TUAW Exclusive: Pixelmator in-depth screencast

Back in May we scored a short intro screencast of Pixelmator, an upcoming image editor that looks to give Photoshop a run for its money. Incorporating open source software and some of the great image tools that Apple provides to developers in Mac OS X, Pixelmator looks like it could very well bridge that massive gap between powerful editors like Photoshop that operate in their own realm and all the handy toys in your Mac, like the iPhoto media browser and iSight camera.

Unfortunately, Pixelmator got delayed a bit (hey, it's software, it happens), and according to the development blog, a private beta is scheduled to begin August 16th. Since we all have to wait a bit longer to see more of Pixelmator, we figured it was about time to score another exclusive video of Pixelmator in action - and score we have! Embedded in this post is a three minute Pixelmator demo screencast that covers a lot more features in action than we've ever seen before. Selection tools, a unique gradient tool, text, transformation, adding layers and moving images from one document to another, the photo browser that allows access to your iPhoto library, snapping a pic from iSight, color correction and some wild, wild filters and effects - all in this video that even WWDC attendees didn't see! If you've been waiting to see some more meat of what Pixelmator will be capable of, you owe it to yourself to press play above.

Needless to say, I'm pretty darn excited for Pixelmator, especially since it'll only cost $59 once released, and I can't wait to get my hands on a copy for review as soon as the team is ready.

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Florian Gnägi

Ich muss schon sagen, die Leute die sich Ã¼ber den sensationellen Akzent beschweren leben in einer sehr, sehr einsamen amerikanischen Welt. Ihr mÃ¼sst nun mal akzeptieren, dass es auch noch andere Sprachen auf diesem Planeten gibt. Ich fÃ¼r meinen Teil fand den Ton so affenscharf wie dies kein Ami hingekriegt hÃ¤tte!

September 25 2007 at 3:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

omnicloud

I want that. Usually I would use Photoshop but it looks good enough a PS clone to do my very basic tasks.

August 14 2007 at 8:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Graham Cox

Nice to see my gradient panel work getting an airing :) You can add it to your own Cocoa apps for free too : http://gradientpanel.com

August 14 2007 at 8:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Robert MacEwan

This is great for those of us use to GIMP on Linux that have switch to an iMac. Same look an feel. My wife is going to love this.

August 11 2007 at 7:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Johnny Appleseed

Wow. I wish this thing out come out for Windows also...but, us unfortunate windows users have to suffer once again.

I remember back in the day when all the cool software used to come out for Windows...but not anymore. Windows is basically making a mess of itself.

My next computer (a few years from now) will be a Mac, unless the great coorporate Giants decide that it would make sense to allow OSX to be able to run on a Windows Machine....

August 10 2007 at 11:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Chartier

Guys, he has an accent - let's get over it. Lots of people have accents. Just imagine how different we must sound to non-English speakers, especially when trying to speak *their* language.

Can we please move on?

August 10 2007 at 4:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Joe

What about more real Photoshop competitor called Pixel? It's even cheaper than this... http://www.pixelimageeditor.com oh and some cool screenshot of upcoming version http://www.kanzelsberger.com/temp/beta8mac2.png

August 10 2007 at 3:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Evan Walsh

Did he say "Adwanced"?

August 10 2007 at 3:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

GBot

Gimp plus a black skin, and iSight plugin. Nothing more, nothing less.

See this quote on the bottom of the page?
"That's it, I'm buying a Mac right now!" Windows user

Wow, well if a Windows user is buying a Mac right now, then I should too! ROFLMAO.

The kid in high school that calls others nerds and says he's cool - isn't.

August 10 2007 at 1:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom

It's unfair to mock it purely from the voice over because their accent is different to your own.

I'm excited about Pixelmator. Even if it does have less features than Photoshop, it's a fraction of the price. I'm also sure that features will be developed over time as more feedback comes in.

For a new program to come along like this, I think it's definitely exciting, I certainly wouldn't brush it off. Just gotta wait til it's out...

August 10 2007 at 8:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply