Pixelmator 3.0 • Hacker News Board

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#11

Post by asolove » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:00 PM UTC

I really wanted to love Pixelmator but this update finally makes it usable for me solely for baseline support in text.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#12

Post by devx » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:00 PM UTC

It would be nice if they made it cross-platform, like on Linux/Windows and even Android/iOS eventually. It might give Adobe a run for their money.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#13

Post by Alphasite_ » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:02 PM UTC

erso wrote: post #2

Note to Pixelmator folks: Turn good-looking pictures into spectacular. Perhaps that should say: Turn good-looking pictures into spectacular images. Or something.

Its very clunky, maybe 'into something spectacular' (i'm not sure if thats any better)?

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#14

Post by TheCoreh » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:08 PM UTC

devx wrote: post #12

It would be nice if they made it cross-platform, like on Linux/Windows and even Android/iOS eventually. It might give Adobe a run for their money.

I doubt this will happen anytime soon. Pixelmator is heavily dependent on OSX-specific tech, like core graphics. Porting it to other platforms would require basically reimplementing all this functionality from scratch, making it performant, and then recreating the entire UI.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#15

Post by delluminatus » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:08 PM UTC

erso wrote: post #2

Note to Pixelmator folks: Turn good-looking pictures into spectacular. Perhaps that should say: Turn good-looking pictures into spectacular images. Or something.

Grammatically speaking, you might be best off with,

  Make good-looking pictures spectacular.

Or:

  Turn good-looking pictures into spectacular ones.

I think "good-looking pictures" is an awkward phrase that negatively affects the whole sentence. Personally, I would go with:

  Turn a good image into a spectacular one

or, brevis:

  Make good images spectacular

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#16

Post by emehrkay » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:10 PM UTC

quarterto wrote: post #6

tehwebguy wrote: post #4

Anyone know how PSD read support has come along?

It was pretty much flawless as of 2.2.1, with the obvious exception of layer styles.

Layer styles are HUGE with photoshop work. Once they get that under control, I wonder what else they'll need to make a dent, maybe some design maven to vouch for the tool

I am downloading now. I've always loved the simplicity of the app, very Mac-like

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#17

Post by deviltry » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:12 PM UTC

Paint is enough for my photo editing needs, but I still need to show some love. Because it's a product from my country - Lithuania. Yes, not a big deal to you, but when there's only 3 million people, it's something to be proud of.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#18

Post by nailer » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:14 PM UTC

Vectormator is awesome, but still can't export to either EPS or SVG.

I'm hoping they add it soon - SnapSVG, the Raphael replacement, supports animating SVGs created in other apps: http://snapsvg.io/

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#19

Post by tyleregeto » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:15 PM UTC

devx wrote: post #12

It would be nice if they made it cross-platform, like on Linux/Windows and even Android/iOS eventually. It might give Adobe a run for their money.

I would also really like to see this, but it doesn't look like it'll ever happen. Linux doesn't have any good alternatives to Photoshop, GIMP just isn't there in terms of usability. I use GIMP for quick edits, cropping, etc. But I just can't use it for more than that.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

#20

Post by deviltry » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:15 PM UTC

devx wrote: post #12

It would be nice if they made it cross-platform, like on Linux/Windows and even Android/iOS eventually. It might give Adobe a run for their money.

Isn't free Paint.NET sufficient on Windows as 'light' Photoshop?