Pixelmator Pro for Mac

What's new in this version:

Pixelmator Pro 3.7
- Pixelmator Pro 3.7 adds support for Apple Intelligence*, introducing faster new ways to bring your creative ideas to life with Image Playground and Writing Tools. This update also improves RAW format support and adds accessibility improvements.

Image Playground:
- With Image Playground, you can now create fun, original images based on a photo, a description, or people from your Photos library
- Use the new Add to Playground feature to easily recreate any image layers or drawings in beautiful artistic styles like animation, illustration, or sketch
- Insert your created images as new separate layers from the Insert menu at the top of your screen or replace any existing layers using the Replace Layer feature
- When working with templates or mockups, you can easily replace placeholder images with your Image Playground creations

Writing Tools:
- With support for Writing Tools, you can proofread, summarize, rewrite, and modify the tone of any text in your designs
- The Compose feature lets you tap into the power of ChatGPT to create new, original text content from scratch based or a quick prompt or a description
- Simply hover over or Control-click any highlighted text in Pixelmator Pro and click Writing Tools to get started.

Other Improvements:
- You can now open and edit RAW images from OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II cameras, taken using High Res Shot
- VoiceOver support has been improved to provide spoken and braille descriptions of Pixelmator Pro tools
- You can also use your keyboard to navigate through tool option items with VoiceOver
- Hover over items in the Tools sidebar to display their names in large text using Hover Text


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.18
- This update contains bug fixes and improvements


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.17
- This update contains bug fixes and improvements


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.16
- This update contains bug fixes and improvements


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.15
- This update includes an important announcement regarding Pixelmator Pro


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.14
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.13
Fixed:
- Painting while pressing and holding the Shift key would not paint straight lines
- Attempting to drag and drop a style to the bottom of the list of styles would cause Pixelmator Pro to quit unexpectedly
- Pixelmator Pro would quit unexpectedly when colors with certain color spaces were selected in the toolbar
- On certain versions of macOS, the Pixelmator Pro preview extension would quit unexpectedly


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.11
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.10
- Pixelmator Pro 3.6.10 is a minor update that adds a Utilities group in the Photos browser which displays the new Flagged, Rejected, and star rating albums from Photomator as well as your Hidden album


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.9
- Pixelmator Pro 3.6.9 introduces beautiful, ultra-precise iPhone 16 Pro mockups along with redesigned App Store and Bento Grid templates, featuring the latest Apple devices


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.8
- Pixelmator Pro 3.6.8 added an update that brings more than 10x better performance to complex shape blending operations


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.6
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.5
- Pixelmator Pro 3.6.5 adds support for even more RAW image formats, including those from the newly released Nikon Z6 III and Fujifilm X-T50 camera models, along with more than 20 other digital camera RAW formats

Extended RAW Support:
- Thanks to extended RAW support, you can now open and edit RAW images from more than 20 new camera models
- Enjoy full support for RAW photos captured with the newly released Nikon Z 6 III, as well as the Nikon Z 8 cameras
- High Efficiency (HE) and High Efficiency Star (HE*) RAW files from other Nikon cameras, such as Nikon Zf and Nikon Z9 are now also supported
- You can now also edit RAW photos captured using Olympus E-M1 Mark II, Olympus E-M1 Mark III, Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IIIs, Olympus TG-5, and Olympus TG-6 cameras
- Pixelmator Pro now also supports RAW images from Fujifilm X-A20 and the newly released Fujifilm X-T50 cameras
- You can now open and edit RAW files from the highly-requested Sony A6700 cameras, not only on macOS Sonoma but also on older macOS versions
- Photomator now fully supports RAW files from the Sony A7C II and offers support for uncompressed, compressed, and lossless compressed L-size RAW files from the Sony 7CR and Sony A9 III cameras
- RAW images from OM System models OM-1 Mark II, OM-5, and TG-7 are now also fully supported
- Pixelmator Pro now allows you to open and edit RAW files from Panasonic DC-G100D and GoPro HERO10 Black cameras

Other Improvements:
- When exporting JPEG images using Export for Web, the export is now up to 50% faster on Mac devices with Apple silicon


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.4
- Pixelmator Pro 3.6.4 brings improvements to the Layers sidebar, now allowing you to pick colors for shapes and fill effects directly from the image by double-clicking their thumbnails and using the eyedropper tool. This update also fixes an issue where creating masks using Pen or Freeform Pen tools would not work correctly.


