
These Mac computers support Metal:
MacBook (2015 and later)
MacBook Air (2012 and later)
MacBook Pro (2012 and later)
Mac mini (2012 and later)
iMac (2012 and later)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
No subscriptions. Period.
So is it a replacement/upgrade to regular Pixelmator, or is it an entirely separate app?
Also what about batch image processing? I hope it has it (or will have it) Clunky Photoshop’s batch never worked properly for me…
So is this a replacement/upgrade to regular Pixelmator, or is it an entirely separate app?
Also, what about batch image processing? I hope it has it (or will have it) Clunky Photoshop’s batch has never worked properly for me…
I used to use Pixelmator, until I discovered Affinity Photo. Perhaps this new version will “win me back”. Either way, competition for Photoshop is always a good thing.