What's New

Pixelmator 3.1.5 brings significant improvements to document opening and saving, and adds a few other fixes.

• The file browser framework has been completely redesigned to improve the image opening and saving experience.
• The device screen would sometimes go black when switching back to Pixelmator from other apps. Fixed.
• Documents would sometimes close unexpectedly when changing the text size using keyboard shortcuts. Fixed.
• Pixelmator would sometimes quit unexpectedly when opening the color picker. Fixed.

Have any feedback about this update or Pixelmator in general? Let us know at [email protected]!

App Description

Pixelmator is a powerful, full-featured, layer-based image editor that lets you add shapes, images, and text to create beautiful image compositions, touch up and enhance images, sketch, and paint on iPad and iPhone alike.

Designed exclusively for iOS and iPadOS, Pixelmator takes full advantage of the latest iOS and iPadOS 17 features and technologies, giving you innovative, fast, and powerful tools.

Create Eye-Catching Designs

- Combine words, shapes, and images to create breathtaking artwork right on your iPhone and iPad
- Apply non-destructive layer styles like shadows, outlines, gradient fills, and more
- Insert, group, and blend layers of an image
- Easily add, combine, and customize shapes
- Blend layers, shapes, and text using any of the blending modes
- Use precise selection tools to edit areas of an image
- Automatically select subjects in images with the machine learning-powered Select Subject
- Crop, arrange, and rotate objects and layers with pixel-perfect precision
- Easily remove the background of images or cut and paste objects from one image to another

Add Shapes and Text

- Create flyers, logos, and other compositions using vector shapes and their styling options
- Customize Smart Shapes with easy-to-use controls
- Add text and make it look gorgeous with 24 pre-designed text styles
- Change the font, size, alignment, line spacing, use custom fonts, and more

Paint and Sketch

- Paint stunning images right on your iPhone and iPad
- Choose from over artist-designed brushes and numerous painting techniques
- Paint with near-natural wetness effect of watercolor and crayon brushes
- Create stunning pixel art images with the custom-designed Pixel brush
- Paint with incredible detail thanks to the double texture brush technology
- Vary the speed of your stroke to change the thickness of some of the brushes
- Easily select and fine-tune colors with a full-featured color picker
- Instantly choose colors right from your image with the Eyedropper
- Paint more naturally than ever with the Apple Pencil, featuring palm rejection, pressure, tilt, and acceleration sensitivity

Edit and Enhance Photos

- Get started with dozens of beautifully designed templates
- Instantly improve your photos with single-tap color presets
- Take full control over the tonal range of your image with levels and curves
- Easily remove color casts and set the right white balance
- Wipe away image imperfections, skin blemishes, and unwanted objects with the Repair tool
- Duplicate areas of your image with the easy-to-use Clone tool
- Pinch, bump, twirl, or warp areas of an image with powerful, Metal-based Distort tools
- Blur, sharpen, lighten, or darken areas of an image
- Choose from dozens of breathtaking effects to subtly improve or completely change the look of an image
- Open and edit images of up to 256 megapixels

Export and Share Images

- Optimize images for the web using quality, color depth, and size settings
- Export images to Files, iCloud, or open in other apps using a file format of your choice
- Using the integrated share extension, easily share your artwork with friends and family using Mail, AirDrop, or post it to social platforms like Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook

Compatibility

- Open and save images using HEIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF formats
- Work with multilayered Pixelmator Pro and Adobe Photoshop documents
- Save your edited images directly to Photos
- Create, edit, and keep all your images up to date on all your devices thanks to iCloud support
- External keyboard support with over 70 keyboard shortcuts

Built for iPhone and iPad

- Pixelmator is meticulously thought through and created from the ground up for iPhone and iPad devices
- Designed to take full advantage of powerful iOS and iPadOS features and technologies — iCloud Drive, Photos extension, Split View, and more
- Thanks to Apple silicon, Metal, Core Image, and Core Animation, Pixelmator delivers state-of-the-art performance and real-time responsiveness

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • October 23, 2014 Initial release
  • October 31, 2014 New version 1.0.1
  • December 06, 2014 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
  • December 16, 2014 New version 1.0.2
  • March 20, 2015 New version 1.1
  • May 06, 2015 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
  • May 28, 2015 New version 2.0.1
  • July 14, 2015 New version 2.0.2
  • July 15, 2015 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $0.99
  • August 01, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $4.99
  • September 23, 2015 New version 2.1
  • November 25, 2015 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
  • December 03, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $4.99
  • December 10, 2015 New version 2.2
  • December 17, 2015 New version 2.2.1
  • July 19, 2016 New version 2.3
  • November 23, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
  • December 03, 2016 Price increase: $1.99 -> $4.99
  • January 24, 2017 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $0.99
  • February 07, 2017 Price increase: $0.99 -> $4.99
  • July 27, 2017 New version 2.3.1
  • October 10, 2017 New version 2.4
  • November 22, 2017 New version 2.4.1
  • November 22, 2017 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $0.99
  • November 22, 2017 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
  • December 07, 2017 Price increase: $1.99 -> $4.99
  • March 21, 2018 New version 2.4.2
  • September 06, 2018 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
  • October 04, 2018 New version 2.4.3
  • October 23, 2018 Price increase: $1.99 -> $4.99
  • February 14, 2019 New version 2.4.4
  • July 30, 2019 New version 2.4.5
  • August 10, 2019 New version 2.4.6
  • October 09, 2019 New version 2.4.7
  • November 26, 2019 New version 2.4.8
  • May 19, 2020 New version 2.5.2
  • June 02, 2020 New version 2.5.4
  • June 08, 2020 New version 2.5.5
  • October 23, 2020 New version 2.6.2
  • December 10, 2020 New version 2.6.3
  • August 06, 2021 New version 2.6.4
  • July 16, 2022 New version 2.7
  • July 22, 2022 New version 2.7.1
  • August 19, 2022 New version 2.7.2
  • August 30, 2022 New version 2.7.3
  • October 06, 2022 New version 2.7.4
  • October 27, 2022 New version 2.8.1
  • October 27, 2022 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
  • December 01, 2022 New version 2.8.2
  • December 02, 2022 New version 2.8.3
  • April 19, 2023 New version 2.8.4
  • May 12, 2023 New version 2.9.1
  • June 08, 2023 New version 2.9.2
  • September 16, 2023 New version 3.0.12
  • October 04, 2023 New version 3.1.1
  • November 15, 2023 New version 3.1.5

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