Pixelmator Pro: First Impressions
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
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Please show more of pixelmator pro. I’m just starting to use it also!
ok I plan to do some more, thanks much!
Was wavering about buying Pixelmator Pro, but after this video, I will buy...it's just a companion for many of the editing programs I already have. Thanks, Jim...another great video!
Thanks for watching and yes it's really an amazing app and very inexpensive considering everything it can do. Have fun with it!
Gave up on Adobe when PS and LR stopped opening on my Mac for no apparent reason, no joy from Adobe, very happy now with lAI and Pixelmator Pro. Great video Jim. Thank you.
thanks Anne and yes it's quite a nice product, glad to hear you are enjoying it too!
Hi jim! Just one thing, this app isn’t only for Mac, is available for iPad Pro too . Great video!
Ah yes, thanks, I really meant it doesn't work on any PC platform (just Apple), but I should be more specific about that. Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for taking time to review Pixelmator Pro. I love it. So many fun features and effects. YES, please do more.
Luminar AI plus Pixelmator Pro is under $100 USD. For so little money you can take Adobe and throw it out the window. These two apps - for most - photographers is more than enough to edit your photos.
thanks Lysander and yes it's pretty amazing, actually, and I plan to cover it in more detail in future videos bc it is powerful and fun - thanks!
Thanks, Jim. I've been considering a trial. Your introduction to PP was excellent and convinced me to try it. BTW, Happy New Year. Looking forward to more PP vids.
thanks Charles and have fun, and yes I hope to get back here with more vids on this product, bc there is a lot of explore with it!
Thanks Jim for your review of Pixelmator Pro. Looks like fun and I'm anxious to try it out. I'll also look forward to any future tutorials on this new version. Happy New Year!
thanks for watching Richard and yes I will do more with this software in future vids for sure!
Happy New Year! Great first impression..powerful. I am going to take a very close look at it.
Great initiation to your promised look at new tools.
thanks much Stephen, and yep it's a pretty nice tool, and one I will continue to revisit - and Happy New Year!
This is a great introduction - I've been using Pixelmator for a while - very powerful - and more so with every release. I regularly use it with a freeze-frame from FCPX to create thumbnail title slides for UA-cam... That off-kilter sample shot was really triggering my OCD...Happy New Year..
Thanks much and yes it is very powerful, and rather fun to use too! Haha and yes I realized I forgot to talk about crop and straighten, but as you know, it's there! 😁
Thanks for taking time to review Pixelmator Pro. YES, please do more.
thank you and yes it's on the list
Pixelmator Pro is phenomenal! I use it together with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom Classic. The Pixelmator Pro team makes very good tutorials!
I agree it is an amazing product!
Pixelmator is an underrated photo software. It is very powerful and very inexpensive. Thank you for this overview. I look forward to the rest.
Thanks Pierre and I totally agree, it is quite solid and yet doesn't seem to get a lot of attention. Thanks!
@@JimNix In addition it is optimized and works efficiently and securely on my new mac mini M1.
@@HoraceCafe nice! I bet it just flies, too!
@@JimNix Yes it is much faster than on my intel powerbook which is also on BigSur 11.1. Those who want to buy Pixelmator, it is currently at 50% off.
It also replaces most of Adobe Illustrator. It’s a no brainer for quick photo editing or illustrations. I found the learning curve much easier and the work process much faster. And when Adobe charges 50 a month, Pixelmator is a steal for what you get.
yes I totally agree, it's a great product that does so much for such little $ - an all around winner for sure!
Great work, thanks for the post !
thank you for watching!
Jim, does Pixelmator Pro have an Asset Manager (doesn't look like it) or can it be used as a plugin (i.e.ON1 roundtrip, & others). I really like to interface and tools. Happy New Year!
hi Mark and no asset manager in it, and as for using as a plugin, not quite a full plugin (no roundtrip) but from On1 you can select it as an app that you send the photo to, it just doesn't return - thanks!
very helpful thanks. I was not sure to buy pixelmator pro before this video and now I will buy it!
thanks for watching and have fun with it!
