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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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Jeremy said 6:47PM on 9-08-2008
I've used Pixelmator off and on and it's a great little program that is coming along nicely. Unfortunately for me, after much thinking about what it is about Pixelmator that *stops* me from using it, I realised it's the black UI, which they seem determined not to change.
While at first I found it Pixelmators most attractive feature, after using it for a while it started to jsut drive me crazy. Especially if you are running multiple applications at once, switching to Pixelmator has the effect of going from a positive to a negative image which is hard on the eyes and requires a second or two of re-adjustment, every time I switch.
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Chris said 7:15PM on 9-08-2008
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.
Olligarski said 7:48PM on 9-08-2008
I wish every app would be amber or phosphor green on black!
Aaron Davies said 8:17PM on 9-08-2008
"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.
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Jake Zerrer said 10:28PM on 9-08-2008
Agreed - It's always been "command" to me.
Seraphiel said 2:06AM on 9-09-2008
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?
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Mason said 4:32PM on 10-01-2008
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?
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