I left Adobe because of the A.I. issue. I do miss some of the features. But I use Affinity Apps.. I'm gonna watch Pixelmator and see what happens though. Very interesting.
a good motion design software. I got my eyes set on cavalry but after effects is still the best one on my opinion. But as soon I find a better solution I'm gone from adobe (and I'm looking forward to it).
Never used Adobe but been switching back and forth between Affinity, Exposure, ON1, Luminar NEO, and settled finally with the latter. It's (still) buggy, it's a memory and resource hog, but it's the easiest of them all to use and have a great workflow. If I'm to edit 300 photos from a shoot, I'd restart the app several times and then it's great. The Luminar's AI is amazing, and apart from a terrible subscription rates, it's a good app. So why don'r I just shut up and fork out the money since I like it so much? It's because they are also on the Setapp subscription that's only aprox $10/month for 200+ apps of all kinds, and _that_ is a steal. So customers who don't know about this will continue paying around $70/year and that for me is.. cheating. Many other apps that are included in Setapp are transparent about it on their websites, and state clearly that as an option. I've checked with both Setapp and Skylum who makes Luminar - there's no difference in the versions.. So anyway, Pixelmator has a learning curve for me although I've bought it several years ago and then mostly because the background removal, will need to investigate a little more...
It's really tough to leave Adobe. The only thing I love about Adobe products is their customization--like you are able to drag things around and rearrange them to your liking. If per say, Da Vinci Resolve can do that, then I'm fully switching.
@@PedroHenriquePS00000 It's definitely laggy. And it takes longer than Adobe software to get it open. Very strange for a software that was marketed on being supremely fast.
As a professional multimedia designer and photographer, pixelmator has never been a part of any conversation I've had with other professionals. This is the first time im hearing of it. "Adobe's biggest competitor" is more than a stretch.
@@PLANETWATERMELON This doesn't really hold any weight. It's like saying Microsoft used Clipchamp until they decided to purchase it, and now it ships with Windows.
I came here to say this actually lol. Competitor? sure. Biggest competitor? no...I would legit say Affinity Photo and Designer, but the title got me to watch the video, so I guess it worked 😂 . Regardless, good video and I’m intrigued at what Apple does with this for sure
@@SooksVI Honestly even if all of us "hate" Adobe and they're really greedy they are industry standard. I can fully agree with you. Also as people say it"s a competitor or something it's like Movie maker is competitor to Avid Media Copmoser...
@@viners1531 yeah I definitely don't hate Adobe; I use their software daily, but I have my gripes with them... Mainly because they're so huge that they take a while to address feature requests in their forums. I've been wanted them to add NRAW support for Nikon camera, but it has been so long that myself along with others have purchased Davinci, which moves a lot smoother than Adobe Premiere. Issues like this allow their users to explore the competition. However, this doesn't discount the other areas that Adobe has been improving their software.
Apple should never have killed Aperture, an excellent pro-photo editing tool. Really hope they manage to improve it and expand their suite of pro imaging tools.
The software engineer in charge of Aperture makes an iOS app called “Nitro”. That’s my first stop in working with photos like I used to with Lightroom.
Used aperture for years before lightroom. But aperture was so slow and the file management was horrendous. Folder for each photo with additional folders for editing versions.
Apple is a hardware focused company, in the past they have killed Shake an incredible compositing software. So don’t expect much on software side from them.
Ditto. The workflow differs in some areas and that takes a bit of relearning, but the results are just as professional and at a fraction of the cost of Adobe.
I use Pixelmator Pro for all of my thumbnails and any masking and cutouts I need done. Too many people get caught on how many features there are, but even if you look at some of the most complex uses of Photoshop, most features like Masking, Invert Masks, Brushes, and Corrections can easily be done in Pixelmator Pro also. I think Pixelmator Pro's biggest obstacle to address is FOMO (feat of missing out). Most people will continue to use Photoshop and Affinity simply because it's what other people use and cover, but it's really good.
My issue with Pixelmator is that the iPad version is nothing like the Mac version. Affinity did a lot better job adapting to a touch only interface without it feeling like a totally different app.
If Apple bought them, they’ll probably re-haul the iPad version of Pixelmator. Just like they did with FCP & Logic. Fingers crossed though, and I resonate with this because I use them in continuity and it’s kinda underwhelming, the iPad app.
@@freshnuggets I don’t use logic, and I’m not gonna get into paying a subscription for Final Cut even lighter when I have a perfectly fine version I paid for my Mac. I would have happily paid a one off cost of $100-$200 for it. If they update the iPad version with subscription I’ll ignore it. Affinity is working fine for me now. I just hope Canva don’t do a weird upgrade for Affinity 3 where you have a clip studio style payment option.
The difference between desktop apps and mobile apps is that desktop apps are designed to be used with a large screen, uncompromised keyboard, and mouse. So much of the features from desktop software are very cumbersome to use with finger and/or stylus. It's kind of pointless to pile them all in there when actually trying to use them is a waste of time. Of course though, if you don't actually have a desktop program and an iPad is all you have then anything is better than nothing.
@@sloppynyuszi From what I can tell Final Cut is not subscription based. It's just like Logic. Both of which by the way are priced incredibly well, if you have a Mac.
Nice video talking about the acquisition! Should have been worth mentioning that Pixelmator has 2 apps Pixelmator Pro and Photomator, where Photomator is actually the competitor to Lightroom if you want to compare. I think for the most part Photomator has the better chance to catch up to Lightroom than Pixelmator Pro to Photoshop and Illustrator in the short run. Affinity on the other hand is next level feature rich and much closer to what Adobe is offering. Personally as a brand identity designer and a photography hobbyist I am cheering for what Affinity and Pixelmator (Apple) are doing with their products. Hopefully they can improve faster with their new respective parent companies or ownership. Myself I am 1 app away from ditching Adobe completely and namely Lightroom which for me still has an edge over Photomator. The magical day when Adobe is in the past is closer, can wait! To new beginnings! Cheers! PS: I ditched Adobe Illustrator for Affinity Designer a long time ago for my client work and never looked back. The user experience of Affinity Designer is miles better and I enjoy my day to day work much more than when I used Illustrator. It's not even close. :)
@@BelfastBikerNo, Photomator (sister product to Pixelmator) is Lightroom’s equivalent but without the monthly subscription. It integrates to iPhoto and uses Apple iCloud
I would consider Canva more of an Adobe competitor than Pixelmator. I see printers here accepting links to Canva already for printing of brochures/tarps/etc.
