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Interview: Marc Edwards

Twitter: @marcedwards. Founder and designer at Bjango. In 2018, at Adobe MAX and Apple’s fall event, Adobe promised ‘real’ Photoshop on the iPad. Is that what we got? Yes and no. We have the real Photoshop engine, but we have a very limited iPad user interface. It supports viewing every single feature that Photoshop documents...



Pixelmator Pro: Professional Image Editing Tools That Anyone Can Use [Sponsor]

Pixelmator Pro proves that powerful Mac image editors don’t need to be complex. The app, which is the successor to the original Pixelmator, is designed for ultimate ease of use. It’s the ‘image editor for the rest of us’ who want a native Mac app that’s instantly familiar.

The app introduced a refined, single-window design that puts the focus on your work instead of your tools. Pixelmator Pro features a completely nondestructive editing workflow that allows you to experiment, unleashing your creativity with the confidence that you can always revert any changes you make.

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Pixelmator Pro has full RAW image support and advanced photo editing tools for careful fine tuning. The app also includes extensive machine learning-based tools that can automatically enhance your photos. There’s even a Photos app extension that lets you use Pixelmator Pro inside the Photos app and save your edits nondestructively.

The app isn’t just for photographers though. Illustrators will love Pixelmator Pro for its vector tools and SVG file support, and digital painters will appreciate the app’s powerful painting engine and extensive set of dual-texture brushes.

Best of all, Pixelmator Pro’s features are lightning fast because they’ve been built from the ground up using Apple’s latest technologies like Metal 2, which powers the app’s editing engine. Pixelmator Pro is ready for the upcoming Mac Pro too with full support for multiple GPUs.

To learn more, visit Pixelmator Pro’s website where you’ll find even more details along with terrific tutorials. Then, download the app’s free trial to start editing your images like a pro.

Our thanks to Pixelmator Pro for sponsoring MacStories this week.



In This Issue

Board Games for iOS, Vol. 8, a 1Blocker for Mac giveaway, SLC: A Shortcut to Create New Launcher Shortcuts for Any URL, John hits reset on a bunch of his workflows, a brand new episode of MacStories Unplugged, the return of Club MacStories Straw Polls,plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories...



Perks

1Blocker for Mac Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 20 copies of the newly-released version of 1Blocker for Mac that we reviewed on MacStories this week to give away. Please use the button below to enter your email and for further details. Entries will close on Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:00 pm Eastern...


Interesting Links

They haven’t gotten quite as much attention as the AirPods Pro, but Zac Hall has a fantastic in-depth review of the new Beats Solo Pro on-ear headphones at 9to5Mac. (Link) Sarah Emerson investigates Amazon Basics batteries and their environmental impact in a story that is as much about the company’s secrecy and global footprint as...


Previously, On MacStories

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