Pixelmator for iOS Gets an Update
The London,UK based Pixelmator Team has released Pixelmator for iOS 2.0.2, updating the full-featured, powerful, and easy-to-use image-editing app for iPad and iPhone. Pixelmator lets you touch up and enhance images, sketch and paint, as well as create complex image compositions on either iPad or iPhone.
Pixelmator for iOS 2.0.2’s new Dynamic Touch feature lets users adjust the stroke size of all Retouch tools without changing the brush settings. detects the finger surface area in contact with the screen and automatically adjusts the brush size when the surface area changes. Users can use the tip of their finger to create thin strokes and a larger finger surface area for thicker lines. This lets retouching of images faster and more precise.
Pixelmator for iOS 2.0.2 also redefines the performance of its unique and powerful Repair tool, making it up to 5 times faster and even more precise than before. Based on advanced calculations and rigorous testing, Pixelmator’s Repair tool lets users remove unwanted objects from their images with acurately and speedily.
“There are numerous ways to repair any area of an image, so we did a lot of testing on a Mac Pro to optimize the algorithm of our Repair tool,” says Simonas Bastys, lead developer of the Pixelmator Team. “We analyzed millions of possible ways to repair areas of various complexity, and then compared the speed and quality ratio of each final result. After six months of testing, we derived a repairing algorithm that gives stunning quality with incredible speed every single time. Pixelmator for iOS now takes advantage of the same algorithm.”
Designed and developed exclusively for iOS 8, Pixelmator takes full advantage of the latest iOS features and technologies, giving you innovative, fast, and powerful tools.
Advanced Photo Editing
• Get started with dozens of beautifully designed templates
• Frame your images or easily create gorgeous collages, cards, and posters
• Dramatically improve less-than-perfect images with single-tap color correction presets
• Take full control over the tonal range of your image with levels and curves
• Easily remove color cast and set the right white balance
• Play around with image colors with the Hue and Saturation effects
• Wipe away image imperfections, skin blemishes, and unwanted objects
• Pinch, bump, twirl, or warp areas of an image with powerful Distort Tools
• Blur, sharpen, lighten, or darken specific areas of an image
• Choose from dozens of effects to subtly improve or completely change the look of an image
Full-Featured Painting App
• Paint stunning images right on your iPhone
• Choose from more than 100 artist-designed brushes and erasers
• Select from realistic to fully stylized brushes for numerous painting techniques
• Easily adjust the size of your brush and the opacity of the stroke
• Paint with incredible detail thanks to the double texture brush technology
• Vary the speed of your stroke to change brush thickness of some of the brushes
• Smudge colors of an image for smooth color blends
• Use the undo / redo actions to toggle between your edits
• Easily select and fine-tune colors with a full-featured Color Picker
• Instantly choose colors right from your image
• Paint with near-natural wetness effect of watercolor and crayon brushes
• Use different layers to isolate, blend, and merge elements of your painting
• Enjoy perfectly seamless painting thanks to the OpenGL ES-based Pixelmator Paint Engine
• Paint with a stylus on Pixelmator for iPad, which supports a selection of Wacom or Adonit styli
Graphic Design
• Combine words, shapes, and images to create breathtaking artwork right on your iPhone
• Apply non-destructive layer styles like shadows, outlines, gradient fills, and more
• Insert, group, merge, and blend layers of an image
• Add text and make it look beautiful with a full set of text-styling settings
• Easily add, combine, and customize shapes
• Blend layers, shapes, and text using any of the 32 blending modes
• Use precise selection tools to edit areas of an image
• Crop, arrange, and rotate objects and layers with pixel-perfect precision
• Easily remove image background or cut and paste objects from one image to another
Compatibility
• Open, edit, and save Photoshop images with layers
• Open and save images using PSD, JPEG, PNG, PDF, and many other popular formats
• Save your images directly to your Photos app
• Store and access images on iCloud Drive
iCloud and Sharing
• Create, edit, and keep all your images up to date on all your devices thanks to the iCloud support
• Share your artwork with friends and family via email
• Instantly publish your images to social platforms like Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook
Pixelmator for iOS 2.0.2 packs more performance improvements such as an enhanced Pixelmator Photo Editing extension, which now allows users to apply Pixelmator photo effects seamlessly right in the Photos app.
The Pixelmator Team has also introduced a free Pixelmator-for-iOS User Guide book and a collection of inspiring Pixelmator-for-iPhone tutorials on how to take full advantage of all powerful Pixelmator for iOS features.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6/6 Plus
* Requires iOS 8.3 or later
* 95.9 MB
Pixelmator for iOS 2.0.2 sells for $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.
Pixelmator for iOS 2.0.2:
http://www.pixelmator.com/
Purchase and Download:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/pixelmator/id924695435
iPhone Tutorials:
http://www.pixelmator.com/tutorials/iphone
Download Pixelmator-for-iPad User Guide (iBook):
https://itunes.apple.com/book/pixelmator-for-ipad-user-guide/id1002138007
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https://www.facebook.com/pixelmator?ref=hl
Twitter Profile:
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