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Introducing Pixelmator for iPhone — A World Class Image Editor for iOS

The Pixelmator Team will be releasing Pixelmator for iPhone this Thursday – 28 May 2015— a world class image editor for iOS. Pixelmator for iPhone is packed with powerful, fast, desktop-class tools for enhancing photos, drawing and painting, as well as for advanced image editing with layers, text, shapes, and more. Pixelmator is built exclusively for iOS 8 and takes full advantage of its latest features and technologies, making Pixelmator fast, intuitive, and very simple for anyone to use.

“We are super excited to introduce a world class, advanced image editor for iPhone,” said Saulius Dailide, one of the founders of the Pixelmator Team. “Our team created the first-ever mobile image editor that has all the tools you need whether you are a mobile photographer, mobile painter or a mobile graphic designer.”

Pixelmator is the perfect app for mobile photographers. It is packed with advanced, desktop-class photo editing tools that let you touch up and enhance photos right on your iPhone. Pixelmator features powerful Color Adjustment tools, incredibly precise Retouching tools, Metal-based Distort tools, a collection of breathtaking effects, and much more.

Pixelmator is perfect for mobile painters, too. It features more than 100 outstanding double-texture brushes, innovative color-picking tools, and an impressive, OpenGL ES- and A8X-based Paint Engine. Mobile painters can choose from realistic to fully stylized brushes of all sizes and shapes to subtly enhance images or to create masterpieces from scratch. Pixelmator also provides myriad ways to pick colors easily and with great precision. And it lets you enjoy real-time responsive painting, thanks to the state-of-the-art Paint Engine. Now you can paint absolutely seamlessly whenever your imagination strikes.

Pixelmator for iPhone is one of the best-in-class app for mobile graphic designers. It is one of the most powerful layer-based graphic design apps for iOS, that lets you combine words, shapes, and images to create stunning compositions right on your iPhone. You can use pixel-accurate selection tools to select and edit areas of an image. Follow the smart alignment guides to perfect image composition. Merge and organize image layers, apply Layer Styles, and Blending modes. And so much more.

Pixelmator takes full advantage of powerful iOS features and technologies. It also delivers a native iOS 8 user experience, making the most advanced editing tools intuitive and easy to use. In addition to features such as iCloud Drive, Handoff, Document Picker, and the Photos app editing extension, Pixelmator for iPhone is engineered to leverage the full power of 64-bit architecture, Grand Central Dispatch, NEON, OpenGL ES, Core Image, and Metal, delivering state-of-the-art performance and incredible responsiveness.

Pricing & Availability

Pixelmator for iPhone will be available tomorrow (Thursday 29 May 2015) from the App Store for $4.99/£3.99 at http://appstore.com/pixelmator

Pixelmator for iPhone is a universal app. All Pixelmator for iPad owners will get Pixelmator for iPhone.

An Overview video is available here.

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)