Certain tools are hidden within submenusĪffinity Photo has made waves as the first Photoshop alternative that was competent enough to take on the post-processing Goliath.Always on ‘Raw Layers’ (similar to Photoshop Smart Layers).Support for Mac features like Versions, Force-Touch, permanent undo, quick look.Deep integration with Metal 2, Core Image, and OpenGL for fast real-time editing.

Machine Learning for automatic naming of layers, auto straighten images, and advanced repair tools.In fact, the new version uses a single-window user interface a departure from the floating windows of the non-pro Pixelmator. Metal 2 and Core Imaging allows Pixelmator to edit your photos with real-time effects without the need to render in a separate window. Pixelmator Pro has support iCloud syncing, multiple tabs, special gestures for the Magic Trackpad (with Force Touch), and support for Apple’s new HEIF along with Google’s WebP format. This allows first time user to easily edit their photos without much of a learning curve. Love it or hate the design, it is very similar to the latest macOs applications even behaving like Apple’s own Photos app – with your work front and center and the tools hiding away until you need them. Pixelmator Pro is definitely the ‘new’ kid on the block getting all the attention in the wake of the introduction of Affinity photo.

With a foundation built upon a combination of open source and macOS technologies, Pixelmator has grown with the OS over the last decade incorporating features as fast as Cupertino could release them. Pixelmator is a graphic editor developed for macOS by two brothers from Lithuania, Saulius and Aidas Dailide. Let’s take a look at two popular photo editors. Powerful alternatives are already on the market that can meet, if not exceed, the functionality of Photoshop, but the question is which one is right for you.

Pixelmator vs affinity