Adobe Express is already far superior to Canva. I have Adobe CC and didn't even know what Adobe Express was. One day I was like, let me see what this is. I was shocked, this is like Canva! But better. Wow. Adobe is not playing around with competition. I had been using Canva a little bit but I already had a better solution and didn't even know it.
WOW. If I could give you an award, you would get it for the creator who packed the most crap into 13 seconds of their video. I've been working with Adobe for 20 years, I hate Adobe for their SaaS model, but claiming that some application replaces Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom shows that you either have no idea what you're talking about or you don't know the capabilities of these programs at all
@halfvader8015 If we look at all the possibilities, no, and unfortunately there is no alternative on the market. I have been involved in DTP for 20 years and I would like to get to know a program in which I can, for example, prepare for printing projects that I need to change in Photoshop from CMYK to those that also contain Pantone colors. Although for a significant part of Photoshop users, Affinity Photo can easily replace Photoshop.
Apple hung me out to dry when they killed Aperture. I’m not as fond of Adobe as I used to be, but still, why should it trust Apple this time? And why should I have to learn a whole new program?
Something that is SUPER cool in pixelmator is that you can export your project as an Apple motion project. Motion also recognizes all the individual layers in the order you have and how you have them labeled. This is something after effects/photoshop does not do and since I figured this out, simple animations with images became so so so easy. Highly recommend playing around with Motion.
In my opinion as a designer and former Macworld AD, Pixelmator is not Adobes biggest competitor. That would be Affinity. Only affinity has a suite of applications that can replace Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
Sadly, people often forget about InDesign (sometimes even Adobe lol)... but any suite that will "kill Adobe" will need an InDesign replacement, in addition to a PS, AI and Premiere substitute. But also, I would be lost these days without Creative Cloud apps and of course Adobe Fonts. I have the Affinity apps, but haven't used them in my professional work, yet.
Figma serves most illustrator duties. But I agree ! Affinity (at least for now). But I'm pretty sure all these apps are outdated. We need procedural node-based non-linear stuff. In architecture of Maya/houdini/nuke. All these layer based bester curve editors are past century dinosaurs we still have to deal with :)
Pixelmator is pretty good, but the real competition is the Affinity suite by serif. Pixelmator is on a level with PS, LR and Illustrator from the early 2000. Affinity designer and Affinity Photo are in the same capability ballpark as the adobe suite from 2020.
Affinity is also not on a level with Adobe from the early 90's. If I didn't have access to Adobe CC right now, I would install Adobe CS3 which I bought in 2007 and use it for all of my work. Affinity would not be able to manage the work. I have the Affinity software. I also had all of Serif's software from way back in the early 2000s, from before it was all rebranded to Affinity. All 3 programs. Affinity is nowhere near Adobe's ballpark today and Adobe keeps getting further ahead to be honest.
I love Pixelmator (and hate Adobe) as much as the next guy, but it is still very far away from being everything what Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom is. Plus, it is also not meant to be a one-stop solution, they also have Photomator which is the competitor of Lightroom. Let's hope Apple helps them catch up faster!
I’ve been using pixelmater and its pro version for years but never had any idea that it had so many features of Photoshop and Lightroom buried in its code. Now I’m going to spend the weekend exploring.Thank you so much.
3:43 actually. NO. Apple continually have bugs! The new update are having many bugs even long after beta version. Watches bug out other things too. Also FCP is behind davinci resolve Edit: also premiere is still better in some ways like auto align for vertical video, auto caption, remix tool for music is amazing as well!! As much as I love resolve it is still missing that feature to extend audio to fit a longer timeline. Lastly, Adobe licenses the software for audition
That's how it always is. When you hear the opinions of people who really know what they're doing, the "alternatives" always come up short. I love DaVinci Resolve, but I'm barely a novice for video editing. What I know is that when I started learning video editing, I hated Adobe Premiere Pro. I hate how it works. And when I tried DaVinci Resolve it was like it was reading my mind. It works the way I sort of imagine that it should work so using it was a joy. But, I knew that professionals have a reason why they use Premiere Pro, just as I'm a pro with Illustrator, Photoshop, etc and I know that Affinity is not a real alternative. It's not a real match for Adobe. Not even close. But I still hear great things about DaVinci Resolve.
I mean, I rarely ever have bugs with Apple’s software. They pop up here and there, but that can be normal and just a naturally occurring issue from the computer itself rather than the application. Apple’s generally pretty quick to patch bugs as well if they’re caught.
@@acwesty Not always. maybe its just the norm to publish software that isn't fully finished anymore, Theres still some bugs present from older OS's. I use all apple devices, but wanted to acknowledge they aren't excluded / the exception.
@ up your hardware or hit up their support. With FCP 11 being announced it should bring it on par with other NLE’s. PPRO still has its place and a solid option. I don’t use it as much but can respect it offers unique tools the others don’t. So far the auto align for vertical footage is good, tracking is still solid, and the remix tool is butter and super crucial. For the price there’s ways to get a edu email without paying a dime and so the entire suite for $20 a month is nice. Still renting software but much more manageable
It would be tough for me to switch, because I've been using Adobe for about 25 year. Pixelmator has been on my peripheral for a long time, but I've been using Adobe so long, that it has truly become second nature to me. That's important, because I won't want anything slow or complicating my creativity or workflow. I truly hate Adobe as a company, so I may just give it a try, but that would be like someone asking you to use robot hands, controlled by your brain, to paint, when your real hands are working perfectly fine (ok, maybe your real hands also crash from time to time lol).. I'm really glad we have a solid competitors to Adobe. I hope this a wake up call for them, but I have a feeling their problems are so deep rostered into the company, that they will never get better. Also, I disagree that Apple's software just works. Apple's software has been slowly becoming very buggy over the last 10+ years, My theory is that the marketing side is pushing the software side to make these yearly updates, even when things aren't ready. Every version of macOS has had major issues that have either gone unresolved, or the fix didn't come until the next major version. Sonoma has a major issues on AMD GPUs that has gone unfixed in Sequoia. The same goes for an issue with performance accessing external drives. Apple has acknowledged the issues, promised me they will be fix, but here we re over a year later. I'm really hoping Apple buying Pixelmator doesn't hinder the progress and quality of Pixelmator.
"It would be tough for me to switch, because I've been using Adobe for about 25 year." Same - taught young art students for 25 years and so a lot of Adobe runs through my workflow however in my personal use, I swapped over from Illustrator to Inkscape 10 years ago and Affinity Designer 3 years ago. Both together are more than adequate replacement for Illustrator. Premier - swapped to Da Vinci Resolve 6 years ago and that was the easiest swap. There were some things in Premier that I truly hated and just made life harder unless you knew the workarounds. Luckily never had to teach Premier but I did get our college to install Da Vinci. Flash / Animate.. I'm neither programmer enough or animator enough to have ever made the most of Flash but it still does things no other software can. Maybe 1 student in every 4-5 years that came along would do things that needed me to teach them Flash. Now Photoshop.... a very different story. I have tried various alternate "sauces" and kept coming back. Even when other software had better brush engines for drawing and illustration, I still kept coming back to Photoshop for my personal work.
