GIF export in Pixelmator Pro
2017-11-29 14:39:01
Please excuse me if this is a stupid question (new to Pixelmator Pro) but how can you export an image as a gif? I do not have Gif as an option in the format drop down when exporting an image.
2017-11-30 09:14:10
Thank you for confirming that I am not being blind.
Crikey - that seems like quite a big omission? I guess gifs will never be relevant for photographers but it should definitely be there for anyone interested in creating web graphics.
Crikey - that seems like quite a big omission? I guess gifs will never be relevant for photographers but it should definitely be there for anyone interested in creating web graphics.
2017-11-30 18:14:34
For web graphic-designers I would for now recommend the general version of Pixelmator. It will still be updated and maintained by the team. If you are an existing user of Pixelmator you'll find your 'old' Pixelmator version still available in your applications folder. If you are a new user you can still get a refund from the App Store and buy the general Pixelmator version in stead, or use your existing software and wait til Pixelmator Pro will receive more web-desinger related features.
2018-12-03 10:13:06
GIF is available as an export format in Pixelmator Pro — you'll need to use the Export for Web tool as it's not currently in the general export dialog. We can add it there, of course, but we thought when creating web graphics, you'd use the Export for Web or Slice tools and it's not that relevant for general exports. However, I think at some point we'll create an Export window in Pixelmator Pro that's similar to the original Pixelmator, where GIF is in the "Other" category. Anyway, here's a screenshot of the Export for Web tool's format pop-up menu:
2020-09-13 03:25:47
How about animated GIFs? PS has QuickTime export.
2021-07-22 18:42:12
This is probably one of the main features that I think Pixelmator Pro is missing: allowing you to export a document's layers into an animated GIF. Any comment on if this could be coming soon?
2021-07-27 12:49:45
I can only second Andrius's comment above — it's not in our plans for the immediate future but we haven't ruled it out completely either. Sounds vague, I know. We're simply focusing on slightly different things right now.
2022-10-20 14:49:23
Might not be a fair statement, but since they already support PNG it might be an easier addition to support export to APNG. It's a more modern format that GIF.