Pixelmator

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Pixelmator
Developer(s) Pixelmator Team
Initial release25 September 2007
Stable release
  • Pixelmator Pro: 3.5 (December 13, 2023;11 months ago (2023-12-13) [1] ) [±]
  • Pixelmator for iOS: 3.0.12 (August 30, 2023;15 months ago (2023-08-30) [2] ) [±]
  • Photomator: 3.1.2 (September 1, 2023;15 months ago (2023-09-01) [3] ) [±]
Written in Swift, Objective-C
Operating system macOS and iOS
Type Graphics software
License Proprietary
Website www.pixelmator.com

Pixelmator is a series of graphics editors developed by Pixelmator Team for macOS and iOS. Pixelmator apps are largely built on Apple-specific technologies such as CoreML and Metal. [4] Pixelmator uses a proprietary format across their apps (.PXD), but supports a variety of file types including Photoshop, RAW, and WebP. [5] All Pixelmator apps support image editing, but Pixelmator Pro also supports video and vector graphics. [6]

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History

Pixelmator Team was founded in 2007 by Lithuanian brothers Saulius and Aidas Dailidė. [7] and released Pixelmator (now Pixelmator Classic) 1.0 in September of the same year. [8] The company currently resides in Vilnius, Lithuania. [9] In November 2024, Pixelmator Team agreed to be acquired by Apple for an unknown monetary amount, pending regulatory approval. [10]

Pixelmator Classic

Pixelmator Classic was the original version of Pixelmator released for Mac on September 25, 2007. It uses a palette-style interface compared to Pixelmator Pro's single-window interface. It is no longer being updated and has been delisted from the Mac App Store. [11]

Pixelmator iOS

Pixelmator for iOS launched on October 23, 2014 as an iPad-exclusive app with touch-optimized versions of Pixelmator's desktop features. [12] In May 2015, Pixelmator for iOS 2.0 was released with support for the iPhone. [13]

Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator Pro is an image, video, [14] and vector [15] editing software for macOS that launched on November 29, 2017. It was a paid upgrade for Pixelmator Classic users, featuring a redesigned interface, a graphics pipeline rewritten using Metal, Apple silicon support and a greater focus on ML/AI editing features. [16]

Photomator

Photomator (Formerly Pixelmator Photo [17] ) is a photo-oriented editing app which launched on iOS in 2021 [18] and macOS in 2022. [19] After launching the macOS version, the app moved from a one-time purchase to a subscription, however, a lifetime license can still be purchased for $99. [19]

Photomator differentiates itself from other Pixelmator apps with features such as batch editing of full photoshoots and AI-powered color correction. Edits in Photomator are made on a single layer and are non-destructive. [20]

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