I had bailed on Adobe a year ago for the Affinity suite of apps. I edit images, create graphics, and design with type every day of my working life and I'd have to say after 12 months the hardest part of the transition was remembering the new keyboard shortcuts. The competition have 90% of Adobe's functionality but also offer unique features that I'd never had access to before. Looking forward to adding Pixelmator to my toolbox after seeing this vid!
I would put it closer to 60-70%. Affinity leaves out whole festure sets like 3D, animation, most color modes, even 1bit… usually the features that Affinity has do about 90% of what Adobe’s parallels do but as far as feature sets go, there is a huge difference.
@@stickgarrote8582 To clarify Affinity does 90% of what Adobe did for me on an RBG/ Web development project. I used to have tricks in LAB, Indexed, and CYMK color spaces that Affinity isn't yet built for but those usually were most useful when my work was heading for a printed book or brochure which sadly I don't get as much demand for in 2024. Those alternate color spaces don't even have 50% support except for CYMK.
I used Pixelmator for posters for a couple of years about 10 years ago. It was really good, but I wouldn't have thought of it as an Adobe competitor. It must have developed considerably. Best of luck! I'll check it out.
That's a master move from Apple. They did it with Logic Pro and Final Cut. Only an "in-house" pro photo editor was missing. A combined photo management app blending together Apple Photos and Photomator would be frickin' great!
I am an Adobe user. Have used Photoshop since about version 3 and Illustrator version 3. I just downloaded the demo of this. I can see myself using it. I’m mostly retired from the graphics field but I do use their apps for designing guitars I build. I switched to Logic from Cubase and Pro Tools the same way, via GarageBand.
I remember Logic back in the Emagic days. It was the most confusing mess ever. When Apple took it over they sorted it out. I don't really mess around with music production anymore, but I have an old Mac, with Logic Studio and I still fire it up from time to time because I still love it.
I genuinely had no idea Pixelmator wasn't already an Apple product, I... am surprised to find out it wasn't, and equally un-surprised to learn of the acquisition.
Adobe runs so much better when you have a dedicated computer just for Adobe Creative Cloud and all of its associated monitoring software. It is hard enough paying through the nose to beta test all of Adobe's newest software without worrying about conflicts with other software.
@@eltamarindo "all of its associated monitoring software", how deep does that go? I mean, "monitoring" is a super red flag word for any of these programs that we use! Cheers
Mine is an M2 Air 16gb ram and 1tb. I downgraded from a MacBook Pro and this has more than enough power for everything I need artistically and even editing these videos in 4K with no problems
One unique feature I like about pixelmator is that you can edit videos directly in the app. Not like a NLE, but you can use all the color and manipulating tools to adjust a video. (Has playback of course)
Thank you for enlightening us with this news! I have been using Illustrator since 1989. Are you ready for it? But I am fed up with Adobe and am looking for alternatives.
I have loved using Pixelmator since 2015… Affinity Designer is also really great for doing raster and vector work. I hope the Apple purchase gives Pixelmator the resources to really stick it to Adobe
I have been using the Adobe products since they began. If I were still a graphic designer, I'd be using other apps. But I have been a graphic design teacher for quite a few years now and I teach the Adobe design products. With only a few years to go till I retire, I'm likely to use Adobe till the end. I do dabble in Affinity products and find them just as useful as Adobe ones. if your needs are very basic, the apps, Vectr and Photopea are wonderful and free.
Your video improves about halfway through, when you stop the Adobe bashing. Your list of other Apple apps, Final Cut, Logic etc was really informative. I’m going to try Pixelmator I think. Thank you.
To be clear, Apple has agreed to acquire the company behind Pixelmator, which includes its suite of applications: Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator. This acquisition encompasses all of Pixelmator’s products, ensuring that Photomator is part of the deal. You’re just focussing on the Pixelmator Pro app. It’ll be interesting to see what they do with Photomator as well since the two apps overlap a little.
I have all the apps - Affinity, the full Adobe Suite, Canva, and Pixelmator Pro. I always come back to Adobe, mainly because of the sheer amount of resources and templates available out there. Of all these apps, I enjoy Pixelmator Pro the most because its UI is so beautiful.
As someone that needs this type of software and features but doesn’t need to use it as my career focus as a professional graphics designer, editor, etc… this is great.
@4:10 you meant Apple acquiring Pixelmator instead of Adobe acquiring Pixelmator. But hey great video. Very insightful and helpful. Thankyou 😊, and keep up the good work.
I’d argue that Adobe’s downfall started with the introduction of the subscription model. Once you are tied into on going payments and don’t actually own the product outright, I think you can start to focus a much more critical eye on what you are actually getting for your hard earned cash. And once that ball of criticism starts rolling it can gain some real momentum.
Not adobe's biggest competitor by far but I hear you and with apple behind it we might get something great. I use the Affinity suite, Figma and some open source tools that I contribute to from time to time and wouldn't be bad to have a bit of competition. Plus I'm still waiting to see what Canva does with the affinity suite since they acquired it.
My 2015 pirated version still works and has allowed to win multiple nation wide art awards. People need to understand that the ultimate new software is not a necessity.
Also people need to understand: Not paying for the software you like and use is just like slaughtering the cow whose milk you depend on. 😫 If you use something and like what it is doing then paying for it is the absolut least you could do! 🙁 This is even more true for small companies with a limited budget.
Been using Pixelmator and then Pixelmator Pro for years. I hope Apple doesn't mess it up as they did when they acquired Dark Skies (which used to be great as a standalone App)
I forgot about pixelmator but if it replaces Affinity Photo/Designer and is only $50, that's interesting. Regardless, I'm with you about jumping off Adobe. Glad to hear about the acquisition but I'm curious to see where they'll take it. Will it be to take the tech developed in the app and disburse it across existing Apple tools (like Final Cut/Motion/Photos/Aperture Replacement?/Etc) or keep it separate? Only time will tell, but with Apple Intelligence weaved into Pixelmator, it could really give apps like Photoshop/Illustrator a run for their money.