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.3
- Pixelmator Pro 3.6.3 introduces an all-new Frames template collection, featuring 8 new stunning frames, and brings 3 eye-catching mockups for showcasing designs on the latest iPad Pro
- Enhance your photos with 8 new stunning frames, including instant, 35mm, or medium format film frames, solid color borders, and more
- Easily choose from square, story, and landscape aspect ratios for each frame
- Have full control over how your frames look by changing the frame color, removing or adding effects, and more
- Showcase your designs in 3 eye-catching new iPad Pro mockups


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.2
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.6.1
- Saving HEIC images at 100% quality or using Add to Photos would not work on Mac devices with Intel chips running macOS 14.5. Fixed.


Pixelmator Pro 3.6
- Pixelmator Pro 3.6 introduces powerful new masking features, including the ability to add masks with a double-click, an AI-powered background masking feature, intuitive on-canvas controls, vector mask support, and a whole lot more

All-New Masking Experience:
- Enjoy faster and easier ways to work with masks, thanks to the new and improved masking framework.
- Easily add masks by simply double-clicking a layer or selection
- Conveniently access all mask editing tools right on your screen with the new, intuitive on-canvas controls
- Instantly hide backgrounds behind subjects with the power of AI
- Use the new vector masks to quickly shape layers and easily create gradient masks

On-Canvas Mask Controls:
- Whenever you select or create a new mask, access all mask editing and refining features directly at the bottom of the canvas
- Quickly perform basic mask editing tasks, such as inverting, copying, pasting, or adding new masks, or use advanced features to refine mask transparency or edge softness
- The on-canvas controls seamlessly switch between bitmap and vector mask editing modes, allowing you to paint on bitmap masks with brushes and quickly access the Shapes browser to swap between different vector shapes.

AI Background Masking:
- Easily hide the background of a subject in an image with a precise background mask using the powerful AI-powered Hide Background feature
- The smart Hide Background algorithm automatically detects a subject and hides the background, carefully preserving fine details like hair or fur
- Turn on Hide Background from the new Mask menu at the top of the layers sidebar or choose Format > Mask > Hide Background from the menu bar
- Reveal or hide additional areas of the background mask at any time using the handy Paint and Erase brushes at the bottom of the screen

Vector Mask Support:
- Enjoy the speed and flexibility of working with vector masks to nondestructively hide or reveal layers using vector shapes
- Quickly mask image or video layers, or convert selections into vector masks, by simply double-clicking them with the Arrange tool selected. Hold the Option key to add an inverted mask.
- Add specific vector mask shapes by choosing them from the Mask menu or freely draw masks directly on the canvas using the Pen or Freeform Pen tools
- Create vector masks from existing shape layers by Command-dragging them onto the layers you want to mask. If the shape has a gradient style applied, a gradient mask will be created.
- Quickly switch between solid color and gradient masks at any time while editing, and adjust gradient settings like type, angle, or direction in the mask settings at the bottom of the screen
- Make vector masks editable by double-clicking the mask or pressing the Return key on your keyboard
- Adjust the individual points of vector masks just like you would when editing regular shapes, by deleting, moving points, dividing, or joining paths, and more
- Export vector masks while preserving vector paths to multiple file formats, including PDF, PSD, SVG, Adobe Illustrator, Illustrator EPS, and Motion

Other Mask Improvements:
- Add multiple masks to a single layer and combine them to create complex multi-shape masks
- Adjust the opacity, edge softness, and transparency of masks using the new mask settings at the bottom of the screen
- Easily control how masks appear together by combining, subtracting, or intersecting them using mask blend modes
- Use the new Paint and Erase brushes to edit bitmap masks, without the need to switch between black and white brushes
- When painting, use the keyboard shortcut E to switch to erase mode or B to switch back to painting. Hold the Option key to temporarily switch between painting and erasing.
- Adjust the brush size, softness, and opacity in the brush settings at the bottom of the screen


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.11
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.9
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.9 now lets you transform video layers without constraining proportions and fixes an issue where certain PDF files would open in black and white instead of color


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.8
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.8 brings improved support for vector PDFs — including those created using Apple apps like Safari, Keynote, or Pages — now letting you edit text elements as regular text layers. The update also adds the ability to create freely customizable strokes around text layers and introduces a new Bento Grid template collection.

