Pixelmator was updated. He became the 64-bit and accelerated by 40%!

For lovers of imaging developers on Apple computers provided updated to version 1.6 software Pixelmator. Application is different from many competitors for the Mac that uses the graphics accelerator card. In the new version also adds support for 64-bit mode. This feature not only ensures efficient use of multicore CPUs, but also provides an application access to a larger volume of RAM.

Pixelmator development team has taken care of an improved graphics processing by using the many features of the operating system Snow Leopard. In general, all the innovations have significantly improved the performance of Pixelmator. Accelerated the process of running the program, and to work it became 40% faster.

Among other notable features in Pixelmator 1.6 can distinguish the improved import function with external devices (Cameras, scanners, and portable Apple gadgets) and the ability to combine layers in the group (Layer Groups) in the processing of images. A «Send To» option allows you to publish the finished pictures on the web site on Flickr, Facebook or Picasa.

Users of previous versions of the graphic editor can easily be updated - it's free. Newcomers also have to pay for the product is $ 59.