รีวิว Pixelmator Pro Pro Photoshop Users
I highly recommend this.What happens when a company has a successful product, but thinks it can do better? The folks behind Pixelmator made a surprise announcement last year when they introduced Pixelmator Pro.Pixelmator Pro now supports PSD shapes as vector shapes, no longer opening them as image layers. Other improvements include support for PSB files, layered TIFF files, and more, as well as optimization for taking PSDs from Apple's Pro apps like Final Cut Pro and Motion. VPN Deals: Lifetime license for 16, monthly plans at 1 & more.I reviewed this new venture at Macworld: Pixelmator Pro 1.0 Whirlwind review: An affordable alternative for pro Photoshop users.Pixelmator Pro makes good use of Apple functionality. As it runs on macOS 10.13, it delivers powerful performance and allows for producing fantastic designs.My impression is that Pixelmator Pro is a great first start, but still has some rough edges to work out.
See also: Best image editing software – what to look for, how to chooseIn a way, it’s a little like Photoshop, but radically different at the same time. Photo editing is probably its most prominent role, but it weaves in text, graphics and paint tools to take photos in a different direction to most photo editors. It’s really rather hard to categorise because it straddles several genres. Pixelmator Pro is a Mac only application that is part photo editor, part vector illustration program and part digital painting tool.
It’s good at layers, masking, retouching and general image enhancements.There are no adjustment layers (you have to duplicate a layer instead), and the masking tools are relatively basic – but for many composite image and layering tasks, it has all you need, including opacity and blend mode controls.Pixelmator does not do HDR, focus stacking or panorama stitching, and while it does have a variety of film presets, light leak effects and a grain tool, it’s not really a strong rival to an analog effects tool like Exposure X6, ON1 Photo RAW or Analog Efex Pro ( DxO Nik Collection).Its real strength lies in its speed and efficiency rather than any great depth. How useful is it?Pixelmator Pro is designed to be used as a standalone application, but would also make a great external editor for Lightroom Classic or Capture One. You can apply more than one instance of each effect to an image layer. Here I’ve blended four versions of the same image, using different effects and blend modes. Pixelmator’s full height layers palette, left, hints at its compositing capabilities. For example, the illustrations in these articles on composition were created in just a few minutes using Pixelmator’s vector tools and image layers.
Its perspective correction tools look odd at first but are wonderfully effective for correcting perspective by eye rather than with sliders and marquees – Pixelmator Pro makes it super easy to fine-tune perspective quickly and by eye.The Heal tool is terrific. Are the results good?Some features in Pixelmator Pro really stand out. Its Perspective Transform effect looks strange compared to others, but makes correcting converging verticals (and horizontals) by eye supremely simple. Pixelmator’s apparent simplicity is deceptive.
You can even convert LUTs into Pixelmator adjustments or save a set of adjustments as a LUT. It automatically identifies and masks an object or area as you drag, previewing the selection with a yellow mask, and is especially good at following object edges.Pixelmator Pro also supports LUTs (Lookup Tables), so that if you have LUTs from other software or packages (I use Lutify.me LUTs) you can drag them into the Pixelmator LUTs folder to make them accessible within the program. And if you accidentally smudge a detail or erase an edge, you can fix it with the clone tool and its intuitive live preview.And the object selection tool is so simple and effective it makes you smile. If you miss a bit, you paint over it and that goes too.
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