Text Editing in PDFs:
- You can now import and edit text elements in vector PDFs as regular text layers
- Replace, format, and style the imported text using your favorite Pixelmator Pro tools
- Thanks to the advanced recovery of embedded text data in PDFs, original text content, fonts, and text formatting are retained
- Even if a document contains fonts that are not installed on your Mac, you can still import them as editable text layers and replace missing fonts with other available ones

Extended Support for Apple PDFs:
- Enjoy editing text layers in PDFs created using Keynote, Safari, or Pages and unlock exciting new editing workflows
- PDFs created from web pages using SF Pro font will retain their appearance and original typeface if this Apple system font is installed

Customizable Text Strokes:
- You can now fully customize strokes around text layers, giving you more creative freedom for styling typography elements in your designs
- In the Style tool settings, add strokes on the inside, center, or outside of text layers, choose from various stroke end styles and corners, and even create dashed strokes
- Combine multiple strokes of various styles and rearrange them whenever you want, all while keeping your text editable

Bento Grid Templates:
- Showcase your products or new app features with 12 customizable bento grid templates, perfect for web, social media, and more
- Match your product style or a specific theme with a range of alternative color palettes


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.7
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.7 now offers full support for the new Photomator Files browser on Mac. This lets users share their photos to Pixelmator Pro for further editing using the "Edit with Pixelmator Pro" feature, and easily save them back to Photomator. The update also improves support for Adobe Illustrator files and brings faster performance for compositions with multiple adjustments layers on Mac devices with Apple silicon.


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.6
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.6 improves support for Photoshop PDF, AI, and Illustrator EPS files, includes updates to better handle Pixelmator Classic files and older Pixelmator Pro documents, and adds HDR improvements
- From now on, when you open a Photoshop PDF file, you will be able to see all the layers that were used to create it
- PDFs can now be opened with annotations, such as text, shapes, or signatures added using Markup in Preview
- Added various improvements to better support AI and Illustrator EPS files
- Improved PSD file optimization for Final Cut Pro to support Gradient Fill and Color Fill effects layers
- Added a few more improvements to better support older Pixelmator Pro documents with RAW layers
- Exporting images to HDR JPEG format will now better preserve image colors
- In PDFs, Pixelmator Pro would not open text layers that have been created using Archicad. Fixed.
- In Pixelmator Classic documents with layers that have strokes, the butt endcap style would always be used. Fixed.
- When adjusting fonts, certain font attributes would not be available in the Typography settings. Fixed.


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.5
Fixed:
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.5 fixes an issue with Pixelmator Pro actions in the Shortcuts app, improves RAW support, and includes a few other improvements and fixes
- PSD files opened in Pixelmator Pro will now keep their keyword metadata
- Certain Pixelmator Pro actions were not working correctly in the Shortcuts app
- RAW layers in Pixelmator Pro documents created using older app versions would be too dark
- RAW photos taken with Sony A7 Mark IV cameras would not have automatic lens correction applied
- Some compressed Fujifilm RAF photos would be displayed darker than the uncompressed ones


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.4
Fixed:
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.4 improves the handling of HDR images, including fixes for HDR content loading, applying color adjustments, working in Shortcuts, and adds a few other fixes
- The Black & White color adjustment will now work even better with HDR images
- Improved the look of the HDR button in the toolbar to more clearly indicate when HDR is turned on and off
- Added a checkbox in Shortcuts to turn HDR on and off when converting images to Pixelmator Pro document format using the Convert Images/Video action
- When applying Auto Enhance to HDR images, it would sometimes make them too bright
- Images opened from Shared Albums in the Photos library would appear black in Pixelmator Pro
- Opening PSD files would sometimes make Pixelmator Pro quit unexpectedly
- Pixelmator Pro would sometimes quit unexpectedly when running AppleScript workflows that apply color adjustments


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.3
- Pixelmator Pro fixes an issue where the histogram and ML Enhance features would not work correctly with RAW photos on Mac computers equipped with Intel chips, and adds a few other smaller improvements and fixes


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.2
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.2 adds support for two new file formats — Adobe Illustrator (AI) and Illustrator EPS — and introduces a Holiday templates collection with all-new holiday templates. The update also brings performance improvements, making switching between tools or opening documents faster and smoother.

