Pixelmator puts new shortcuts in 1.2.3, pitches 1.3 Tempo beta

My favorite plucky little picture editor, Pixelmator, has recently updated to version 1.2.3 with a few bug fixes and improvements. They've also added even more keyboard shortcuts -- enough to necessitate a keyboard shortcuts document. Unfortunately, making it white-on-black, which may fit the app's style, doesn't really help with printing. However, if you want to go a little bit past the usual Open Apple-C and Open Apple-S (yes, I'm a die-hard, and so are they), it's a good cheat sheet.

But the even bigger news is that beta 1.3 "Tempo" is right around the corner, and they're soliciting beta testers right now. If, like me, you use the thing every day and want to see what the new version is like, hit up their beta email and see if you can get a little testing in for them. This is an app that has grown in leaps and bounds ever since it first premiered. While it still isn't quite as in-depth or solid as many other image-editing apps out there, its style and relative simplicity has really won me over.

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Source: http://www.pixelmator.com/weblog/2008/09/03/pixelmator-123-a…

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Mason Cantar

Well I got Tempo beta in my email, and I can't figure out how to add text. With my previous version I just hit "T" and then clicked where I wanted text to go, and I could just start typing... now it opens a box that I can't type into. This is probably a dumb question, especially for a developer, but how do I insert text into an image now?

October 01 2008 at 11:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Seraphiel

Don't forget the Pixelmator Tutorials video podcast!

They are available on http://web.me.com/sebvdv/PixelmatorTutorials/Podcast/Podcast.html

and on iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?

September 09 2008 at 2:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Aaron Davies

"Die hard" because you like a silly mid-nineties innovation that came in with the LC? Dude, to me, the command-only key is a return to the one true way--the way of the Mac Plus.

September 08 2008 at 8:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Jake Zerrer

Agreed - It's always been "command" to me.

September 08 2008 at 10:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Olligarski

I wish every app would be amber or phosphor green on black!

September 08 2008 at 7:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris

I understand the "negative effect" you're referring to, but I don't find it a show stopper (I actually really like it to be honest). I find it's much worse on some web pages than with Pixelmator.

As for Pixelmator itself, I'm really glad its around, Photoshop is way to expensive and Elements is just not worth the price of admission for me. Pixelmator gets the job done without breaking the bank and looks beautiful to boot.

I've been with Adobe Photoshop since version 3 on OS 6, and I have to say its become a pig of an app (5.5 was its high point in my book). Sort of like how iTunes is taking on more than it should, they just keeping tasking it with more and more things.

Pixelmator came along at the perfect time for me, I really feel the devs are building an affordable full featured photo editor for the masses.

September 08 2008 at 7:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply