Pixelmator Pro 1.1 Monsoon is a massive update that brings a modern way to easily prepare images for the web, machine learning-powered Auto Color Adjustments, Touch Bar support, and a whole lot more.
• The new Export for Web feature gives you a modern way to easily prepare your images for the web.
• Automatically perfect the colors of your photos with three machine learning-powered Auto Color Adjustments.
• Get quick access to all your Pixelmator Pro tools with support for the MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
• Advanced Compression lets you shrink image sizes to the maximum without affecting quality.
• The new Slice tool lets you divide designs into individual images and optimize each one separately.
• Use Quick Export to quickly export images optimized with your most used settings.
• Export Presets let you save your favorite export settings to speed up exporting images.
• See handy live previews when formatting text and adjusting layer blending.
• Use Select Color Range to select precise colors or entire color ranges.
• Thanks to SVG support, you can now open, edit, and export resolution-independent vector images.
• Export images in the modern High Efficiency Image File Format.
• Learn all about using Pixelmator Pro with easy to follow video and text tutorials on the new Tutorials page.
Improvements and Fixes • The Pixelmator Pro Help menu has been improved and now shows search results from the online user guide.
• You can now Control-click a ruler to change its unit.
• When moving guides, their position will now be shown in the current ruler units rather than pixels.
• You can now show or hide each of the buttons in the Pixelmator Pro toolbar.
• When using the Arrange tool, choosing the Reset preset will now reset the rotation of text, shape, and group layers as well as image layers.
• The Gradient Fill layer style now has an angle option.
• You can now change layer opacity using the number keys when using the Style tool.
• When you select a layer in the canvas, the Layers sidebar will scroll to reveal it.
• Pressing and holding the Command key will now let you move layers while using the Free Selection tool.
• When editing individual paths within a shape, the position of any gradient fills will no longer change.
• Moving a selected image area within a group would move the group instead of the selected area. Fixed.
• It was not possible to change a layer’s rotation to below 0 degrees using the arrow buttons in the Arrange tool. Fixed.
• The Pen tool now draws much more precisely, especially when using a Magic Mouse.
• The accuracy of the Quick Selection tool’s live overlay has been improved by 1 to 2 pixels.
• The Reshape tools would not work on images over 4K with MacBook Pro models from 2016 and later.
• Using the Command key to move a layer while using the Paint tool would cause graphical glitches. Fixed.
• Using the Paint tool with the Luminosity blending mode would produce random black pixels. Fixed.
• It was not possible to change the color of single text characters using the Type tool color picker. Fixed.
• Undoing an image size change would not restore layers to their previous positions. Fixed.
• The Auto Contrast and Auto Color options of the Curves and Levels tool now work faster.
• On rare occasions, ungrouping a layer group and undoing would cause Pixelmator Pro to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.
• Refining a selection on a RAW layer would sometimes cause Pixelmator Pro to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.
• Simultaneously zooming and undoing would sometimes cause Pixelmator Pro to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.
• Switching to the Paint tool while painting a Gradient Fill would sometimes cause Pixelmator Pro to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.
• Added a few more fixes to improve the overall stability of Pixelmator Pro.
• A whole bunch of other fixes that make Pixelmator Pro even better. Read the full release notes at
http://www.pixelmator.com/pro/updates/