Support for AI and Illustrator EPS Files:
- With support for AI file format, you can now open documents created using Adobe Illustrator and other compatible apps
- Open AI documents with original layers, shapes, text, and layer groups
- Thanks to full metadata support, AI documents keep their original layer names, color tags, and hidden layers which are often lost in other apps that open only embedded PDF previews in AI files. And, you can even open AI documents saved without PDF previews.
- Support for Illustrator EPS also lets you open designs in this very popular Adobe Illustrator file format, which is no longer natively supported on macOS 14
- Batch-convert AI and Illustrator EPS to other file formats with support for the Convert Image/Video action in Shortcuts

Holiday Templates:
- Get festive with 14 new holiday-themed templates for social media posts, stories, posters, and more — now in a special Holiday templates collection
- Bring your holiday cards and social media posts to life with beautiful, animated template designs
- Discover new holiday template designs showcasing beautiful festive shapes. All the new shapes can be found in the Holiday Shapes collection.

Other Improvements and Fixes:
- You can now enjoy a faster and smoother performance when switching between tools or opening documents
- Templates and mockups featuring videos or animated content will now be marked with a special badge
- When exporting or sharing images, JPEG files would use the .jpeg file extension instead of .jpg. Fixed.


Pixelmator Pro 3.5.1
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5.1 adds a gorgeous new collection of App Store templates dedicated to showcasing your apps in the App Store, brings new device mockups including Apple Watch Ultra, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and more. The update also improves the handling of HDR images with transparency.

App Store Templates and New Mockups:
- The all-new App Store templates collection in Pixelmator Pro makes it easy for app creators to quickly and beautifully showcase their apps in the App Store
- With over 30 designer-created templates, you can now create screenshots of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and cross-platform apps using popular design layouts
- All templates have been created following the best design practices and fully meet all the App Store requirements, so you can be sure your app screenshots will look perfect when you upload them to the App Store.
- The templates are fully customizable, so you can change texts, colors, add device shadows, and more to fit your app's style or brand identity
- Effortlessly copy custom designs between different template layouts to create varied but stylistically consistent app screenshots
- Added new device mockups for Apple Watch Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max, as well as iPad Pro device mockups in landscape orientation

Other Improvements and Fixes:
- Improved Pixelmator Pro stability when working with HDR videos and images
- After applying Super Resolution to an HDR image with transparency, artifacts would sometimes appear around image edges. Fixed.


Pixelmator Pro 3.5
- Pixelmator Pro 3.5 brings full HDR support, letting you open, edit, and export images and videos with high dynamic range, adds support for macOS Sonoma, and includes a few smaller improvements and fixes.

Full HDR Support:
- You can now take advantage of the full support for HDR content in Pixelmator Pro and enjoy better contrast and true-to-life colors in your images and videos
- Open and edit images and videos in a wide range of different HDR file formats
- Enjoy full support for HDR layers and edit them just like any other layers, using all your favorite tools and features in Pixelmator Pro
- Share your edited designs using HDR image and video formats

Supported HDR File Formats:
- Open ISO HDR formats like HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL, PNG, and TIFF
- Work with popular video formats like MP4 and MOV, and video compression types such as HEVC and Apple ProRes that support HDR
- Unlock the full dynamic range in photos and videos taken with iPhone
- Seamlessly open and edit HDR images created using the Smart HDR feature in Photomator, as well as specialized HDR formats like OpenEXR, Radiance HDR, and 32-bit TIFFs from Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom.
- Effortlessly work with RAW or Apple ProRAW photos in HDR
- To work with HDR content in Pixelmator Pro, your device must be running macOS Sonoma and be equipped with a compatible display. For the absolute best HDR editing experience, use Pro Display XDR or the latest MacBook Pro model with a Liquid Retina XDR display.