Not yet true but close ! :)) There are tons of stuff we still need from Affinity. Vector brushes, stroke outlines, procedural booleans, etc etc.. But they are almost there !!! :)
Saying this does the same thing Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom do is... a massive overstatement. Wish they would have bought Affinity to offer alongside iWorks, though I already own those. Those are far more robust design apps, but Apple is more into the consumer market than the Pro Market, so this makes sense. Pixelmator Pro isn't even as good as PaintShop Pro, IMVHO. It just has a better UI. I only own the original Pixelmator on iOS/iPad for the Apple Photos extension.
Apple should have never gotten rid of Aperture. Macs have always been very popular with artists, there should be top line native Apple supported software to support that.
I've been using Pixelmator since their beginning because I couldn't justify spending Adobe prices for the amount that I use it; especially, since they've moved to a subscription model. Pixelmator has been able to do everything that I need. I just hope Apple doesn't do the tear it all down to redesign it as they sometimes do with their apps.
I have been using Pixelmator as a second photo editor for many years now. Their "problem" was to combine a mix of different features from pure photo editing (including a RAW editor) to graphic work. I find this software incredibly good for the price (50$!, no yearly licence) and many people could perfectly work for it. Adobe is still a mantra in the professional world, and I doubt that many pro will confess they use Luminar Neo or DxO photo Lab. But still, there's a growing competition with people working on more user-friendly applications. Personnally, I'm glad to learn that the Pixelmator team will make some solid money out of this agreement, and I'm sure Apple will bring their shining polish to create some Hype for Pixelmator. My advice? I would buy it now for 50 bucks, to become one of the legacy users that could benefit from future upgrade at a minimum price.
It would be pretty cool if it just got integrated into the base apps (Pages, Keynote, etc.) for free, or even the pro apps bundle (Logic Pro, Final Cut, etc. for a small price.
My worry is Apple will just ditch it or not bother to update it. But I have to say it's always puzzled me why Apple never bothered to challenge Adobe's near monopoly on design software.
I clicked through because of the bait-y title, needing to understand why this person thought Pixelmator was "Adobe's biggest competitor." Stopped the video after 12 seconds, firmly convinced there was nothing of use here. Cheers!
My biggest problem with Adobe is they’ve left their campus in Marin vacant for years. Those of us in the neighborhood have walked our dogs through there for years. Suddenly they put up signs and send security if they see you on camera. Not what you were looking for, but there it is anyways
Half of Lightroom is the workflow and file storage processing. I don't take photos to piddle around on the computer after, so it would be a hard sell to get me to switch. Nobody else seems to get that's a huge part of why Lightroom is popular.
NO WAY i always thought pixelmator was an apple app and had to keep checking it to make sure it wasn’t. Apple finally has a “native” after effects competitor now…tbh i still dont know what pixelmator does lol
my question is: is it any easier than Affinity Photo? I have Luminar Neo & all the Affinity suite but its really tricky for me with the convoluted layer interface.
They should buy "sketch" as well and have a proper "figma" competitor while keeping pixelmator a "photoshop" competitor. Both truly native mac apps with great attention to detail.
As someone who was dedicated to Photoshop, and then Affinity, but also trusts Apple, I will be joining the Pixelmator party. No allegiance whatsoever, except seemingly mostly to Apple but that’s beyond my control.
Nobody uses protools anymore except for old studios compatibility. Resolve is useless in free version and too expensive and incompatible with industry pipelines in paid. Pixelmator was first good CG tool on iPads years ago but it's not even close to be full-featured design tool . I will hardly recommend you to replace Protools with logic or reaper, Resolve with Final Cut and definitely you should try affinity designer/photo instead of pixelmator.
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What would it take for you to switch from Adobe?
I left Adobe because of the A.I. issue. I do miss some of the features. But I use Affinity Apps.. I'm gonna watch Pixelmator and see what happens though. Very interesting.
a good motion design software. I got my eyes set on cavalry but after effects is still the best one on my opinion. But as soon I find a better solution I'm gone from adobe (and I'm looking forward to it).
Never used Adobe but been switching back and forth between Affinity, Exposure, ON1, Luminar NEO, and settled finally with the latter. It's (still) buggy, it's a memory and resource hog, but it's the easiest of them all to use and have a great workflow. If I'm to edit 300 photos from a shoot, I'd restart the app several times and then it's great. The Luminar's AI is amazing, and apart from a terrible subscription rates, it's a good app. So why don'r I just shut up and fork out the money since I like it so much? It's because they are also on the Setapp subscription that's only aprox $10/month for 200+ apps of all kinds, and _that_ is a steal. So customers who don't know about this will continue paying around $70/year and that for me is.. cheating. Many other apps that are included in Setapp are transparent about it on their websites, and state clearly that as an option. I've checked with both Setapp and Skylum who makes Luminar - there's no difference in the versions..
So anyway, Pixelmator has a learning curve for me although I've bought it several years ago and then mostly because the background removal, will need to investigate a little more...
@@graysonsgraphics more reviews by video editors that it’s better than or equal to adobe products
It's really tough to leave Adobe. The only thing I love about Adobe products is their customization--like you are able to drag things around and rearrange them to your liking. If per say, Da Vinci Resolve can do that, then I'm fully switching.
Affinity is an Adobe competitor Canva bought
canva bought it and made it worse
@@PedroHenriquePS00000really? How is it worst now? 😢
@@CircularDiagonal too laggy i feel
@@PedroHenriquePS00000 It's definitely laggy. And it takes longer than Adobe software to get it open. Very strange for a software that was marketed on being supremely fast.
With Affinity did their own version of Aftereffects.
As a professional multimedia designer and photographer, pixelmator has never been a part of any conversation I've had with other professionals. This is the first time im hearing of it. "Adobe's biggest competitor" is more than a stretch.
Apple themsleves have been using Pixelmator for their own presenations for years.
@@PLANETWATERMELON This doesn't really hold any weight. It's like saying Microsoft used Clipchamp until they decided to purchase it, and now it ships with Windows.
I came here to say this actually lol. Competitor? sure. Biggest competitor? no...I would legit say Affinity Photo and Designer, but the title got me to watch the video, so I guess it worked 😂 . Regardless, good video and I’m intrigued at what Apple does with this for sure
@@SooksVI Honestly even if all of us "hate" Adobe and they're really greedy they are industry standard. I can fully agree with you. Also as people say it"s a competitor or something it's like Movie maker is competitor to Avid Media Copmoser...
@@viners1531 yeah I definitely don't hate Adobe; I use their software daily, but I have my gripes with them... Mainly because they're so huge that they take a while to address feature requests in their forums. I've been wanted them to add NRAW support for Nikon camera, but it has been so long that myself along with others have purchased Davinci, which moves a lot smoother than Adobe Premiere. Issues like this allow their users to explore the competition. However, this doesn't discount the other areas that Adobe has been improving their software.
