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1. #PIXELMATOR LAYER MASK MAC OS X#
2. #PIXELMATOR LAYER MASK 64 BIT#
3. #PIXELMATOR LAYER MASK FULL#
4. #PIXELMATOR LAYER MASK MAC#

The last mode subtracts the overlap of two selections. The next one, with overlapping boxes, one with color the other box empty is for subtracting from an existing selection. This is for adding to an existing selection. The second one shows two solid colored boxes overlapping. The first mode on the left is a single square, which is used to make a new selection. When any selection tools is selected in the Tool Palette, the Tool Options palette offers four different ways to modify your selection. Click on the color you want to sample and it will be selected. With the Select Color palette open, move your cursor into the photo where it will turn into an eyedropper.

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You can click on the color swatch (red box) which will open up the Mac color palette, however, when we use Select Color, most often we want to sample a color from inside a photo.

There is an additional selection tool, Select Color found in the Edit menu.

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As shown below right, red box, 'Type', you can toggle between the Rectangular and Elliptical tool.Ĭritical to a photo editing application are its 'Selection' tools and Pixelmator has the full set Rectangular, Marquee, Elliptical Marquee, Lasso, Polygonal Lasso and Magic Wand, which are all found in the Tool palette. The Tool Options palette is contextually aware, in that it changes its settings to reflect whatever tool is selected in the Tool palette and offers you the parameters that are available for that tool. The Tool Options palette is one feature I really like, as it stays on the screen not unlike a 'HUD' (heads up display) or the Inspector found in other applications. But in addition to this, Pixelmators provides us with a 'Tools Options' palette (below right). Looking at the 'Marquee' tool, as an example, if the 'Rectangular Marquee tool is selected, as shown below left, hitting the 'm' key on the keyboard will toggle the tool between Rectangular and Elliptical. The other tools are there and Pixelmator offers two ways to switch between them. You will also notice that unlike some other photo editors, in Pixelmator, no tools are buried beneath other tools. I found this feature to be very helpful when moving quickly As you can see from the screen shots of the Tool palette below, the icons are handsome and when a tool is selected, its icon becomes enlarged making it easy to tell, in just a glance, which tool is selected. The first thing you'll notice are the Pixelmator icons and tools, gone are the 'plain vanilla' artwork found in other photo apps, replaced by colorful and distinct icons. At first the offerings look sparse, but don't let the clean interface fool you, Pixelmator is a very able and robust full featured photo editor. I was very pleased when I first launched Pixelmator by the simple appearance of the interface consisting of the Pixelmator menu bar across the top of my screen and a number of tool palettes. Images can be imported from cameras, scanners (USB), iPhones, card readers and from networks.

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Pixelmator is fast using Core Image and Open GL support, and it's 64 bit meaning that you'll have access to all the ram that you need, assuming that you have enough in the first place. If you start off using Pixelmator and then, at some point, graduate to Photoshop, the transition will require little effort on your part to learn the Photoshop workflow.

So, if you have worked in Photoshop, there is very little to learn when using Pixelmator you'll feel quite comfortable. Almost all of Pixlmator's keyboard shortcuts are the same as Photoshop's. It employs the same type of palettes, tools, adjustments and menus.

Pixelmator is a relatively new application and, as such, it is not yet a full powered photo editing application like Photoshop, but it is much like Photoshop. Recently I have been asked about lower cost photo editing apps, so I have been looking at some of the options that are now available. Having worked in Photoshop for over 17 years I must admit that I have been a bit oblivious to any of the other photo editing applications that have come along over the years.

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System Requirements Mac OS X 10.6 or higher.