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Pixelmator 1.3 Tempo is on the street
The team over at Pixelmator has announced the release of their much-awaited 1.3 version, which they've titled Tempo. TUAW did a preview of this version a while ago -- it features lots of back-end updates, making the app itself much, much faster, especially when handling large images. And it brings to the table a few things Pixelmator has promised since the app first came out, including the Magic Eraser functionality, and a few magic touches elsewhere (you can use almost any of the tools in the "magic" way, by clicking and then dragging until the program automatically fills in your selection).
There are also updates to the Hue and Saturation, Colorize, and Replace Color tools, and there's an auto-hide feature (that can be turned off) that clears out some of the clutter when you're working with important tools. As a Pixelmator user, I really like the update -- I'm not sure if it's quite enough to pull you into the app if you aren't already using it (and as we've said before, this is not an app for power Photoshop users), but if you're looking for a relatively light, very stylistic photo editor, it's definitely worth a trial again. You can pick one up over on their site.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
sy said 2:13PM on 11-11-2008
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Joshua Ochs said 2:40PM on 11-11-2008
To heck with the update, I want the desktop picture they're editing. Anyone know where it's from?
Speaking of desktop pictures, until they can constrain the selection rectangle to a proportion (4:3, or 16:10) then I'm not using it. I know, it's a tiny feature. It may be sad, but most of what I use Photoshop Elements for is desktop picture creation and editing.
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Mike said 8:00PM on 11-11-2008
I was able to input custom proportions the crop tool prior to this update... don't know if that's exactly what you want though.
BogdanGC said 7:57AM on 11-12-2008
The picture you are looking for is a variation of this: http://abduzeedo.com/awesome-digital-bokeh-effect-photoshop
mike said 4:45PM on 11-11-2008
The desktop is made from a effekt you can use in Pixelmator. After effekt they have added overlay and a gradient, and voila, you have the same desktop.
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Maldaen said 7:30PM on 11-11-2008
That doesn't really help those of us who don't have time to learn how to manipulate the software, though. Call me lazy, but I hope that someone would just make it.
Samuel said 1:35AM on 11-13-2008
GIMP really needs this kind of an interface
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Ed said 11:22AM on 11-13-2008
It could really do with a better interface, in any way... I'd love to use GIMP, but every time I try it just frustrates me!
hans said 4:51PM on 11-11-2008
There is still the bug that you cannot pick colors on your second monitor, but aside of that, nothing negative comes to mind. Loves the new dialogs and tools :)
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Seraphiel said 12:37AM on 11-12-2008
Don't forget the Pixelmator Tutorials video podcast! Where you'll already have some tutorials that show you how to do things in 1.3
They are available on http://pixelmatorpodcast.com
and on iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=284768359
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Tice said 6:35AM on 11-14-2008
This is a great update. I was able to test the beta in the last weeks and the final release is awsome. Only flaw: The drag'n'drop from the picture doesn't work anymore (you have to drag the layer again). Anyway - nice new features!
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Samuel said 11:47AM on 11-13-2008
Thanks for concurring, these guys are bringing it to the Mac:
http://darwingimp.sourceforge.net/download.html
The BBS is down but I hope that they have heard of, and were impressed by, Pixelmator.
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