Seamless HDR Editing:
- Use HDR content in multi-layered compositions and work with HDR layers just like any other layers
- Work with selections or create new documents from the Clipboard keeping all the HDR data
- Keep all the HDR data intact, even when you merge layers or convert RAW images into pixels
- Choose to always load HDR content or open images in SDR in Pixelmator Pro settings.
- Enjoy HDR support everywhere in Pixelmator Pro, including thumbnails in the Layers sidebar, color adjustment presets, effect presets, the Zoom tool, and more

HDR Content Sharing and Export:
- Export your designs to a wide range of HDR image formats including HDR JPEG, HDR HEIC, HDR AVIF, and HDR PNG
- For publishing HDR images on the web or sharing in Messages, use the one-of-a-kind HDR Still Image Video format
- Share moving compositions to HDR video formats like MP4 and MOV with HEVC or Apple ProRes video compression
- Export HDR images for editing in other apps using specialized HDR formats like OpenEXR

Streamlined macOS Integration:
- Edit images in HDR using the Pixelmator Pro extension in Photos
- Make the most of HDR support with Shortcuts and AppleScript and apply edits to multiple HDR images at once
- View HDR previews of your saved Pixelmator Pro documents in Quick Look

Other Improvements and Fixes:
- Pixelmator Pro is now fully compatible with macOS Sonoma, taking advantage of the latest macOS capabilities
- Enjoy faster and smoother performance and better compatibility with many file formats, including Motion projects
- When saving new documents, Pixelmator Pro would sometimes suggest an incorrect save location. Fixed.


Pixelmator Pro 3.4.3
- Pixelmator Pro 3.4.2 adds an all-new Basic templates collection, brings improvements to the Denoise tool, and adds a few smaller improvements and fixes
- Create custom designs even faster with 26 new templates featuring layouts that are commonly used in social media, web, and print
- Easily customize templates and enjoy smart features like automatic outlines around subjects in YouTube thumbnails
- Remove even more types of noise from images with a 2x smarter noise analysis algorithm
- Import layered PDFs with added support for Separation color space
- Open layered PDFs that contain image layers with 1-bit color depth
- Import PDFs faster and smoother thanks to significant improvements to the import stability
- Choosing the Select and Mask option when working with text layers would make Pixelmator Pro quit unexpectedly


Pixelmator Pro 3.4.2
- Pixelmator Pro 3.4.2 adds an all-new Basic templates collection, brings improvements to the Denoise tool, and adds a few smaller improvements and fixes
- Create custom designs even faster with 26 new templates featuring layouts that are commonly used in social media, web, and print
- Easily customize templates and enjoy smart features like automatic outlines around subjects in YouTube thumbnails
- Remove even more types of noise from images with a 2x smarter noise analysis algorithm
- Import layered PDFs with added support for Separation color space
- Open layered PDFs that contain image layers with 1-bit color depth
- Import PDFs faster and smoother thanks to significant improvements to the import stability
- Choosing the Select and Mask option when working with text layers would make Pixelmator Pro quit unexpectedly


Pixelmator Pro 3.4.1
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.4
- Pixelmator Pro 3.4 Camelot introduces a completely revamped PDF engine that now lets you select and open individual pages from multi-page PDF documents, work with vector PDFs, edit PDFs created using Safari, Keynote, and other iWork apps, and more.

Open Selected PDF Pages:
- Enjoy advanced PDF editing thanks to a completely redesigned, and now even more powerful PDF engine
- Use the simple new PDF import dialog to browse pages in multi-page PDFs and select the one you want to edit
- Easily set the resolution and size of the PDF page you're importing
- Choose to import vector PDFs with shape and image elements as layers, or import them with all layers merged
- Note that this feature works on macOS 12 and later

Edit PDF Layers:
- Pixelmator Pro now supports vector PDFs, letting you easily edit, rearrange, and delete individual elements, like images and shapes, in PDF documents
- Open PDFs with images, shapes, paths, masks, and even more complex layer properties like blend modes and opacity
- Change the size of vector PDFs without losing quality thanks to resolution-independent scaling
- Create new vector PDFs and export them with all layers intact to share with others or use in other apps

