Comments on: Pixelmator 1.0 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:47:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Forest and the Trees » Blog Archive » The (Gradual) Fall of Adobe http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-266464 The Forest and the Trees » Blog Archive » The (Gradual) Fall of Adobe Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:37:15 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-266464 [...] smaller tasks and aren’t yet capable of replacing the Adobe apps, the best of them are not unlike the Photoshop of old in their capable simplicity and development nimbleness. Some may yet grow up to become muscular [...] [...] smaller tasks and aren’t yet capable of replacing the Adobe apps, the best of them are not unlike the Photoshop of old in their capable simplicity and development nimbleness. Some may yet grow up to become muscular [...]

]]> By: francois http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-167935 francois Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:31:49 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-167935 As mentioned by Pieter, Drawit is a very cool application... I bought the licence for Acorn, Pixelmator and Drawit and must admit that should I have started with Drawit I would probably not have bought the 2 others... Its interface is nice and clean, it offers vectors (which Acorn and Pixelmator do not) and the ability for any vector-based shape you may create to be used as a mask. Very cool !!! As mentioned by Pieter, Drawit is a very cool application...
I bought the licence for Acorn, Pixelmator and Drawit and must admit that should I have started with Drawit I would probably not have bought the 2 others...
Its interface is nice and clean, it offers vectors (which Acorn and Pixelmator do not) and the ability for any vector-based shape you may create to be used as a mask. Very cool !!!

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]]> By: Matthew http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-148245 Matthew Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:44:41 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-148245 I would just like to add that Graphic Converter is a great value and Lemke's program shouldn't be picked on that much. IT WASN'T MADE TO BE A PHOTOSHOP REPLACEMENT. It is a swiff army knife/multipurpose tool for people needing to change/manage their pictures. It wasn't made to be a retoucher or pixel pusher. If you want a free pixel pusher, try Pixen. If you want to retouch pictures, use Photoshop, Gimp, Elements, Seashore, Pixelmator or Acorn. After all, Thorsten is just one guy and has had to listen to everyone's suggestion for what completes his/her pipeline. GCX does what it was designed to do well and apparently Apple computer recognized that or else they would not have included it with Mac OSX. I would just like to add that Graphic Converter is a great value and Lemke's program shouldn't be picked on that much. IT WASN'T MADE TO BE A PHOTOSHOP REPLACEMENT. It is a swiff army knife/multipurpose tool for people needing to change/manage their pictures. It wasn't made to be a retoucher or pixel pusher. If you want a free pixel pusher, try Pixen. If you want to retouch pictures, use Photoshop, Gimp, Elements, Seashore, Pixelmator or Acorn. After all, Thorsten is just one guy and has had to listen to everyone's suggestion for what completes his/her pipeline. GCX does what it was designed to do well and apparently Apple computer recognized that or else they would not have included it with Mac OSX.

]]> By: Matthew http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-148243 Matthew Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:32:42 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-148243 Alex, You're probably not alone, but let's not forget that PS is in version 9.0 and Pixelmator is version 1.0. It's a great start but likely won't ever be a replacement for Photoshop for the pros. However, Pixelmator has a few tricks up its sleeve that Photoshop cannot perform well.....like most of the distortion filters can be moved around the image which makes it a great creative companion to Photoshop. Version 2.0 will likely have many of the issues resolved. I'm excited to think about what the creators have in store for Pixelmator. It's not like they have to be locked into as rigid of a development plan as Adobe. They have plenty of room to be innovative and hopefully Leopard will solve some of the memory leaks in Core Image. Alex, You're probably not alone, but let's not forget that PS is in version 9.0 and Pixelmator is version 1.0. It's a great start but likely won't ever be a replacement for Photoshop for the pros. However, Pixelmator has a few tricks up its sleeve that Photoshop cannot perform well.....like most of the distortion filters can be moved around the image which makes it a great creative companion to Photoshop. Version 2.0 will likely have many of the issues resolved. I'm excited to think about what the creators have in store for Pixelmator. It's not like they have to be locked into as rigid of a development plan as Adobe. They have plenty of room to be innovative and hopefully Leopard will solve some of the memory leaks in Core Image.

