Leave a Review Pixelmator
One of my top three apps
and gets 5 stars in every category I would rate it on. I edit only as a hobby. I first tried Photoshop-way to big of a learning curve for a hobby. Then I enjoyed 5 years with the paid version of Photoleap but a major update diminished what I liked about it. After 2 weeks of research I decided Pixelmator seemed to offer what I was looking for.
WOW! After 9 mos of use I can confidently say it offers the professional level of Photoshop, the ease of Photoleap and a level of help documentation I seldom find in any app in any category.
My #1 ask when looking for a new photo editor was that it was available for both iPad Pro 11 and Mac with Apple level cohesiveness between them. I haven’t downloaded the app to my MBP but from the little I’ve seen of it, I have much to look forward to. I’ll report back on that soon!Show lessShowmekc
Good app, a few suggestions
The latest update definitely did improve Pixelmator’s design and gave it more editing features for a variety of art styles.
However, I suggest a few things to be added/fixed:
- Color fill bucket to quickly color in a drawing without having to color it in by paintbrush, which takes longer
- An eyedrop tool when choosing colors under the gradient option to make the desired color a gradient
- An option to delete color swatches if a color swatch is created by accident
- Occasionally, the app would crash while I’m working on a piece of artwork, and sometimes the artwork that I’ve worked hard on would disappear after crashing with no way to get it back, which I was disappointed about. I had first noticed this issue after the big update, so I’m not sure if it had been caused by the update. Saving it does help when I click on “Images” in the top left corner of the screen and going back into my project but I would rather not have to do that and a piece of artwork I was working on somehow disappeared when it had crashed again even though it had been saved more than once. I hope this issue would be fixed to prevent other users from losing their projects, especially ones they spent a long time on.Show less--artlover33--
I miss the smudge brushes
Update- im not sure if the smudge brushes were called the smudge brushes on the app but they were the last set of brushes next to water color and i used it to smudge and blend. There were a lot of options. I miss them. I think there was a wax one and oil one i forget their names even though i used them almost daily for awhile. A friend asked me to touch up a photo and i logged in with intention of the app being the same as i used before and noticed a lot had changed. I tried the new smudge feature and there were no brush options the old app had tons of brushes like 8 or 10. I loved them all. a circle also was there too when i was trying to use the new smudge. Im not sure if there was an option to take that circle away. Some ppl may find it helpful. I also miss the percentage for brush sizes. I also noticed the waterbrush section was missing but i think they may have been condensed into paintbrushes in general. So they still may be there just not in their own catergory. I really appreciate the app and dont want to sound negative i just miss my smudge brushesShow lessdasher909
July update is great. One request though.
Please add back numerical values to sliders. Useful for consistency when editing multiple photos. Thanks.Leon Edwards
Developer Response
Will do! Thanks for the feedback.Bought it years ago, and still worth it
I bought Pixelmator years ago, and it’s still my favorite iOS editing app. I only have two features that I believe are is missing. One is the ability to select a layer, and crop it. I’ve found a way around it by using the selection tool and then manually cropping but if I’m already at max layers (4 when doing the max size image) I can’t copy it into a new layer so I’m forced to merge layers or manually erase extras. The other missing feature is the ability to pull a color for text with the dropper. It’s available for painting, but not for text color.
I believe the image size and layers are a limitation of device speed, to keep the app from crashing or slowing down, but if I’m wrong, that limit should be removed.Show lessVinnygx3
A studio on my phone
This is an AWESOME app! Literally fills me with awe. I’m always finding new features and new things to do with it; recently I discovered that I can even lay down a thick layer of color, as I would with my brush, and blend it. I haven’t found a single technique I used as a fine artist that I can’t digitally recreate. But my favorite feature is the one that brushes and pencils don’t come with: UNDO. UNDO saves me from those times when I’m trying too hard to make it perfect, and end up going one smudge too far. With real-world tools, I was stuck. I couldn’t make that mistake disappear completely, and I didn't end up with what I had before I goofed. Now I have the power of UNDO. It’s the little things…Show lessNiki Kade
Necessary features are missing.
The app is ok for quick sketches but that’s about it. As a graphic designer I need to do things on the fly and find myself frustrated with the features this app lacks. Many times I jump to this app to quickly put something together as a semi mock-up for clients. Simple features the app lacks are essential to anyone who does graphic work. A few missing features are skew & free transform. The distortion features in the app are pretty worthless imo. If I have a logo and need to add simple text I am unable to skew or italicize the text to fit image angles properly. This is a simple function that can be added to the text options/features. There needs to be a angle or skew tab in there to angle the text slant in a positive or negative direction.
My second major issue is the same thing with images or object layers. There should be a free transform option or a skew or slant feature to grab individual points of an object to allow for easy manipulation. Or to be able to move only 2 points and adjust the angle/slant of any objects to add alternate perspective to the image objects.
If the app had those two features added I would give it 5 stars. There are some great features. But the app itself is very limiting with essential functions that limit the user.Show lessooAntixoo
Just okay
I’ve been using Pixelmator Pro on my Mac for about a year now. I love everything that has to offer. Unfortunately my Mac has been living the last of its life and I’ve decided to go with an IPadpro as replacement (I truly only used my Mac for my hobby of editing photos I take). I was disappointed Pixelmator Pro wasn’t an option for such a great device. Pixelmator is just “okay” for quick edits, but nothing too advanced-at all. I’m sad I don’t have access to the mirror tool, and removing objects more efficiently. I’m just sappy I’ve learned so much of this software yet there’s no Pro version for IPad. If this ever becomes a thing, I’ll definitely be investing once more.Show lessaierianne
The good, the bad and UGLY!
THE GOOD:
- Easy/ fun to use
- Clear interface/ UI
- Keyboard support
THE BAD:
- Can’t rotate objects with a stylus from main screen
- Can’t compare 2 images from main screen with one click
- Can’t quickly jump to a specific previous version
- No Undo / redo history list with a slider/wheel.
- Very limited image and distort effects to play with
- Very limited effects edit option
- Very limited editable image filters
- No advanced features to improve image quality
- No advanced features to improve image composition
- Can’t open an image from iOS Photos app
THE UGLY:
- No RAW support. (Which is inexcusable!)
Because of all the above, i can’t recommend this App right now. Especially it's not a free app and it is lacking numerous features that i would expect to have in a premium photo editing app since other free apps are actually more advanced in some areas for example: SnapSeed and Lightroom, both are free!!!
I really think this App has great potential but unfortunately it is definitely not “the ultimate pro photo editing” on IPad right now.Show lessswisswatchlover
Exporting your original files
On my iPad, it seems to be impossible to move the original PXM files onto onedrive or Pcloud. It seems there is something magical about the Pixelmator folder that makes it impossible to copy the files out of there onto another cloud storage option.Thomas the Hunter
