Pixelmator for iPad - a new standard of photo editors

Every Mac owner knows about Pixelmator, as the only replacement of the great Photoshop. The developers decided to please and iPad owners, releasing Pixelmator for him. Of course, the application does not have the functionality of a PC version.

Despite this, Pixelmator for the iPad - a best mobile photo editor at the moment.

I tested the app on the iPad 3, waiting for that to work, it will be quite mediocre. But my expectations were not fulfilled, Pixelmator is working fine. Small jerks sometimes occur, but it is more than bearable. Given that the iPad 3 - the slowest plate on iOS 8 (even slower iPad 2), we can say that the application will work perfectly on any device.

In the case of the iPad 2 only drawback is the small screen resolution, working with photos is very noticeable. When you first start we are asked to connect iCloud, to sync photos between devices. In total there are 4 ways to add photos: Create a new project from scratch, take a photo, upload from the device or from iCloud Drive.

A huge set of tools. In the category of retouching tools are working with light, sharpness, saturation and red-eye removal. To say that the quality is a cut above similar tools in Snapseed, VSCO or other photo editor is not necessary. It is immediately noticeable.

For that I want to shake hands with separately for developers, so it is for the support of the Cyrillic alphabet. All fonts in Russian look just fine. Expect from each professional of this level was not necessary. Working with text is implemented as in Photoshop and Pixelmator For the Mac: each piece of text is a separate layer, which can be moved to change the position, size, color, and spacing of the text. Of course, the huge number of fonts. I did not consider, but the sight of them about fifty.

For lovers of simple editing there is a large number of filters. Preview of how the picture will look with effects shown below. There blur effects, sharpness, bokeh, focus, and vintage. Well, as without a black and white! The application also a huge number of hands.

a handy tool that allows you to really fine-tune the desired force is used to adjust the effect.

I think that professional photographers will appreciate the tools for working with color. Apart from the usual sliders that allow you to adjust the color on a basic level, there is also work with curves. It works just fine, and the picture changes in real time without any delay. To be honest, I was impressed by the capabilities of your old iPad.

leaf size can be precisely adjusted, as well as enable or disable the observance of proportions. At the end, you can save your project to gallery, share on social networks or send to iCloud Drive in the form of photos, project Pixelmator or as a PSD.

I admire the capacity Pixelmator. The work with photos as I know only the most basic foundation, but I think that tablet version of Pixelmator - a great tool for professionals. He can not give you the same, that the computer version of the program or Photoshop, but to retouch photos, or adjust the colors you can use it without any problems.

The application supports the extension function allows you to edit photos right in the standard photo app, and Handoff, giving the opportunity to start working with photos on your Mac and finish on iPad. Is not it a miracle?