Pixelmator 1.1 For iPad Adds Watercolor Painting Technology
The Pixelmator Team has released Pixelmator 1.1, codenamed “Aquarelle” — a major update to it full-featured image editor for the iPad. Pixelmator 1.1 comes with a new watercolor painting technology, a collection of artist-designed watercolor brushes, a new Color Picker, claimed twice as fast painting performance, and more.
“It took an extremely close collaboration between watercolor artists and our engineering team to develop a unique watercolor painting technology that makes it easy to create fascinating, real-life looking watercolor paintings,” says Pixelmator co-founder Saulius Dailide. “We think that the new Pixelmator watercolor technology will inspire painters as well as creative photographers to find new ways of expression on their iPad.”
Unique to the iPad version of the app, new watercolor painting technology in Pixelmator 1.1 lets you create watercolors using artist-designed brushes from the new watercolor brushes’ collection. You apply colors with watery strokes, just like applying paint on paper with a wet brush. When brushstrokes overlap, their colors blend with each other, creating an entirely new color with a soft gradient between them. With Pixelmator 1.1, you can create soft and vibrant watercolor paintings or simply use watercolors to add an artistic touch to your photos.
To enhance the painting experience, Pixelmator 1.1 for iPad also introduces an innovative new Color Picker with a completely redesigned user interface and a beautiful Color Grid, allowing you to choose colors with greater precision and ease. Moreover, you can quickly access recently used colors or create your own color swatches for later use.
Painting in Pixelmator 1.1 is now also a lot faster. Engineered using OpenGL ES and taking full advantage of the A8X iPad processor, the upgraded Pixelmator Paint Engine has been optimized even further. The developers say painting in Pixelmator 1.1 for iPad is now two times faster, so you can paint smoothly and in real-time.
Pixelmator 1.1 Aquarelle includes a range of other new features such as an ability to insert a photo as a new layer from iCloud Drive, lock image transparency with Lock Alpha, open RAW image preview, a refreshed Eyedropper tool, live brush preview, and better stylus support, including support for Adonit styluses. Pixelmator 1.1 can now open 16 bit, RGB, CMYK and Grayscale Photoshop images as well as Photoshop images containing layer masks – making Pixelmator 1.1 the most Photoshop-friendly app on iPad. Pixelmator 1.1 also comes with major overall stability and performance improvements.
Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 8.1 or later
* 98.6 MB
Pixelmator 1.1 for iPad sells $9.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category. For existing Pixelmator users who purchased the app from the App Store, the new version is available as a free upgrade. More information can be found at Pixelmator online.
Pixelmator 1.1 for iPad:
http://www.pixelmator.com/ipad/
Purchase and Download:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/pixelmator/id924695435
Vimeo Video (Watercolor Painting Overview):
https://vimeo.com/122299798
Source: Pixelmator