Apple should never have killed Aperture, an excellent pro-photo editing tool. Really hope they manage to improve it and expand their suite of pro imaging tools.
The software engineer in charge of Aperture makes an iOS app called “Nitro”. That’s my first stop in working with photos like I used to with Lightroom.
Used aperture for years before lightroom. But aperture was so slow and the file management was horrendous. Folder for each photo with additional folders for editing versions.
Same
Apple is too much charging $1200 for new phone every year
Apple is a hardware focused company, in the past they have killed Shake an incredible compositing software. So don’t expect much on software side from them.
I changed from adobe to affinity and couldn't be happier
Ditto.
Ditto :)
Photo 2 is literally Photoshop.
Ditto. The workflow differs in some areas and that takes a bit of relearning, but the results are just as professional and at a fraction of the cost of Adobe.
Same here. I don’t use any Adobe apps and have used both Affinity Photo and Pixelmator Pro for my professional work.
I use Pixelmator Pro for all of my thumbnails and any masking and cutouts I need done. Too many people get caught on how many features there are, but even if you look at some of the most complex uses of Photoshop, most features like Masking, Invert Masks, Brushes, and Corrections can easily be done in Pixelmator Pro also. I think Pixelmator Pro's biggest obstacle to address is FOMO (feat of missing out). Most people will continue to use Photoshop and Affinity simply because it's what other people use and cover, but it's really good.
nice thumbnails brother
My issue with Pixelmator is that the iPad version is nothing like the Mac version. Affinity did a lot better job adapting to a touch only interface without it feeling like a totally different app.
If Apple bought them, they’ll probably re-haul the iPad version of Pixelmator. Just like they did with FCP & Logic. Fingers crossed though, and I resonate with this because I use them in continuity and it’s kinda underwhelming, the iPad app.
@@freshnuggets I don’t use logic, and I’m not gonna get into paying a subscription for Final Cut even lighter when I have a perfectly fine version I paid for my Mac. I would have happily paid a one off cost of $100-$200 for it.
If they update the iPad version with subscription I’ll ignore it. Affinity is working fine for me now. I just hope Canva don’t do a weird upgrade for Affinity 3 where you have a clip studio style payment option.
Because Mac > iPad :)
The difference between desktop apps and mobile apps is that desktop apps are designed to be used with a large screen, uncompromised keyboard, and mouse. So much of the features from desktop software are very cumbersome to use with finger and/or stylus. It's kind of pointless to pile them all in there when actually trying to use them is a waste of time. Of course though, if you don't actually have a desktop program and an iPad is all you have then anything is better than nothing.
@@sloppynyuszi From what I can tell Final Cut is not subscription based. It's just like Logic. Both of which by the way are priced incredibly well, if you have a Mac.
Nice video talking about the acquisition! Should have been worth mentioning that Pixelmator has 2 apps Pixelmator Pro and Photomator, where Photomator is actually the competitor to Lightroom if you want to compare. I think for the most part Photomator has the better chance to catch up to Lightroom than Pixelmator Pro to Photoshop and Illustrator in the short run. Affinity on the other hand is next level feature rich and much closer to what Adobe is offering. Personally as a brand identity designer and a photography hobbyist I am cheering for what Affinity and Pixelmator (Apple) are doing with their products. Hopefully they can improve faster with their new respective parent companies or ownership. Myself I am 1 app away from ditching Adobe completely and namely Lightroom which for me still has an edge over Photomator. The magical day when Adobe is in the past is closer, can wait! To new beginnings! Cheers! PS: I ditched Adobe Illustrator for Affinity Designer a long time ago for my client work and never looked back. The user experience of Affinity Designer is miles better and I enjoy my day to day work much more than when I used Illustrator. It's not even close. :)
Thank you for this insight! Well said
Excellent post. Insightful and informative. Thank you. Resonates with me on a number of levels since I had a similar journey.
@@TheUrbanmeister Appreciate it! Glad it could be of use! :D
So, Photomator is the Lightroom equivalent, does it work seamlessly syncing between Mac and iPad? Where are the images stored, cloud-wise?
@@BelfastBikerNo, Photomator (sister product to Pixelmator) is Lightroom’s equivalent but without the monthly subscription. It integrates to iPhoto and uses Apple iCloud
I would consider Canva more of an Adobe competitor than Pixelmator. I see printers here accepting links to Canva already for printing of brochures/tarps/etc.
Adobe Express is already far superior to Canva. I have Adobe CC and didn't even know what Adobe Express was. One day I was like, let me see what this is. I was shocked, this is like Canva! But better. Wow. Adobe is not playing around with competition. I had been using Canva a little bit but I already had a better solution and didn't even know it.
Canva bought Affinity few months ago and Canva interface is quite intuitive if someone has been using Adobe software mechanics are mostly the same.
WOW. If I could give you an award, you would get it for the creator who packed the most crap into 13 seconds of their video. I've been working with Adobe for 20 years, I hate Adobe for their SaaS model, but claiming that some application replaces Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom shows that you either have no idea what you're talking about or you don't know the capabilities of these programs at all
I've been using Pshop since version one. One! But I'm over their greed. In your opinion, is there a true competitor?
@halfvader8015 If we look at all the possibilities, no, and unfortunately there is no alternative on the market. I have been involved in DTP for 20 years and I would like to get to know a program in which I can, for example, prepare for printing projects that I need to change in Photoshop from CMYK to those that also contain Pantone colors. Although for a significant part of Photoshop users, Affinity Photo can easily replace Photoshop.
Apple hung me out to dry when they killed Aperture. I’m not as fond of Adobe as I used to be, but still, why should it trust Apple this time? And why should I have to learn a whole new program?
Something that is SUPER cool in pixelmator is that you can export your project as an Apple motion project. Motion also recognizes all the individual layers in the order you have and how you have them labeled. This is something after effects/photoshop does not do and since I figured this out, simple animations with images became so so so easy. Highly recommend playing around with Motion.
I was using Pixelmator when they only had four employees.
Same.
Exactly. Got me through undergrad and
Same here =)
now how many employees do they have?
@ As many that’s been up your ass.
I am using Pixelmator for sometime now, there is no crash, no bug, very smooth, perfectly integrated in Mac. I love it, Thank you Pixelmator team.
In my opinion as a designer and former Macworld AD, Pixelmator is not Adobes biggest competitor. That would be Affinity. Only affinity has a suite of applications that can replace Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
Sadly, people often forget about InDesign (sometimes even Adobe lol)... but any suite that will "kill Adobe" will need an InDesign replacement, in addition to a PS, AI and Premiere substitute. But also, I would be lost these days without Creative Cloud apps and of course Adobe Fonts. I have the Affinity apps, but haven't used them in my professional work, yet.