Work with Apple PDFs:
- Seamlessly open PDF documents created using Safari, Keynote, Pages, and other iWork apps with layers
- Enjoy incredible precision when importing Apple PDFs. The documents will look exactly how they did in the original app.
- Edit individual vector elements, images, and masks in Apple PDFs using all your favorite Pixelmator Pro tools

Convert to PDF with Shortcuts:
- Convert multiple Pixelmator Pro documents or other files to PDF using the updated Convert Image/Video action in the Shortcuts app
- Convert files to vector PDFs or choose to merge all layers using the new Preserve Layers setting
- Seamlessly use the Convert Image/Video with native macOS actions like Make PDF or Split PDF into Pages


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.13
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.12
- Pixelmator Pro will now open 20% faster compared to previous versions
- Improved the compatibility of exported PDFs with certain websites, such as staples.ca
- Added new clarity and texture properties to AppleScript, allowing you to change the clarity and texture of a layer
- Added improvements to ensure Pixelmator Pro runs faster and smoother
- Fixed: Left bracket [ and right bracket ] keyboard shortcuts would not work correctly on some keyboard layouts


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.10
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.9
- Pixelmator Pro 3.3.9 introduces significant improvements to the Denoise tool, which now lets users adjust the amount of noise they want to remove from their images. The update also brings support for compressed Fujifilm camera RAWs, including RAW photos from the brand-new X-S20 model.

Denoise Improvements:
- Enjoy an updated Denoise tool, bringing quality improvements for artifact-free noise removal
- Use the new Denoise Intensity slider to adjust the amount of noise in an image. Lower the intensity to preserve more details, or increase it to make the image smoother.
- You can also adjust the intensity of noise reduction in an image by entering a specific value
- The Denoise action in AppleScript and Shortcuts now has the option for adjusting intensity

RAW Support Improvements:
- You can now open and edit compressed RAWs from Fujifilm cameras, including the highly-requested X-T4, X-T5 models, and more
- Compressed and uncompressed RAWs from the brand-new Fujifilm X-S20 model are now also supported on macOS 13
- Thanks to the extended RAW support, thumbnails of compressed Fujifilm RAWs will now be visible when browsing photos in the Pixelmator Pro photo browser
- View the lens model, aperture, and other camera metadata of the compressed Fujifilm RAWs in the Pixelmator Pro Info pane, or right in the Color Adjustments pane when adjusting colors
- Open and edit compressed Fujifilm RAWs in Photos using the Pixelmator Pro extension
- Compressed Fujifilm RAWs are now also fully supported in Photomator, letting you work seamlessly in Photomator and Pixelmator Pro
- Pixelmator Pro will now show an alert when attempting to open RAW photos from unsupported camera models

Other Improvements:
- The Crop tool has been improved with a much more precise Straighten slider that lets you straighten images in 0.01-degree increments
- Clicking the icons at each end of the Straighten slider will now rotate the image at a 0.1-degree angle, or 1-degree angle when Shift-clicking
- The Decontaminate Colors feature has been improved to better preserve details when decontaminating colors at object edges
- Enjoy much-improved support for PDF export


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.7
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.6
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.5
- Added optimizations to improve Pixelmator Pro compatibility with Photomator


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.4
- Added optimizations to improve Pixelmator Pro compatibility with Photomator


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.3
- Change log not available for this version


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.2
- Pixelmator Pro 3.3.2 adds a stunning new Book Club collection of fully customizable design templates
- Enjoy 17 gorgeous new templates for creating posters, cards, social media posts, stories, and more
- Quickly replace placeholders with your own images or videos using the Replace Layer button
- When replacing placeholder content, instantly enjoy great results with AI-powered template editing features such as Remove Background, Auto Fill, and Super Resolution
- Choose from designer-created, built-in color palettes to quickly change the look of your design


Pixelmator Pro 3.3.1
- Pixelmator Pro 3.3 Mosaic brings an all-new Remove Color adjustment for quickly removing color from images and even videos, powerful Clarity, Selective Clarity, and Texture adjustments for intelligently enhancing fine details in images, new stroke styles and more options for customizing strokes, new ways to save edits using sidecar files, and a whole lot more.

