![]() In short, Pixelmator Pro is a perfect match for Final Cut Pro X. Furthermore, if you use Apple Photos, Pixelmator Pro is also supported as an extension and through Photos’ “edit with” functions. While you can’t do some of Photoshop’s more exotic functions, like video animations, Pixelmator Pro covers the bulk of what an editor needs to do with a graphics tool. Expect faster results on the newer Macs.Īs I’ve been using Pixelmator Pro more these days – instead of the knee-jerk reaction to head to Photoshop first – I’m rediscovering things that I like and that I find to be more fluid and intuitive than in Photoshop. ![]() Unfortunately, it is a very slow process on my older MacBook Pro however, its use it entirely optional. This will give you the cleanest edges around complex images and textures as opposed to the other available algorithms. If you want to blow up a lower resolution image for a higher resolution result, you can employ Pixelmator Pro’s Super Resolution function. At the end of 2019, an update added machine learning to image scaling. I find the results more pleasing and successful than similar automatic adjustments in other applications. This is more sophisticated than a simple automatic white balance. Machine learning can also be used for an image’s color/level adjustments. The available library of possible names is not increased or improved. If you change it to a custom name, Pixelmator Pro does not “learn” that new name for future use. In addition, alternative suggested names are also available. It makes a generic guess at the name, like “building” for an image of a building, tower, or other similar image, which is based on shape recognition. For instance, the application uses machine learning to automatically name layers when you import a photo and place it on a layer. Instead, calculations are made against a defined set of parameters. It’s important to remember that there isn’t really any “learning” involved with machine learning. These panels can be revealed or hidden, which means that you can have a very minimalist interface that focuses only on the image, if that’s how you like to work.Īnother new technology integrated into Pixelmator Pro is machine learning. Its interface design is a perfect complement to Final Cut – using a similar approach to tool/layer/inspector panels. Pixelmator Pro is a clean app written with newer code, designed to take advantage of Metal. However, if you want to stay strictly within the macOS, FCPX-centric ecosystem, then you owe it to yourself to move over to something new. So if you have Photoshop installed, then you’ll probably just continue to use Photoshop as the line of least resistance. Like others who have the Creative Cloud apps installed alongside FCPX, I tend to go where muscle memory takes me. ![]() I reviewed Pixelmator Pro after its initial release a bit over two years ago and have recently started to use it on a more full-time basis. ![]() While I like them both, Pixelmator Pro seems the closest to the FCPX design ethos. ![]() On the other hand, if you only want an alternative to Photoshop, then Affinity Photo or Pixelmator Pro might be your best option. If you want the most direct alternative to the Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign trifecta then your best bet would be to buy Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher. Principal replacements come from either Pixelmator or Serif. There are alternatives, which I have reviewed in the past. Even the most diehard FCPX users often maintain the basic Adobe photography bundle just to have Photoshop in their toolset, since Apple doesn’t make such as application. The exception to that is graphics and photography design and manipulation. If you bought all of Apple’s ProApps products, then you have largely replaced the need for an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. Many Final Cut Pro X users prefer the software precisely because it does not require an ongoing subscription. ![]()
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