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[Grapho]

This app is nice, but no CMYK support means I stay with Photoshop.

[Photonerd]

Not to mention the UI is a complete scatter-fest. If they designed a true, professional-quality UI for this app, I'd consider adding it to my toolbox, but it will never replace Photoshop.

[hayesk]

Photoshop costs 10 times the amount of Pixelmator. To those that rely on the pro features in Photoshop: this product isn't for you. It's for those that need only the basic features of Photoshop. This is a competitor to Photoshop Elements - that uses a different UI and also doesn't have CMYK support.
If they had a RAW importer, they'd get my money.

[BradPDX]

LIke hayesk says - Pixelmator is competing with Photoshop Elements, no full Photoshop. As a total photo amateur, PE is already more than I need. I have been reluctant to upgrade my old PE 4 to PE 6 due to the many complaints about the installer, admin account requirements and the (apparently) mandatory full screen operation. Pixelmator is a very attractive alternative - much faster, lower cost, does everything I need - and it is really put together like a Mac application. I might just pony up after a trial version.

[TxTom]

I tried it for the first time today and was quite impressed. The interface reminds me more of Aperture than Photoshop but the layers give me more flexibility than other 'basic' photo programs (long-neglected ColorIt! comes to mind) and the tools to choose from are the ones photographers expect.
There's a couple of things I noticed that I hope they adjust. One is that you have to select color management each time you open a file (web, universal, none, custom) and (as I said, I've only started trying it today) when you look at the print preview, it's at full pixel view....not at the size you might have scaled it to (xxx pixels per inch)...that might be there, but I've not seen it yet.
Is it Photoshop? No...and to that I say "hallelujah!"
I'm a photographer, not a graphics artist. Nuff said. $59? EASILY on of the greatest values available for the Mac today.

[Grapho]

hayesk said:

Photoshop costs 10 times the amount of Pixelmator. To those that rely on the pro features in Photoshop: this product isn't for you. It's for those that need only the basic features of Photoshop. This is a competitor to Photoshop Elements - that uses a different UI and also doesn't have CMYK support.

And you would be correct. For what it is, this is an excellent little tool. That said, I have seen people attempting to compare it with Photoshop and even stating that Pixelmator has an edge on it.
> If they had a RAW importer, they'd get my money.