{"id":34973,"date":"2019-12-26T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=34973"},"modified":"2019-12-08T11:46:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T18:46:11","slug":"pixlemator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/pixlemator\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixelmator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been using <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/pixelmator\/id407963104?mt=12\">Pixelmator<\/a> ($30) on my Mac for photo editing for many years. It is a fantastic alternative to Photoshop, and it is and amazing value at only $30. It can do all of the things you&#8217;d expect of a photo editor. But among the tools I use most often are Quick Select, Modify Selection and the Healing Brush. In combination, they can clean up an image by removing tiny blemishes or even large areas of a photo. I also have been using this technique to turn a 4&#215;3 (or some other aspect ratio) photo into 16&#215;9 for use in a presentation. It&#8217;s surprising how well the healing algorithm can fill in background at the edges of a photo, and with additional touch ups can create a more impactful full screen image without resorting to the &#8220;duplicate, zoom, and blur&#8221; technique that is so common. I also use &#8220;Lighten Shadows&#8221; as a quick and easy way to correct a backlit photo where people&#8217;s faces are darker than the overall shot. Pixelmator Pro has more features and doesn&#8217;t cost that much more. But the UX of Pixelmator is easier to use. I own both.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheap image editing software for Macs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34977,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34973\/revisions\/34977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}