Figma serves most illustrator duties. But I agree ! Affinity (at least for now). But I'm pretty sure all these apps are outdated. We need procedural node-based non-linear stuff. In architecture of Maya/houdini/nuke. All these layer based bester curve editors are past century dinosaurs we still have to deal with :)
is this gonna be available for iPad Pro?
Pixelmator is pretty good, but the real competition is the Affinity suite by serif. Pixelmator is on a level with PS, LR and Illustrator from the early 2000. Affinity designer and Affinity Photo are in the same capability ballpark as the adobe suite from 2020.
Affinity is also not on a level with Adobe from the early 90's. If I didn't have access to Adobe CC right now, I would install Adobe CS3 which I bought in 2007 and use it for all of my work. Affinity would not be able to manage the work. I have the Affinity software. I also had all of Serif's software from way back in the early 2000s, from before it was all rebranded to Affinity. All 3 programs. Affinity is nowhere near Adobe's ballpark today and Adobe keeps getting further ahead to be honest.
I love Pixelmator (and hate Adobe) as much as the next guy, but it is still very far away from being everything what Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom is. Plus, it is also not meant to be a one-stop solution, they also have Photomator which is the competitor of Lightroom. Let's hope Apple helps them catch up faster!
Photomator is Pixelmator with only color effects and they added batch processing unless proven otherwise.
@@DarkTrapStudio You could say the same about Lightroom and Photoshop and it would be just as untrue.
I’ve been using pixelmater and its pro version for years but never had any idea that it had so many features of Photoshop and Lightroom buried in its code. Now I’m going to spend the weekend exploring.Thank you so much.
there is an adobe add on the video lol
LOL me too
NAH 💀
I had an Uber add
@@Mithferion No one asked
I know I saw that...they are incidieous!
3:43 actually. NO. Apple continually have bugs! The new update are having many bugs even long after beta version. Watches bug out other things too. Also FCP is behind davinci resolve
Edit: also premiere is still better in some ways like auto align for vertical video, auto caption, remix tool for music is amazing as well!! As much as I love resolve it is still missing that feature to extend audio to fit a longer timeline.
Lastly, Adobe licenses the software for audition
That's how it always is. When you hear the opinions of people who really know what they're doing, the "alternatives" always come up short. I love DaVinci Resolve, but I'm barely a novice for video editing. What I know is that when I started learning video editing, I hated Adobe Premiere Pro. I hate how it works. And when I tried DaVinci Resolve it was like it was reading my mind. It works the way I sort of imagine that it should work so using it was a joy. But, I knew that professionals have a reason why they use Premiere Pro, just as I'm a pro with Illustrator, Photoshop, etc and I know that Affinity is not a real alternative. It's not a real match for Adobe. Not even close. But I still hear great things about DaVinci Resolve.
I mean, I rarely ever have bugs with Apple’s software. They pop up here and there, but that can be normal and just a naturally occurring issue from the computer itself rather than the application. Apple’s generally pretty quick to patch bugs as well if they’re caught.
@@acwesty Not always. maybe its just the norm to publish software that isn't fully finished anymore, Theres still some bugs present from older OS's. I use all apple devices, but wanted to acknowledge they aren't excluded / the exception.
Premiere is a piece of crap. Resolve or Final Cut or whatever else.... Adobe stuck 20 years ago. Hopeless...
@ up your hardware or hit up their support. With FCP 11 being announced it should bring it on par with other NLE’s. PPRO still has its place and a solid option. I don’t use it as much but can respect it offers unique tools the others don’t. So far the auto align for vertical footage is good, tracking is still solid, and the remix tool is butter and super crucial. For the price there’s ways to get a edu email without paying a dime and so the entire suite for $20 a month is nice. Still renting software but much more manageable
I use Pixelmator, I don’t know if I like this purchase from Apple.
Me too
It’s like when your boss offer you a cup of coffee. 😂
It would be tough for me to switch, because I've been using Adobe for about 25 year. Pixelmator has been on my peripheral for a long time, but I've been using Adobe so long, that it has truly become second nature to me. That's important, because I won't want anything slow or complicating my creativity or workflow. I truly hate Adobe as a company, so I may just give it a try, but that would be like someone asking you to use robot hands, controlled by your brain, to paint, when your real hands are working perfectly fine (ok, maybe your real hands also crash from time to time lol)..
I'm really glad we have a solid competitors to Adobe. I hope this a wake up call for them, but I have a feeling their problems are so deep rostered into the company, that they will never get better.
Also, I disagree that Apple's software just works. Apple's software has been slowly becoming very buggy over the last 10+ years, My theory is that the marketing side is pushing the software side to make these yearly updates, even when things aren't ready. Every version of macOS has had major issues that have either gone unresolved, or the fix didn't come until the next major version. Sonoma has a major issues on AMD GPUs that has gone unfixed in Sequoia. The same goes for an issue with performance accessing external drives. Apple has acknowledged the issues, promised me they will be fix, but here we re over a year later. I'm really hoping Apple buying Pixelmator doesn't hinder the progress and quality of Pixelmator.
"It would be tough for me to switch, because I've been using Adobe for about 25 year."
Same - taught young art students for 25 years and so a lot of Adobe runs through my workflow however in my personal use, I swapped over from Illustrator to Inkscape 10 years ago and Affinity Designer 3 years ago. Both together are more than adequate replacement for Illustrator.
Premier - swapped to Da Vinci Resolve 6 years ago and that was the easiest swap. There were some things in Premier that I truly hated and just made life harder unless you knew the workarounds. Luckily never had to teach Premier but I did get our college to install Da Vinci.
Flash / Animate.. I'm neither programmer enough or animator enough to have ever made the most of Flash but it still does things no other software can. Maybe 1 student in every 4-5 years that came along would do things that needed me to teach them Flash.
Now Photoshop.... a very different story. I have tried various alternate "sauces" and kept coming back. Even when other software had better brush engines for drawing and illustration, I still kept coming back to Photoshop for my personal work.
I’ve been paying Adobe forever and the amount increases each time is now too much
Been using Pixelmator for a while now... haven't looked back!
Wouldn't Serif with its Affinity Suite, recently bought by Canva, a more direct competitor of Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / I design?
No. And neither is Pixelmator.
That's good and all, buuuut... does it have full camera support with lens correction profiles?
it does actually. They've been on a pretty big push over the last 2-3 years or so adding a ton of camera raw support.
feel happy for brothers behind Pixelmator team. Use their product for more than decade! Great product!