]]> By: Jon H http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-148127 Jon H Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:52:01 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-148127 " The Mac version of Photoshop Elements 6 is planned for 2008 and looks more like Lightroom than Photoshop. I don’t think I have any use for such a product." Er, it's a $99 product. It's a consumer version of Photoshop. In earlier versions they co-marketed it with an iPhoto-style app for managing your pictures; apparently they've integrated that into Elements 6, which is probably why it looks like a consumer version of Lightroom. That may be why the Lightroom-ness is played up in the marketing materials - it's a new feature. They are not marketing their $99 home product as a equivalent for their $299 Lightroom product. " The Mac version of Photoshop Elements 6 is planned for 2008 and looks more like Lightroom than Photoshop. I don’t think I have any use for such a product."

Er, it's a $99 product. It's a consumer version of Photoshop. In earlier versions they co-marketed it with an iPhoto-style app for managing your pictures; apparently they've integrated that into Elements 6, which is probably why it looks like a consumer version of Lightroom. That may be why the Lightroom-ness is played up in the marketing materials - it's a new feature.

They are not marketing their $99 home product as a equivalent for their $299 Lightroom product.

]]> By: alex kent http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-147719 alex kent Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:38:07 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-147719 am i the only one who has noticed that there are huge feature omissions in Pixelmator which make it pretty lousy for photo-editing ? like any tool to alter the colour balance of an image for example... as a side note about the Photoshop updates no longer being relevant; i am professionally a photographic retoucher i work predominantly in Photoshop. the new tools in each PS revision redefine what's possible within the industry. alex. am i the only one who has noticed that there are huge feature omissions in Pixelmator which make it pretty lousy for photo-editing ?
like any tool to alter the colour balance of an image for example...

as a side note about the Photoshop updates no longer being relevant; i am professionally a photographic retoucher i work predominantly in Photoshop. the new tools in each PS revision redefine what's possible within the industry.

alex.

]]> By: Pieter http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-147557 Pieter Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:49:20 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-147557 Have you guys looked at DrawIt? A new version will be released soon: http://getdrawit.com/teaser/ It's got a lot of the functionality that both Acorn and Pixelmator have, and some more :-) Have you guys looked at DrawIt?
A new version will be released soon:

http://getdrawit.com/teaser/

It's got a lot of the functionality that both Acorn and Pixelmator have, and some more :-)

]]> By: Joshua Ochs http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-147542 Joshua Ochs Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:12:36 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/09/27/pixelmator-10/#comment-147542 GraphicConverter's interface is sprawling and disorganized. Menu organization makes little sense, there are loads of items I can't even begin to guess the function of (everything on the "Special" menu, Effect menu is disorganized, use of terms like "Trim" instead of Crop, etc, etc), the preferences window is an ABOMINATION, and the price goes up (what was so great about 6.0 that warrants paying again?) and the functionality and interface just doesn't improve. Pixelmator is indeed a breath of fresh air. I've stuck with Photoshop Elements 2.0 for ages, as the interface works and the functions are almost exactly what I need (full screen and better masking tools are about all I miss). But... it isn't Universal, and the interface is getting a bit tired (not that I like anything they've done since...). Once a few more features are added (mostly in the realm of selection improvements, and turning off transparency!), I'll be more than happy to plunk down money for it. :) GraphicConverter's interface is sprawling and disorganized. Menu organization makes little sense, there are loads of items I can't even begin to guess the function of (everything on the "Special" menu, Effect menu is disorganized, use of terms like "Trim" instead of Crop, etc, etc), the preferences window is an ABOMINATION, and the price goes up (what was so great about 6.0 that warrants paying again?) and the functionality and interface just doesn't improve.

Pixelmator is indeed a breath of fresh air. I've stuck with Photoshop Elements 2.0 for ages, as the interface works and the functions are almost exactly what I need (full screen and better masking tools are about all I miss). But... it isn't Universal, and the interface is getting a bit tired (not that I like anything they've done since...).

Once a few more features are added (mostly in the realm of selection improvements, and turning off transparency!), I'll be more than happy to plunk down money for it. :)

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