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Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by k-mcgrady » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:12 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.

I don't know much about this type of software but one of the big new features they talk about on the linked page is Layer Styles.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:17 PM UTC

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Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by mythz » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:17 PM UTC

Pixemlator is positively awesome, one of the highest quality + polished native apps I've used, at insane value! It quickly became my primary graphics editor of choice.

Though it's weird that I bought a copy years ago and am still getting free upgrades? I'd happily pay for an upgrade again.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by vilius » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:18 PM UTC

Remember "Google buys Sparrow"? I wonder if we'll see "Adobe buys Pixelmator" in the near future.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by stephencanon » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:24 PM UTC

TheCoreh wrote: post #14

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.

Indeed; ~half of the technologies listed in their splash image for the "New Image Editing Engine" are Apple-specific: vImage, Accelerate framework, vDSP, Core Animation, ColorSync, Core Image, ...

Some of these have rough equivalents on other platforms, but the interfaces definitely don't line up exactly, so it wouldn't be completely straightforward to shim them. Others simply don't have existing equivalents.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by rbritton » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:25 PM UTC

uptown wrote: post #35

apierre wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Sketch would be more suitable for web design.

Is Sketch a suitable replacement for Illustrator? I've been trying to find the right application to replace Illustrator for my very-infrequent needs which can't justify Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription pricing.

I use Sketch almost exclusively for iOS UI design now. It has its weak points (most specifically relating to undo), but I find it much easier to create pixel-aligned icons than anything else.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by devindotcom » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:34 PM UTC

mythz wrote: post #53

Pixemlator is positively awesome, one of the highest quality + polished native apps I've used, at insane value! It quickly became my primary graphics editor of choice. Though it's weird that I bought a copy years ago and am still getting free upgrades? I'd happily pay for an upgrade again.

I'm glad others like it, but I find it a massive pain every time I use it. A million things seem the opposite way than they should be to me. I really, really wish there were more all-purpose lightweight image editors on OS X so I could get away from it. I suppose it's high time I gave Gimp another shot...

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by ics » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:35 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...)

How long have you been in design? Do you remember what things were like before Adobe took over Macromedia? If you're still doing the majority of your design with raster graphics then I'd say that leaving Photoshop for Pixelmator is sort of like leaving it for Fireworks– raw feature lists probably won't make you switch, but if you get the workflow it really shines.

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by MildlySerious » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:41 PM UTC

delluminatus wrote: post #15

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

Or "Turn 'good looking' into 'spectacular'".

Re: Pixelmator 3.0

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Post by OvidNaso » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:44 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 recently stumbled on Chasys Draw Artist. It's pretty amazing coming from one person. Many more features over Paint.net, yet startup time is about the same as compared to Gimp.

http://www.jpchacha.com/chasysdraw/index.php