I haven’t enjoyed an image editor as much since Photoshop 5 in the 90s. Both the old Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro have been commercial software I really felt like I needed and want to buy.
It feels modern and natural on macos. It’s pretty sophisticated, but the feature set I use is easily within reach and it’s intuitive to me. Modern Photoshop is an awkward behemoth. The GIMP has always been functional but painful.
The newer stuff like workspaces for different types of editing seemed odd, but I do flip between the illustration layout and photo layout and enjoy that.
I like the price for the software. It feels very reasonable to me and brings me back to the feeling of supporting developers’ work.
Adobe is so expensive and invasive. It just feels abusive. I also pay for Omnigraffle, but it’s high enough it feels like a burden vs supporting developers.
I am not a professional and just use it occasionally for design, documents, and personal photos. I thought I’d share that, since it colors my view.
It feels modern and natural on macos. It’s pretty sophisticated, but the feature set I use is easily within reach and it’s intuitive to me. Modern Photoshop is an awkward behemoth. The GIMP has always been functional but painful.
The newer stuff like workspaces for different types of editing seemed odd, but I do flip between the illustration layout and photo layout and enjoy that.
I like the price for the software. It feels very reasonable to me and brings me back to the feeling of supporting developers’ work.
Adobe is so expensive and invasive. It just feels abusive. I also pay for Omnigraffle, but it’s high enough it feels like a burden vs supporting developers.
I am not a professional and just use it occasionally for design, documents, and personal photos. I thought I’d share that, since it colors my view.