Pixelmator Photo gets AI-powered selective adjustments and a new name — Photomator

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2023-04-12 13:07:03

Photomator 2.3 introduces all-new, incredibly powerful selective adjustments, including AI-powered automatic subject, background, and sky selections, linear and radial gradient masks, brush selections, and more.

And we've got some exciting news about Photomator for Mac!

Learn more on our blog.

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2023-04-12 14:46:14

Nice update. However, there is a detail that I am sure is still relevant: for those who already purchased photomator before the change to the subscription model, you said that there discount for the subscription. Is this still the case, or will cross-account support be added to the mac (for those who already purchased)?
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2023-04-12 15:42:53

by DavidSirois Nice update. However, there is a detail that I am sure is still relevant: for those who already purchased photomator before the change to the subscription model, you said that there discount for the subscription. Is this still the case, or will cross-account support be added to the mac (for those who already purchased)?
Hey David. Yes, that's still the plan and we're working on making it happen. :muscle:
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2023-04-12 15:48:18

Hello
Seems promising photo catalog application for Mac. But what is the oldest MacOS it will run? Does it run on Big Sur?

BR
Timo
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2023-04-12 15:54:43

几个小时前我已经收到了更新,非常的喜欢,希望未来可以支持人像的修饰。
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2023-04-12 16:07:42

Top notch update! And reading Mac version update it looks like the progress will be huge!
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2023-04-12 16:22:02

What a fantastic update. So easy and powerful to use, including the local adjustments features. Love the intuitive integration of working with layers. Also the linear and radial gradient function is great and easy to use. Already loved the clarity and texture function. Almost nothing to wish for left.
Just one thing to be improved is an indication of the presets to use. Small thumbnails don’t say that much, what about hovering a thumbnail to see the effect before applying. However this is a minor issue compared to the other improvements and great functionality. Cannot wait to try and experience the Mac version :smile:
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2023-04-12 17:03:46

Very nice update !!! Really ! Waiting for the beta (if approved).
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2023-04-12 19:23:03

This is absolutely amazing, so much more than I thought possible when I asked for local adjustments! Well done.
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2023-04-12 21:09:11

Wow, I've been using Pixelmator Photo for 2 days on the iPad and I really like it.

Was thinking about buying the full version. The price of this suddenly went from $54.99 to $99.99 overnight! That's insane when you consider that the app cost €8 until recently. That's almost a doubling!

What's next, 150 bucks? 200?

(I have no interest in the Mac app).
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2023-04-12 21:57:21

I have been literally checking daily for updates to this software for the past few months for the ability to do selective edits. Now that this crucial piece of the puzzle has been added, I can now ditch Lightroom and save a mint.
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2023-04-13 00:34:52

Wow :party_face: It’s HUGE! That’s exactly what I was asking about))) Thank you! Looking forward to the Mac version as well with all these wonderful new features.
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2023-04-13 02:14:55

Please, i need to be a beta tester. This app is what i have been wating for
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2023-04-13 02:16:12

Is there any chance of a full dedicated app for vector design from the pixelmator team?
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2023-04-13 04:43:09

Awesome update! A true replacement for Lightroom finally 🙏🏼
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2023-04-13 07:26:25

So cool to see everyone enjoying the update! Big thanks from the team for all the kind words. :red_heart:

For those of you who signed up for the Photomator for Mac TestFlight beta — we'll be sending out the first wave of invitations tomorrow. :ok_hand: Photomator for Mac will run on macOS Ventura and later.

And, in case you missed it, we've released a Photomator roadmap with all the exciting features we've still got planned for future updates.
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2023-04-13 08:56:21

by Aurelija So cool to see everyone enjoying the update! Big thanks from the team for all the kind words. :red_heart:

For those of you who signed up for the Photomator for Mac TestFlight beta — we'll be sending out the first wave of invitations tomorrow. :ok_hand: Photomator for Mac will run on macOS Ventura and later.

