Perspective correction is available only for two-axis: horizontally and vertically. However, there's also an ML (machine learning) feature for cropping that will suggest a crop for your photo. Cropping in Pixelmator Photoīehind the cropping icon in the main toolbar are actually three features:Ĭropping and straightening are pretty straight forward and work similarly to other apps. Let's have a look at these in more detail.
Replace Color is an easy way to replace the color (range) in a photo.
The Pixelmator Photo user interface is pretty straight forward and easy to use. If you chose to save it to the camera roll, you can either save it as a modification (and revert back to the original photo anytime) or as a copy. You can export photos in any popular photo format like JPEG, PNG, HEIF, and TIFF to either any cloud storage or save it to the camera roll. I've successfully tested importing some old RAWs from my Nikon, DNG files shot with ProCamera, as well as JPGs and photos taken in iOS HEIF format. When it comes to importing photos, Pixelmator Photo imports and exports different photo formats. You can always open an edit and selectively remove or further adjust all the settings. As this file contains all the improvements you applied, photo editing in Pixelmator Photo is non-destructive. So you can always revert back to the original photo you need or want to.Īdditionally, Pixelmator Photo saves all the edits in iCloud using its own file format, called "Pixelmator Photo Edit Document". It uses a feature introduced in iOS a while ago to save the modified copy as a version. Note that if you chose to modify the original, Pixelmator Photo does not overwrite the original. You simply open a photo from the photo library, apply adjustments and save it back to the Photos App, where you can choose if you want to modify the original photo or save it as a copy. While Lightroom uses its own photo library that's synced between devices via Creative Cloud, Pixelmator Photo uses the iOS Photo Library. It even supports the Apple Pencil.īut who knows, maybe we'll see a version for iPhone, soon? I'd love to! Pixelmator Photo Library Pixelmator Photo is iPad onlyĪs of September 2020, Pixelmator Photo is only available for iPad, and it uses all the technologies of iPad and iOS14. In this review, I'll compare and focus on the significant differences between Pixelmator Photo and Lightroom to help you decide which one may be right for you. So, in other words: Pixelmator App is for retouching, and Pixelmator Photo is for "digitally developing" a photo. On the other hand, Pixelmator Photo is more like Adobe Lightroom and allows you to apply fine granular photo adjustments.It supports layers, brushes, retouching, and adjustments. The original Pixelmator App is an editing and retouching app that's more like Adobe Photoshop.Pixelmator Photo is not an app that replaces Pixelmator rather, it supplements it. In my opinion, it's basically the same relationship as with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. Lightroom Mobile.įirst, let's have a look at how the original Pixelmator App for iPhone and iPad and Pixelmator Photo relate to each other.
#Pixelmator ipad pro update#
It's time to look at Pixelmator Photo again, to update this review and to compare Pixelmator Photo vs. In September 2020, the Pixelmator Team released a new version that includes a neat new feature. Though I have my set of iPhone photo editing apps that I've been using for years, I have a few photo editing apps on my radar, and Pixelmator Photo is one of them.
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