Web Log: Pixelmator is a powerful, affordable Photoshop alternative

It’s highly unlikely that the average user of Apple’s proprietary Photo app is going to shell out on the kind of editing software used mostly by the pros (with a price tag to match), such as Adobe Photoshop, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to do something with your pics beyond cropping, retouching and adding filters.

Pixelmator for Mac is a worthy solution. For €29.99 you get a powerful image-editing app packed with features you’ll recognise if you’ve used Photoshop: crop, slice, magic wand, lasso, warp, dodge, clone and many more. You can also do things like add shadows and reflections and work with layers (including adding them straight from FaceTime).

Included in the download is a plug-in for Apple’s Photos that adds a bunch of fun distort tools (as long as you’re running El Capitan) and it’s optimised for the new Force Touch trackpad.

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