Pixelmator Reviews
Ars Techincas has a comprehensive Pixelmator 1.6.4 review. Here are some of the topics:
- The Pixelmator Interface – “…Interface really sells it as the sleek package that it is.”
- Lightweight and fast
- Similar workflow to Photoshop, down to the last key
- UI criticisms
- The Tools and Adjustments – “…Tools and adjustments straddle the line between hardcore image editor and consumer app.”
- Brush handling
- Robust Layers
- Web Slicing and Output – “…simple but strong enough for serious work.”
- The Filters
- Type Handling
- The Consumer-specific Tools – “…number of consumer-oriented features like export options for various Web galleries (Flickr, Facebook and Picasa).”
- Camera support
- Compared to the Competition
- Pixelmator vs Photoshop Elements 9
- Pixelmator vs The GIMP 2.6.x
- Things Clearly Missing from Pixelmator
- Conclusion
- Pros: Very responsive with high-res images, well thought out interface, makes a great starter edition to learning Photoshop…
- Cons: Can't save to Photoshop documents as working file format, type editing is limited, zoomed-out image aliasing problems…
- Takeaway: The start of something great for Mac image editing.