Pixelmator 2 – Sneak Preview
We included Pixelmator in our Top 10 Image Editing Mac App roundup, see here. It easily meets our criteria for being a great editing photo app. Now Pixelmator 2 is enroute and is said to retail for $59 shortly, however, if you download Pixelmator 1, now for $29 you will get a free upgrade – save yourself $30 and get a great photo editing app? No brainer – click here to download Pixelmator 1.
Find out what’s coming in Pixelmator 2 below…
Look and Feel
Handcrafted to the very last detail specifically for working with images, the new user interface of the app is as beautiful to look at as it is easy-to-use.
Drawing Tools
Enjoy perfectly precise, full-featured drawing tools that allow you to easily create and edit any vector shapes, whether simple or advanced.
Shapes
Use the Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Star, Line or Custom Shape tools to quickly add shape layers to your compositions.
Healing Tool
Paint with the new Healing Tool on objects or any other details in an image to magically remove them, as if they never existed. Watch the video….
Content-Aware Fill
Take advantage of a breakthrough technology that helps magically get rid of unwanted elements in images.
Smudge Tool
Use the new Smudge Tool to smear paint, or to rub out blemishes or any other details in your images, as realistically as if you were using your fingers.
Sponge Tool
Paint using any brush tip either to add more color to or to take color away from objects, details or any other areas of an image.
Burn Tool
Use the Burn Tool to naturally darken specific areas of an image—whether in the highlights, midtones or shadows range for a given area.
Dodge Tool
Use the Dodge Tool to naturally lighten specific areas of an image—whether in the highlights, midtones or shadows range for a given area.
Red Eye Tool
Use the Red Eye Tool to easily—either automatically or manually—get rid of the red-eye effect in your images.
Pixel Tool
Enjoy editing images at the pixel level by taking advantage of the hard-edged, pixel-precise, pixel art-type Pixel Tool.
New Eyedropper Tool
Use the new magnifying Eyedropper Tool to efficiently snap colors from an image to use as needed.
Info Bar
The new Info Bar provides you with the most useful information required at a specific moment, depending on the tool in use.
Tools Customization
Make the app truly personal by adding, removing, arranging, even grouping tools in the fully customizable Tools palette.
Tool Options Bar
Enjoy the new contextual Tool Options bar, which shows the exact set of tool settings needed at the moment, depending on the tool in use.
New Type Tool
In addition to easily placing and formatting text on your images, now also enjoy advanced typography features.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
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