This video was very helpful, thanks. Do you know if Pixelmator Pro will handle Fuji X-T4 raw files?
Hi Geoff and thanks, and truthfully I am not sure. Perhaps check their site and perhaps they have a support email box you can reach out to? Sorry, I don't have a Fuji so I can't try it out.
Good Morning Jim,
Having used Windows since its inception in 1995, about 2 years ago I attempted to switch over to and purchased a small but powerful Mac-pro laptop just to use for photo editing. I struggled greatly trying to learn all of the finger movements necessary to communicate successfully and ultimately gave up on that Mac which I returned to BestBuy. I have been using an iPad Pro for years though and about two years ago purchased the iPad version of Pixelmator Pro and have been using it with great results since. It is very similar to the Mac Version that you are utilizing in this tutorial in many ways. It along with Polarr Pro are my two favorite go to Applications when doing P/P on the iPad. Unlike Adobe's P/S is very user friendly and straight forward to navigate and I would recommend it to anyone who uses an iPad to post process.
I have to say though that after watching this tutorial, I will carefully consider once again investing in a Mac but in desktop rather than laptop.
As always Thank you for this First Impression Video, and the Best of Luck and Health to you and yours in 2021.
Thanks much and yes I was aware they have an iPad app but my iPad is old, I never use it, and I haven't even looked at that app. But more and more photo editing has gone mobile so I may come back around to the idea at some point. But glad you are enjoying the app, and thanks for watching!
Desktop Mac and iPad is a great combination! 👍🏼
I have used Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro since 2015 (Pro came about 2017 or so). It has one of THE BEST repair tools of all of them; the clone stamp is quite good too. It has layers but you have to get used to the tool layout compared to others. BTW I am a beta test for Pixelmator Pro and I am quite sure they let you do that too should you want to. PPro is very underrated IMHO, so if you do a series you will be one of the few who do!
thanks Martin, it is a great product and I will likely do more with it, but of course I need to get a bit more fluent with it first - but I definitely like it!
Great overview. Question. You mention these are “mask layers”. So is it making actual layers and can you see the individual layers? YES, please more Pixelmator Pro videos. Especially on layers and mask layers. Thanks.
Thanks, I got Pixelmator Pro a few days ago, I got it just for the masking. It was got to see the other things it can do.
thanks and yes there is quite a lot you can do with it!
Now I know where the damn things are, thank you! If I would know color theory it would be so much fun, but hey, one video at a time!
haha thanks for watching and glad it helped!
Like you a have lost love for adobe. I have been a Pixelmator user for some time and love it. Also, their customer service response is excellent. Like photo shop it has incredible features, only a fraction of what I’m smart enough to use. Thanks for checking it out, i look forward to you delving further into it. Happy New Year.
thanks much for watching Scott and HNY to you as well!
Another great video sir.
thanks for watching!
when you changed the person's jacket, it also changed every green color in the picture. Like, the green light in the window. Is that fixable or no?
This looks great, I'd like to see more and see if Pixelmator can be my replacement for Luminar 4. A head to head in depth would be great, just focusing on the differences, things L4 can do that Pixelmator can't and vice versa.
hi Norm and thanks, it is a great product and I will cover it some more in future videos thanks
Hi Jim, happy new year and i hope we all will be in good health. I use Capture One sometimes. Is it possible that you make a video about this product? I think Capture One is much better than Adobe Lightroom. It is not the cheapest product but in my opinion it belongs to the best.
Hi Bert and thanks and yes I have been asked about C1 quite a bit. I will look into it, although right now I have my hands full with other apps. But I hear great things about C1 so I may add that to the list of possibilities. Thanks!
Great video! I just decided to check out PMP this past week out of curiosity and I can’t lie, it’s made it’s way into my workflow! There’s something to be said for how Apple-intuitive it is👍🏾
thanks much and yes it's quite a nice little app, powerful and fun for sure!