I had bailed on Adobe a year ago for the Affinity suite of apps. I edit images, create graphics, and design with type every day of my working life and I'd have to say after 12 months the hardest part of the transition was remembering the new keyboard shortcuts. The competition have 90% of Adobe's functionality but also offer unique features that I'd never had access to before. Looking forward to adding Pixelmator to my toolbox after seeing this vid!
I would put it closer to 60-70%. Affinity leaves out whole festure sets like 3D, animation, most color modes, even 1bit… usually the features that Affinity has do about 90% of what Adobe’s parallels do but as far as feature sets go, there is a huge difference.
@@stickgarrote8582 To clarify Affinity does 90% of what Adobe did for me on an RBG/ Web development project. I used to have tricks in LAB, Indexed, and CYMK color spaces that Affinity isn't yet built for but those usually were most useful when my work was heading for a printed book or brochure which sadly I don't get as much demand for in 2024. Those alternate color spaces don't even have 50% support except for CYMK.
Interesting! Will Apple Photos and Pixelmator become one at some point?
I used Pixelmator for posters for a couple of years about 10 years ago. It was really good, but I wouldn't have thought of it as an Adobe competitor. It must have developed considerably. Best of luck! I'll check it out.
Is Photomator also included in the buyout? I really like that one as well!
Yes it is included
That's a master move from Apple. They did it with Logic Pro and Final Cut. Only an "in-house" pro photo editor was missing. A combined photo management app blending together Apple Photos and Photomator would be frickin' great!
do a video on affinity designer!
I am an Adobe user. Have used Photoshop since about version 3 and Illustrator version 3.
I just downloaded the demo of this. I can see myself using it. I’m mostly retired from the graphics field but I do use their apps for designing guitars I build.
I switched to Logic from Cubase and Pro Tools the same way, via GarageBand.
I remember Logic back in the Emagic days. It was the most confusing mess ever. When Apple took it over they sorted it out. I don't really mess around with music production anymore, but I have an old Mac, with Logic Studio and I still fire it up from time to time because I still love it.
I’ve been using Pixelmator products for years now. Love them.
I genuinely had no idea Pixelmator wasn't already an Apple product, I... am surprised to find out it wasn't, and equally un-surprised to learn of the acquisition.
Got an Adobe Acrobat ad before watching this video 🤔
Ran not walked away from Adobe years ago. I hope Pixelmator will find success under Apple.
Adobe runs so much better when you have a dedicated computer just for Adobe Creative Cloud and all of its associated monitoring software. It is hard enough paying through the nose to beta test all of Adobe's newest software without worrying about conflicts with other software.
@@eltamarindo "all of its associated monitoring software", how deep does that go? I mean, "monitoring" is a super red flag word for any of these programs that we use! Cheers
They've had great success. Serif too. They're not Adobe competitors though. They're just low cost software that does some of what Adobe does.
You have a mistake at 4:08…You say that Adobe bought Pixelmator where you meant Apple.
Hello I noticed your using macbook air 15 inch? as an artist what is the spec of your machine? Great video btw
Mine is an M2 Air 16gb ram and 1tb. I downgraded from a MacBook Pro and this has more than enough power for everything I need artistically and even editing these videos in 4K with no problems
One unique feature I like about pixelmator is that you can edit videos directly in the app.
Not like a NLE, but you can use all the color and manipulating tools to adjust a video. (Has playback of course)
Does it come for Windows?
Thank you for enlightening us with this news! I have been using Illustrator since 1989. Are you ready for it? But I am fed up with Adobe and am looking for alternatives.
Are the photo editing tools non-destructive like Lightroom's? Can there be virtual copies of images with different editing?
I have loved using Pixelmator since 2015… Affinity Designer is also really great for doing raster and vector work. I hope the Apple purchase gives Pixelmator the resources to really stick it to Adobe
In the old days, I went a full DECADE without Pshop ever crashing on my Mac. A decade. I'm fed up too.
Will this work on an iPad Pro?
No. There’s a separate app for iPad OS.
I have been using the Adobe products since they began. If I were still a graphic designer, I'd be using other apps. But I have been a graphic design teacher for quite a few years now and I teach the Adobe design products. With only a few years to go till I retire, I'm likely to use Adobe till the end. I do dabble in Affinity products and find them just as useful as Adobe ones. if your needs are very basic, the apps, Vectr and Photopea are wonderful and free.
Now we just need a viable after effects competitor
Your video improves about halfway through, when you stop the Adobe bashing. Your list of other Apple apps, Final Cut, Logic etc was really informative. I’m going to try Pixelmator I think. Thank you.
To be clear, Apple has agreed to acquire the company behind Pixelmator, which includes its suite of applications: Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator. This acquisition encompasses all of Pixelmator’s products, ensuring that Photomator is part of the deal. You’re just focussing on the Pixelmator Pro app. It’ll be interesting to see what they do with Photomator as well since the two apps overlap a little.
I have all the apps - Affinity, the full Adobe Suite, Canva, and Pixelmator Pro. I always come back to Adobe, mainly because of the sheer amount of resources and templates available out there. Of all these apps, I enjoy Pixelmator Pro the most because its UI is so beautiful.
As someone that needs this type of software and features but doesn’t need to use it as my career focus as a professional graphics designer, editor, etc… this is great.
Thanks, i was looking forever for a after effects alternative for Mac, gonna try Apple Motion! And Pixelmator
Love your set/studio mate. Looks awesome.
@4:10 you meant Apple acquiring Pixelmator instead of Adobe acquiring Pixelmator.
But hey great video. Very insightful and helpful. Thankyou 😊, and keep up the good work.
Already did. The second I bought a Mac, I switched to FCPX from Premiere and never looked back!
Is the $50 purchcase only for the Mac or does it include the IOS apps as well?
I've been using Pixelmator instead of Adobe apps for several years now and it keeps getting better with each new release.
I thought Affinity Photo was a bigger competitor. Until this video, I’ve never heard of Pixelmator and I’ve been in the industry since 2006.
THIS guy is sweet and honest - gonna subscribe😊
Looks great, sucks that I can't use it tho because I dual operate MacOS and Windows Machines. What do you think of Affinity's offering?
I swear i used this app for the first time one year ago and i was so happy that somebody did this! You can do everything there with an app.
I’d argue that Adobe’s downfall started with the introduction of the subscription model. Once you are tied into on going payments and don’t actually own the product outright, I think you can start to focus a much more critical eye on what you are actually getting for your hard earned cash. And once that ball of criticism starts rolling it can gain some real momentum.