Remove Color:
- Powered by a state-of-the-art Texture-Aware Algorithm, the Remove Color adjustment lets you remove solid colors or entire color ranges from images and videos with remarkable quality and ease
- Simply pick a color you want to remove using the color picker and watch it instantly disappear
- Adjust how much of the selected color is removed using Color Range, Luminance Range, and Intensity sliders
- When removing background color in videos, use the Remove Color adjustment together with the Replace Color adjustment to get ultra-high-quality results

Texture-Aware Color Adjustments:
- Enjoy texture-aware Shadows, Highlights, Exposure, and Brightness adjustments and two new adjustments — Clarity and Texture — in the renewed Basic color adjustments group
- Recover much more detail from underexposed or overexposed photos with updated Shadows and Highlights adjustments
- Increase Clarity to subtly enhance image texture and colors, making the image look sharper and clearer overall, or reduce clarity to make the image look smoother
- Enhance Texture to subtly add contrast to images, making fine detail pop, or reduce texture to smooth out the image
- Adjust fine detail exclusively in the shadows, midtones, and highlights with the new Selective Clarity adjustment

Stroke Styles:
- Create beautiful custom outlines around images and shapes with the all-new stroke customization options and a collection of built-in stroke styles
- In the Stroke style settings, find the new Stroke Options pop-up menu with options for creating and saving custom stroke styles
- Use the new options to change stroke alignment, apply different stroke cap styles including Butt, Round, or Square, select a square, round or beveled style for stroke corners, create dashed lines, and more.
- Find a collection of popular stroke endpoint styles, including open and closed arrowheads, diamond, square, and more.
- Scale endpoints together or individually using endpoint scaling options
- In the new Stroke Styles pop-up menu, find 7 built-in stroke presets to immediately use in your designs
- To save your own custom designs as presets, click the Add button at the top right corner of the Stroke Styles menu

Sidecar Files Support:
- Thanks to the new sidecar feature, you can now open and edit images in their original file format, and then save them back to the same file format while preserving all nondestructive edits and layers
- Sidecar files are stored in iCloud or the Pictures folder on your Mac, separately from the original image
- You can also save any new document to JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, and HEIC and preserve the edits
- Easily save images opened from Photos back to the Photos library with layers and edits by choosing File > Modify Original in Photos
- Continue editing the modified images in Photos using the Pixelmator Pro extension
- Find, manage, and delete sidecar files in the Manage Files menu
- Turn automatic document saving and macOS Versions on and off by selecting or deselecting Use Auto Save and Versions
- Find the new Editing options in Pixelmator Pro Settings

Other Improvements:
- Fill layers with custom patterns and adjust their scale, angle, and opacity, using the new Pattern fill style
- Search and access all Pixelmator Pro tutorials straight from the Help menu
- Applying LUTs, color adjustments, effects, and auto color adjustments to videos using Shortcuts is now supported


Pixelmator Pro 3.2.3
- Pixelmator Pro 3.2.3 introduces the powerful, machine learning-powered Deband feature, which lets you magically remove color posterization and compression artifacts from your images, adds new gorgeous holiday templates for creating holiday cards, posters, social media posts, stories, and more.
- Magically improve the quality of your images by removing color banding and compression artifacts using the new, machine learning-powered Deband feature.
- Find Deband in the Format menu at the top of your screen or by using the Control-Shift-B keyboard shortcut.
- Get the best debanding results in images with 16-bit color depth. When an image has 8-bit-per-channel depth, choose Image > Color Depth > 16 Bits/Channel to convert it, then apply Deband.
- Automatically remove color banding from your images using AppleScript support for Deband.
- Create beautiful holiday cards, posters, social media posts, and stories using the all-new holiday templates.
- Create social media posts and stories about your best moments of the year with beautiful year-in-review templates.
- Quickly customize your holiday templates by replacing placeholder content and choosing from different built-in color palettes and alternative elements designed for each template individually.
- The machine learning-powered ML Denoise, ML Super Resolution, and ML Match Colors have been renamed to Denoise, Super Resolution, and Match Colors.
- Fixed: In some cases, SVG files downloaded from the internet, wouldn't open.
- Fixed: When opening videos with a non-square pixel aspect ratio, they'd appear stretched.