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Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by princess3000 » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:20 PM UTC

Ethan_Mick wrote: post #9

I haven't downloaded v3 yet, but I love using Pixelmator for quick edits and tweaks to images. It loads much faster on my MacBook Air than Photoshop, and I've found the learning curve to be much lower too. All while having 80% of the features from Photoshop; which for my basic needs is 98% of everything I'll do. Version 3 looks like a huge win for customers, really excited to be grabbing the update for free from the…

Almost made this exact post... I was looking for a Photoshop clone for Mac and stumbled on Pixelmator years ago, it's definitely not as full-featured as PS but it's a fraction of the cost and it does what I need it to do 98% of the time. For $30 it's a steal, especially if they're upgrading it like this.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by electic » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:24 PM UTC

I wish the color selectors were better. The pallets need work imho. Otherwise, love the update!

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by thepumpkin1979 » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:26 PM UTC

Wow, I just checked all the tutorial videos. I've never seen such delightful Demos in my life, makes me want to buy the thing. I wonder how effective would it be to create UI's for Mobile apps in Pixelmator, I'm donwloading the Trial.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by todd3834 » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:31 PM UTC

I am very impressed with this and for $30! Giving photoshop a run for their money!

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by zack12 » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:33 PM UTC

Can anybody spread some light on the business model they are trying to follow? I know they sell software, but with a single software for $29 and few employees. They need to sell quite a few licenses to make it.

I know its an ignorant statement, but can anybody explain it to me.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by crazygringo » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:40 PM UTC

Has anyone tried using this for web design? Any idea how it compares to Photoshop in that regard?

(Obviously Photoshop is not great for web design, but it's still the de-facto standard...)

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by gibwell » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:41 PM UTC

zack12 wrote: post #25

Can anybody spread some light on the business model they are trying to follow? I know they sell software, but with a single software for $29 and few employees. They need to sell quite a few licenses to make it. I know its an ignorant statement, but can anybody explain it to me.

They sell millions of licenses a year. Their revenue per employee exceeds that of Google or Apple.

Is more explanation needed?

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by seanalltogether » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:41 PM UTC

zack12 wrote: post #25

Can anybody spread some light on the business model they are trying to follow? I know they sell software, but with a single software for $29 and few employees. They need to sell quite a few licenses to make it. I know its an ignorant statement, but can anybody explain it to me.

I'm also curious how well this will work in the long run. Apple doesn't have a good model for paid upgrades on the app store and so far they've refused to implement anything to deal with it.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by gibwell » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:43 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.

Even if they don't make it cross platform, it will probably give Adobe a run for their money. Progress on this thing had been astoundingly fast, and compared to Adobe it's practically free.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by apierre » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 4:50 PM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #26

Has anyone tried using this for web design? Any idea how it compares to Photoshop in that regard? (Obviously Photoshop is not great for web design, but it's still the de-facto standard...)

I think Sketch would be more suitable for web design.