Pixelmator Team today announced Pixelmator 3.4 Twist — a major update to its full-featured, powerful, and fast image editor for Mac. Pixelmator 3.4 Twist introduces full support for OS X El Capitan, adds the new Split View feature, brings a new Photos Extension with Metal-based Distort tools, and more. Pixelmator 3.4 Twist is available today as a free upgrade from the Mac App Store.
“Pixelmator always takes advantage of the latest Mac and OS X features and technologies, and today we’re thrilled to introduce Pixelmator 3.4 Twist with full support for new OS X El Capitan, the ability to work in Pixelmator and a second app without any distractions via Split View, and a new, Metal-based Pixelmator Photos Extension,” said Saulius Dailide, one of the founders of the Pixelmator Team, in a statement. “Pixelmator Photos Extension features a collection of powerful distort tools, which allow users to distort images with stunning quality and incredible speed right inside the Photos app.”
Split View support lets you work with Pixelmator and any other app side-by-side in full screen. This means you can edit your image and use the second app at the same time without any distractions.
Pixelmator 3.4 Twist features other improvements, including San Francisco as the new user-interface font, and enhanced support for the Force Touch trackpad, which makes painting with the trackpad even smoother.
Pixelmator 3.4 Twist is available exclusively from the Mac App Store for $29.99.
It is a free upgrade to all existing customers who purchased the app from the Mac App Store. More info here.
Still no optional application frame?
No sale!
When Photos for Mac replace Aperture Apple said it would support third party extensions. This can bring Photos to prosumer, even pro, level. It will help Photos evolve faster. I will say it has a ways to go. Not being able to keep most of my photos on my RAID is a big issue for me. I do see advantages of Photos rethink of how work with photos. 21st century photography is very different from 20th. The way manage photos needs to change as well.
This is going to be a lot like FCPX. It was a complete rewrite to take advantage of new technology and reduce bloat. It was missing a lot at first, however it has quickly evolved. I see people complaining about stuff that has been fixed. I still see professional tech writers say Macs don’t have a secondary click.
It’s great to see decent competition in the image editing software market. Creeping ever further into the domain of Photoshop. Bwahahaha! 🔥😈🔥
Loving it. Updated my copy of Pixelmator yesterday.
Affinity Photo is pretty darn good too, yet I use it less.