You never own code, you ow. an acess to the code.
Not adobe's biggest competitor by far but I hear you and with apple behind it we might get something great. I use the Affinity suite, Figma and some open source tools that I contribute to from time to time and wouldn't be bad to have a bit of competition. Plus I'm still waiting to see what Canva does with the affinity suite since they acquired it.
My 2015 pirated version still works and has allowed to win multiple nation wide art awards. People need to understand that the ultimate new software is not a necessity.
Also people need to understand: Not paying for the software you like and use is just like slaughtering the cow whose milk you depend on. 😫 If you use something and like what it is doing then paying for it is the absolut least you could do! 🙁 This is even more true for small companies with a limited budget.
The crash message stickers are brilliant!
How will they complete while the pixelmator runs only on macOS?
Been using Pixelmator and then Pixelmator Pro for years. I hope Apple doesn't mess it up as they did when they acquired Dark Skies (which used to be great as a standalone App)
This move reminds me of the Aperture era. With the ongoing Raw photo capabilities of iPhone, iPad and Apple Pencil Pro this make a LOT of sense.
I forgot about pixelmator but if it replaces Affinity Photo/Designer and is only $50, that's interesting. Regardless, I'm with you about jumping off Adobe. Glad to hear about the acquisition but I'm curious to see where they'll take it. Will it be to take the tech developed in the app and disburse it across existing Apple tools (like Final Cut/Motion/Photos/Aperture Replacement?/Etc) or keep it separate? Only time will tell, but with Apple Intelligence weaved into Pixelmator, it could really give apps like Photoshop/Illustrator a run for their money.
Affinity does all this and you don't need anything else
Not yet true but close ! :)) There are tons of stuff we still need from Affinity. Vector brushes, stroke outlines, procedural booleans, etc etc.. But they are almost there !!! :)
This is a real game changer. I must use an old 2008 macpro to edit in photoshop. I reject Adobe’s marketing strategy of subscription.
I have been asking for this for years, everyone thought I was crazy!
They have already a pro video editor, a pro music editor, and now it's time for a pro image editor.
Saying this does the same thing Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom do is... a massive overstatement.
Wish they would have bought Affinity to offer alongside iWorks, though I already own those. Those are far more robust design apps, but Apple is more into the consumer market than the Pro Market, so this makes sense. Pixelmator Pro isn't even as good as PaintShop Pro, IMVHO. It just has a better UI.
I only own the original Pixelmator on iOS/iPad for the Apple Photos extension.
Do you have a timeline and do animation? Do you edit small videos? Why does Photoshop do this?
Apple should have never gotten rid of Aperture. Macs have always been very popular with artists, there should be top line native Apple supported software to support that.
I've been using Pixelmator since their beginning because I couldn't justify spending Adobe prices for the amount that I use it; especially, since they've moved to a subscription model. Pixelmator has been able to do everything that I need. I just hope Apple doesn't do the tear it all down to redesign it as they sometimes do with their apps.
Aldus freehand combined raster and vector about 20 years ago. Corel draw has been doing it for longer.
it’s been my goto photo editor for like a decade
I purchased Pixelmator for my iPad 2. It's been around for a long, long time. Fantastic app :)
I have been using Pixelmator as a second photo editor for many years now. Their "problem" was to combine a mix of different features from pure photo editing (including a RAW editor) to graphic work. I find this software incredibly good for the price (50$!, no yearly licence) and many people could perfectly work for it. Adobe is still a mantra in the professional world, and I doubt that many pro will confess they use Luminar Neo or DxO photo Lab. But still, there's a growing competition with people working on more user-friendly applications. Personnally, I'm glad to learn that the Pixelmator team will make some solid money out of this agreement, and I'm sure Apple will bring their shining polish to create some Hype for Pixelmator. My advice? I would buy it now for 50 bucks, to become one of the legacy users that could benefit from future upgrade at a minimum price.
I love Pixelmator, been using it for years.
I hope the iPad version gets better. I get file compatibility issues a lot
It would be pretty cool if it just got integrated into the base apps (Pages, Keynote, etc.) for free, or even the pro apps bundle (Logic Pro, Final Cut, etc. for a small price.
I love the Affinity design softwares- they are terrific
My worry is Apple will just ditch it or not bother to update it. But I have to say it's always puzzled me why Apple never bothered to challenge Adobe's near monopoly on design software.
This is great news. As I’ve used Pixelmator and loved just how easy and powerful it is.
I clicked through because of the bait-y title, needing to understand why this person thought Pixelmator was "Adobe's biggest competitor." Stopped the video after 12 seconds, firmly convinced there was nothing of use here.
Cheers!
My biggest problem with Adobe is they’ve left their campus in Marin vacant for years. Those of us in the neighborhood have walked our dogs through there for years. Suddenly they put up signs and send security if they see you on camera. Not what you were looking for, but there it is anyways
Affinity Publisher really is a combo of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign all rolled into one.
No it's not. You have to have all three apps for them to work like that. Publisher is only a layout app.
@@timz9862 I have all three apps... but Publisher has all three personas built in.
@@timz9862 correct but is pixalmator good for publishing?
Can all my plugins work in pixelmator?
Any good suggestions for a image organizer instead of bridge?
Half of Lightroom is the workflow and file storage processing. I don't take photos to piddle around on the computer after, so it would be a hard sell to get me to switch. Nobody else seems to get that's a huge part of why Lightroom is popular.
NO WAY i always thought pixelmator was an apple app and had to keep checking it to make sure it wasn’t. Apple finally has a “native” after effects competitor now…tbh i still dont know what pixelmator does lol
my question is: is it any easier than Affinity Photo? I have Luminar Neo & all the Affinity suite but its really tricky for me with the convoluted layer interface.
They should buy "sketch" as well and have a proper "figma" competitor while keeping pixelmator a "photoshop" competitor. Both truly native mac apps with great attention to detail.
If only Apple developed an alternative to After Effects.
I loved the option of creating and printing photo books from the photos app. It was amazing
As someone who was dedicated to Photoshop, and then Affinity, but also trusts Apple, I will be joining the Pixelmator party. No allegiance whatsoever, except seemingly mostly to Apple but that’s beyond my control.
Pixelmator, Davinci Resolve, Pro Tools. Life's so good.
Nobody uses protools anymore except for old studios compatibility. Resolve is useless in free version and too expensive and incompatible with industry pipelines in paid. Pixelmator was first good CG tool on iPads years ago but it's not even close to be full-featured design tool . I will hardly recommend you to replace Protools with logic or reaper, Resolve with Final Cut and definitely you should try affinity designer/photo instead of pixelmator.