And, in case you missed it, we've released a Photomator roadmap with all the exciting features we've still got planned for future updates.
Will there be a lifetime version available for Photomator (Mac)? I dont have ventura can I still buy it? Thank you.
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2023-04-13 09:27:26

Oooooohhh wow…. I’m soo happy! Thank you Pixelmator team!! Wow fantastic update.. I mean, I haven’t tried it yet, I just found out via an automatic update and I went to the App Store to read what was new in it and I was blown away by the description.. I immediately fired Photomator up and I have a big issue and I can’t test as I want.. look at the top left corner 😭

I want to try it!!
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2023-04-13 09:36:52

by Cantisani Oooooohhh wow…. I’m soo happy! Thank you Pixelmator team!! Wow fantastic update.. I mean, I haven’t tried it yet, I just found out via an automatic update and I went to the App Store to read what was new in it and I was blown away by the description.. I immediately fired Photomator up and I have a big issue and I can’t test as I want.. look at the top left corner 😭

I want to try it!!
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Turning off the histogram allows me to play with the masks.. but if this can be fixed I’ll be even happier if that is possible.. I’m just soo happy right now that a little bug is not killing the excitement.. 😅
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Edit*.. Ok, I just realized that the histogram is now a floating window and can be dragged to the opposite side of the screen, so it's not a bug, it's just a little weird but it works.
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2023-04-14 05:56:18

by Aurelija So cool to see everyone enjoying the update! Big thanks from the team for all the kind words. :red_heart:

For those of you who signed up for the Photomator for Mac TestFlight beta — we'll be sending out the first wave of invitations tomorrow. :ok_hand: Photomator for Mac will run on macOS Ventura and later.

And, in case you missed it, we've released a Photomator roadmap with all the exciting features we've still got planned for future updates.
I know Photomator is brand-new, measured in hours rather than days still at this point, so I’m completely understanding of the temporary dearth of full-fledged tutorials, updated user guide, or even YT affiliate reviews/guides/tutorials etc. (Unless im more daft than even previously thought, which is surely an equally likely case.

The discovery of the substantial update to the iOS app, Photomator nee’ Pixelmator Photo, specifically the iPad variant (for the purpose of this comment) as that is where I use it the most, was a pleasant surprise that i dove straight into eagerly upon discovery earlier today.

What I havent been able to glean, either in the tutorials or support info here on this site, nor in the limited content available on YT, is either what I’m doing wrong with selections, or if I’m merely misunderstanding/conflating the capabilities that have been added.

The discovery of selections, and subsequently layers, had me quite intrigued, and I assumed that Photomator would be bringing a form (presumably an iterated, streamlined, more robust, &/or improved) version of the selection capabilities and the layers functionality from the original Pixelmator for iOS, which is still my primary tool for selections, removal or re-compositing of subjects, backgrounds, unwanted elements, etc, but that doesn’t seem to be what Photomator has brought with its update and “alter ego” most recently… again, unless im missing something.

For starters, I took a relatively simple test shot I already had, and used the brush tool (since the object was neither the subject nor but a small fraction of the “background” to select a trash can that I wanted to remove from the shot, purely as a test. I actually 1st attempted to simply remove it via what I suspect would be the dev team’s suggested method; the repair tool, but with a textured background fence and foliage creeping unevenly at the bottom of the trash can, the repair tool left large artifacts that protruded well outside the repair tool red-hued brushed area even, and further caused irreparable damage to the simple vertical wooden beam in the fence which was in immediate proximity to, and likely shared some “overlapping” pixels with, the trash can that i was endeavoring to remove.

So, I figured that the new selection tools (& layers) were there for exactly this sort of job, the kind which the original Pixelmator for iOS has continued to be the app/approach/tool of choice for all of my layering and selections work on iOS (and quite a bit on macOS as well, both in the Pixelmator and Pixelmator pro versions)

After giving each of the AI assisted selection tools a go, and not feeling the least bit concerned when they were unable to isolate the trash can at all (it was a minor portion of a photo, but quite textbook in the realm of what is typically targeted for removal. (And the clone tool is often the bridge when the gap otherwise proves to be more of a pain than anticipated, and I don’t believe the clone tool is a feature (yet?) in Photomator.

What surprised me though, was that after using the brush to manually make my selection, (a process I am accustomed to and not reluctant to spend considerable time on when necessary) I could not for the life of me figure out how to simply delete it. Either by cutting it (if that functionality exists) nor even by simply deleting it (in which case I would have just made another selection of the fence to fill in the hole created, another “muscle-memory-type” task that I could not for the life of me figure out how to accomplish.

