Mac users, try this alternative GPU-enhanced image editor

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Mac users, try this alternative GPU-enhanced image editor

March 5, 2009 in Apple, Software | Permalink

We'll be honest and tell you that we're big fans of Adobe's Fireworks. Indeed, I've been using the application from back in the late 90s and it has proved to be one of the best commercial image editors for producing graphics for the web. Problem is, it's expensive. I daren't look back and figure how much it's cost us in upgrades over the last few years. Advantage is though, we know this program inside out. However, we only use the app to edit images and produce basic content for our site.

Pixelmator 1.4 is a Mac-specific commercial image editor that's designed to get most from your installed graphic card. It's promoted as the world's first GPU-enhanced image editor, which is ideal when you have multiple large images open at the same time. It has all the usual image editing tools you'd expect to find and much more. You'll see Mac-specific features such as Automator support, so you can create automated action, such as quickly resizing images to a specific size.

Pixelmator link.

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