Thanks. This is really powerful software. I like that is has color wheels for color grading and fine tuning. Only a very few have this ⚡️
thanks and yes it's quite powerful, and very useful for sure!
Keep going Jim
thanks much and I will! 😁
As a side note, Pixelmator has a pretty good iPad app for those of us that do quickie photo edits on our tablets. It has the same basic layout as the desktop version and is useful for editing RAW images on the tablet device.
yes good point, I skipped over that in this one since I do not use an iPad but it's great for some uses for sure
Thank you so much, is there a version for ipads
thanks but I am not sure, I don't think so but check their website
Jim, I would be interested in a bit more on Pixelmator. As a pretty devoted Luminar AI user, I would be interested in when you wouldn’t use Luminar, but would instead use Pixelmator. It’s nice to have both tools, but I would need to be able to figure out which one to use to solve a processing challenge. Thanks for the insight on a product that seems to be an excellent value.
thanks Ted and yes I will do more on Pixelmator Pro for sure, it's a great app and one I plan to keep exploring - thank you!
Curious Jim what does this program offer over Luminar AI (besides text) or Photoshop 2021?
Hi Sterling and it has layers which is not in Luminar AI, as well as the shape/text thing, and lots of the effects are not something you can easily do in Luminar either - as for comparing it to PS, it's probably pretty similar to PS but much easier to use IMHO - thanks!
For me it’s as good as or better than photoshop for 1/48 of the price (counting months not subscribing to Adobe Suite. )
@@korsveien yes it is a great alternative to PS for sure, much easier and loads cheaper!
hello! me too. i’ve stopped using adobe after they’ve got too clever for their charges.
anyhow, happy new year to you, jim! i can’t say i’ve heard of this program but you’re right, it’s seemed pretty powerful. unfortunately i can’t invest on another software unless it’s free, thanks for sharing!
Hi Ninth and Happy New Year to you. This one isn't free, but it is really cheap, but for sure don't spend money when you don't need to do so. Hope all is well!
Thanks! Hopefully the first of many. HNY to you and yours.
thanks for watching and HNY to you as well!
Thank you!
thanks for watching!
Bonjour Jim et Bonne Année surtout la santé sans covid !!! Pixelmator Pro pour une première impression ça semble intéressant, performant puissant et le prix très intéressant dans cette période ou on ne vend pas de photo..........A bientôt pour la suite et grand MERCI
thanks much Michel and yes it is very interesting, and very affordable for sure - thanks for watching!
Your tutorials are super. I love how you explain things. Would you mind doing a full tutorial on Pixelmator Pro. I know others have done full tutorials of this program, but I would love to hear your explanations. Thank you.
thanks much Ron and I love Pixelmator, it's quite good - but what "full tutorial" are you looking for, specifically? there is just so much you can do in Pixelmator that it would require a ton of videos to cover it all - so far I have hit on some basics but there is a lot more I can do for sure, just not sure what you are asking for...any clarification is appreciated, thanks
@@JimNix yes sir. I am new to the computer graphics world. I guess I was just wanting a look at the tools, layers, and user interface stuff. I have been a photographer for some time and I just got into digital photography. I purchased Pixelmator Pro just to see what it would do for me and was a little intimidated by the user interface is all. Thanks bud for whatever you decide to do.
@@Rbailey280 ok thanks for sharing that. I have a playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLye10L-yi8hX6Zs8VpJqdtObrMrNY_YOX.html for Pixelmator Pro, although there are currently only 4 videos in it. But I will do more, and they will all go in that playlist. But I show off quite a few different parts of the app in those 4 vids so maybe there is something helpful there. For sure I will do more with it though. Thanks for watching!
@@JimNix thank you sir!
@@Rbailey280 you're welcome
Wow for $20 how can you go wrong? I would like to see what other things you can do in addition to photo editing.
Yep it's super affordable, yet very capable. You can do a lot, I barely scratched the surface here. I will try and add more tutorials in coming weeks.