So, to sum this all up far too late to be called briefly or summarily; are the new selection tools (and the layers) exclusively a means to apply selective edits, but NOT for any removal, duplication, compositing, or other similar Pixelmator/PXLM8R-Pro type tools/tasks? When can we expect to see more robust documentation (written for me is fine, but I am aware that the demand very likely is for the video variety) explaining the new tools, layout, etc? (In my futile attempts to eradicate the trash can, I inadvertently created 2 more layers, and each had the (formerly) “tell-tale” sign of the connecting line to a layer above/below, which in the past would mean a clipping mask, but none of the menu options changed to suggest I was editing a different type of layer or mask, nor had I even desired to create the additional layers, I was simply trying to “take out the trash” (can…. This post is too long not to have succomb to that pun at least once)

I have a lot of trust in the Pixelmator team, and by owning every one of their titles on all applicable platforms for close to a decade I like to think I have a fairly robust understanding of the UX and UI by now. I came to understand quite early on that PixPhoto iOS was a different sort of tool than Pixelmator, and it didnt take long for it to become a frequent and useful part of multiple of my workflows (I love the utility and effectiveness of the AI Resolution Enhancer and also find that I nearly never need to alter the “ML Crop” suggestions, while I have only used the AI auto enhance sparingly since inception, and often only to get a baseline from which to alter/see a few possible routes that I might take, but of the 3 main machine learning tools, it’s the one that, at least to me, as a LONG way to go before its anything close to the reliable tool that ML crop is, and I completely understand the vast differences in complexity that account for and explain that disparity.

Hoping for a quick reply to a link posted a week ago proving my idiocy showing how to use the new selections and layers in both familiar and also new and wonderful ways. I have a rapidly approaching deadline in which i need to get a certain former western head of state fitted in a pixel layer of realistic looking prison pinstripes.. for, uh…. My kids school project… yeah, that’s it. Plus a slew of far more important editing work sans the tongue in cheek, and for the moment I retain my excitement that Photomator will suddenly supplant (or at least greatly enrich and compliment) my original Pixelmator for iOS workflow, and hopefully allow me to finally cut loose Snapseed for good, though at the moment, despite no noticeable updates in ~2 years, it still does many things other photo editors do not or cannot, and still does them BETTER when there is competition for the most part (in my experience).. which is pretty mind blowing for a free app. (Pixelmator has ALWAYS been extremely fairly priced, and I would love to round trip my All iOS editing strictly through Photo and Pixelmator if possible, for multiple reasons)
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2023-04-14 16:40:44

Looks wonderful again, but just like so many users out there: if I need to switch to a subscription model, I will most likely go back to Photoshop. Many users came to Pixelmator because they wanted to break free from the subscription model, so if that reason is gone, so is Pixelmator. I mean: if I no longer have to choice of no subscription, then I might just as well go back to the market leader.
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2023-04-15 14:29:38

Has anyone already received an invitation to the beta test?
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2023-04-15 20:01:34

by Peeping (a)Tom
I know Photomator is brand-new, measured in hours rather than days still at this point, so I’m completely understanding of the temporary dearth of full-fledged tutorials, updated user guide, or even YT affiliate reviews/guides/tutorials etc. (Unless im more daft than even previously thought, which is surely an equally likely case.

The discovery of the substantial update to the iOS app, Photomator nee’ Pixelmator Photo....
I didn't read the whole bible :sweat_smile: but enough to understand what you are asking about. No, the masks are not meant to "delete" an object. The masks are there for selective editing using the controls below. For that kind of job I would turn to Affinity Photo (or Pixelmator Pro). This is NOT an image manipulation app, it's a photo developing app.
by HansiPansi Looks wonderful again, but just like so many users out there: if I need to switch to a subscription model, I will most likely go back to Photoshop. Many users came to Pixelmator because they wanted to break free from the subscription model, so if that reason is gone, so is Pixelmator. I mean: if I no longer have to choice of no subscription, then I might just as well go back to the market leader.
There's an option to buy a perpetual license. It's a bit expensive though.
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2023-04-18 08:35:19

Excited about photomator on Mac, if it has a library system like Lightroom where you can go through pictures and flag them etc it will be GOAT.
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2023-04-19 15:41:49

by Aurelija So cool to see everyone enjoying the update! Big thanks from the team for all the kind words. :red_heart:

For those of you who signed up for the Photomator for Mac TestFlight beta — we'll be sending out the first wave of invitations tomorrow. :ok_hand: Photomator for Mac will run on macOS Ventura and later.

And, in case you missed it, we've released a Photomator roadmap with all the exciting features we've still got planned for future updates.
I just got the email invite for the beta program, but didn't realize the OS limitation. I'm currently on macOS Monterey and cannot update to Ventura. When Photomator releases for the public, will the macOS options be expanded?