Seems it is only for Mac only. Would there be a Window version coming out?
Yes it is Mac only but I do not know if there is a PC version coming or not, sorry.
Very unlikely that there will be a Windows version as it is very much a Mac application. Written in Apple's Swift language and making use of MacOS standard libraries for things like graphics, user interface, RAW conversion and Machine Learning (artificial intelligence), so I guess it would need to be completely rewritten to create a Windows version. The advantage of using the Apple software in this way is that most of the issues related to migrating to the new M1 architecture have been deal with by Apple and the libraries are written to take full advantage of the new chip. The latest version of Pixelmator Pro can already run native on M1 systems and already reports suggest that performance is very good. Pixelmator includes an image upsizing facility, Pixelmator ran some performance tests when it was released last year. The best performance came from the top-end iMac Pro. They recently repeated the tests on a new basic M1 MacBook Air, and it just beat the iMac Pro performance!
@@datstheone1 good to know, thank you for sharing!
I’d like to see more on Pixelmator Pro as well.
thanks Bill, sounds good and I will keep at it!
How about doing an up to date video? pixelmator is totally different interface than what you used
Hi James and I really like Pixelmator, but rarely have the time to use it since I am so busy with other apps. But this is a good point. Maybe I should revisit it with fresh eyes and see how it looks now. Thanks for the nudge.
ooo this was fun... nice to see the BiG PiCTURE. after readding the Pixelmator description over in the App store i still wasn't sure if it was for me? i mean, one picture is worth 1000 words right? so this first impression vid' showed me what i wanted to know. tonite i went back to the App store and got it! yup. i agree with everything Jim says in this vid' and couldn't be happier with this photo editor :)
EDiT: by the way... this App seems to do everything that PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS did? but of course Photoshop Elements is no longer available after the aforementioned ADOBE restructuring. Pity.
thanks for watching and yes it's a pretty impressive app all around, and one I continue to have fun with, and make videos about - thanks!
Jim I thought you were a Luminar user, why are you demoing Pixelmator Pro?
Hi Robin and I love Luminar and it is still my favorite app. But I am auditioning replacements for Lightroom, and this came across my radar so I wanted to try it out. It's a great product, though more of a Photoshop replacement in my opinion. But it's cool, you can do a lot with it, and it's fun to experiment with new things because I always learn something.
More Pixelmator PRO.
thanks Peter and will do!
Been using Pixelmator for a LONG time. Love it!!! But...the "Pro" version is intimidating, way too much changed and they "hid the cheese" as to how things work and where the menus/options are. Hoping this will inspire me to take the plunge.
Glad you enjoy the product, it is a good one. I never had the previous version but there is a so much you can do in the app that it can be intimidating.
@@JimNix Thanks Jim. There used to be a way to add a "pivot point" to a shape and use that point to pivot a layer. Different from rotating the whole shape. Then inexplicably the pivot feature was removed. Do you know if Pro added it back?
@@Cryo837 I have no idea, sorry. I have not gotten too deep into the product yet.
Please go on with Pixelmator, as I will use it instead of investing lots of money in Adobe products.
I will do more for sure, thanks for watching!
I downloaded the trial version then bought it the next day I love it much better than Photoshop and easier to use than affinity photo
yep I agree, quite easy to use but very powerful!
Luminar ai all the way :)
haha yes I still love Luminar AI and you will see plenty more about that one here! 😁
@@JimNix Can’t have too many options to choose from!
@@WilliamStaney yes! I love a little variety for sure!
Pixelmator Pro seam to be a very good companion to Photos. I would love to se to come back with a series of demo videos of this product.
All the best for 2021 🍾🥂
Thanks Peder and yes it goes great with Photos since it is a native Mac app. I do plan to come back with more videos about it. Thanks for watching!
Just purchased Pixelmator Pro in the Apple App Store for half off $20.00, now that's a bargain.
yeah it's so cheap and so good! have fun!