One of the many superpowers of image editing apps that support layers is the ability to combine images into a collage. In this column, you'll learn to create the ever-popular, oh-so-romantic, soft oval vignette collage in Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Pixelmator. (Sorry, you can't do this workflow in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom or Apple's Photos, iPhoto, or Aperture.) This technique is perhaps the easiest—and most romantic—way to combine two images into a new and unique piece of art.
To get started, you'll need to open two images and combine them into the same document. In any of the three apps, open two images (in Elements, make sure you're in Expert or Full Edit mode). Activate the document that contains the soon-to-vignetted photo and then press Command-A to select it. Press Command-C to copy it to your Mac's memory and then activate the other document and press Command-V to paste the copied image. When you do, the image lands on its very own layer. Make sure the new layer lives at the top of the layer stack (just drag it to the top if necessary).
- Even Pixelmator's menus bear a passing resemblance to Photoshop's, with commands like Transform, Stroke, and Fill on the Edit menu, and a Layers menu with some familiar layer manipulation commands. You'll also find an Image menu with the basic image and canvas size commands and color adjustment commands.
- The Pixelmator team created the cheaper of the two and is used by people who like to design and do photo editing as a hobby. Photoshop is a better option for professional designers. Many built-in effects contained in Pixelmator make it a great Photoshop alternative. It is simple to learn. Making color changes and adding filters is easily accomplished.
Pixelmator also lets you customise the menus, so if there are only one or two illustration tools you'll ever need, you can add those to your menus and hide the rest, which is smart thinking. Pixelmator Pro 2 for photography. When it comes to photography, Pixelmator Pro 2 is something of a halfway house between Lightroom and Photoshop.
Create an oval selection
From the Tools panel, grab the Elliptical Marquee tool. Peek at your Layers panel to make sure the correct image layer is active (the girls), and then—in the main document window—position your cursor near the center of the image. Press and hold the Option key, and then drag to draw an oval-shaped selection from the inside out.
To reposition the oval selection while you're drawing it (meaning you haven't let go of your mouse button yet), press and hold the spacebar and drag with your mouse. When you've got the selection just right, release the Option key and your mouse button.
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Feather the selection
Dinosaur bookends. In Elements, click Refine Edge in the Options bar at the bottom of the workspace. In Pixelmator, choose Edit > Refine Selection. In Photoshop, just hang tight—we'll feather the mask (instead of the selection) in a minute. In the resulting dialog box, drag the Feather slider rightward until the feather preview looks good to you. In Elements, choose Selection from the menu at the bottom of the dialog box, and then click OK in both apps.
Add a layer mask
Hide the area outside the selection with a layer mask. You could inverse the selection and then delete the area outside it, but that'd be mighty reckless. What if you changed your mind? You'd have to undo several steps or start over completely.
A less destructive and more flexible approach is to hide the area outside the selection with a layer mask. To add a mask in Photoshop and Elements, locate the Layers panel and then click the circle-within-a-square icon (it's at the bottom of the panel in Photoshop and at the top of the panel in Elements). In Pixelmator, click the gear icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Add Layer Mask from the resulting menu. Get rid of the selection by pressing Command-D in all three apps.
Now let's feather the mask in Photoshop. In the Layers panel, double-click the mask—the black and white thumbnail next to the image thumbnail—and the Properties panel opens. Drag the Feather slider to the right and Photoshop softens the selection right before your eyes. To alter the feather amount later on, just double-click the mask to reopen the Properties panel.
Last but not least, you can use the Move tool in each app to scoot the vignetted image around in the collage.
Save the document
In Photoshop or Elements, choose File > Save As to save a master document for further editing, and then pick Photoshop as the format so your layers are preserved. In Pixelmator, choose File > Save. To make a copy of the image you can send to someone else or post on the web, choose File > Save for Web in Photoshop or Elements, or choose File > Export in Pixelmator. Choose JPEG from the resulting dialog box.
As you can see, this technique makes for a super cute piece of art! Until the next time, may the creative force be with you all.
| Developer(s) | Pixelmator Team Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 25, 2007; 13 years ago |
| Stable release |
|
| Operating system | macOS & iOS |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.pixelmator.com |
Pixelmator is a graphic editor developed for macOS[3][4] by Lithuanian brothers Saulius and Aidas Dailide, and built upon a combination of open-source and macOS technologies. Pixelmator features selection, painting, retouching, navigation, and color correction tools; as well as layers-based image editing, GPU-powered image processing, color management, automation, and a transparent head-up display user interface for work with images. Pixelmator uses Core Image and OpenGL technologies that use the Mac's video card for image processing.[5] X plane 10 steam.
Pixelmator was the first commercial image editor to fully support the WebP image format on Mac.[6][7]
Features[edit]
- Uses technologies like Core Image and Automator.
- Based on ImageMagick.[8]
- Photoshop images with layers are supported as well as other popular still image file formats.
- Uses layers-based editing.
- Over 40 tools for selecting, cropping, painting, retouching, typing, measuring and navigation.
- Shape tools.
- 16 color correction tools and over 50 filters.
- Integrates with macOS and applications such as Photos and Aperture.
- Pictures can be taken with a FaceTime camera from within the app.
- Quick file conversion can be done with the help of Automator actions.
- macOS ColorSync and ColorSync profiles are supported.
- Support for Mac OS X Lion features such as versions, auto save, and full screen mode.
- Compatibility with MacOS Catalina, including support for Sidecar (a dual-screen tool for iPad users) and Apple Pencil as of version 1.5 (released October 10, 2019).[9]
Version history[edit]
Pixelmator for Mac[edit]
| Version | Codename | Release date | Significant changes | Notes | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Firestarter | September 25, 2007 |
| Pixelmator 1.0 was released at a price of $59 (US).[10] A closed beta was earlier released on August 16, 2007. | [11] |
| 1.1 | Kitten | December 6, 2007 |
| [12] | |
| 1.2 | Draftsman | May 12, 2008 |
| Includes some often requested features, like the Curve tool, Polygonal, Lasso Tool, Rulers, Guides and the ability to display an alignment grid. | [13] |
| 1.3 | Tempo | November 4, 2008 |
| More stability and improvements for working with large images. New features include click-and-drag for adjusting the tolerance of the Magic Wand, Paint bucket and the new Magic Eraser tool on the fly. Renewed the Hue and Saturation, Replace Color and Colorize palettes. Better Stroking capabilities with live preview were added. Besides the previously available English and German languages, it added French and Spanish. | [14] |
| 1.4 | Sprinkle | February 23, 2009 |
| This version introduced a new painting engine and the possibility for more advanced brush creation. Support for importing Photoshop brushes is also included. A new cloud generation filter made its way into Pixelmator in 1.4, and a noise filter in 1.4.1. | [15] |
| 1.5 | Spider | September 8, 2009 |
| New features include the ability to save for web, send to Mail/iPhoto, trimming, info labels and Italian language support, released less than two weeks prior to this update. Version 1.5.1 brought bug fixes and Brush Collections. | [16] |
| 1.6 | Nucleus | July 13, 2010 |
| Introduces layer groups and integration with OS X's Image Capture app for importing images from cameras and scanners. Older OS X versions are no longer supported. 1.6.1 (released on September 28), introduces features such as an improved photo browser and a revamped stroke feature. 1.6.2 (released on October 6, 2010), introduces support for the image format WebP. | [17] |
| 2.0 | Chameleon | October 27, 2011 |
| Improved support for Mac OS X Lion features like Auto Save and Versions. | [18] |
| 2.1 | Cherry | August 9, 2012 |
| [19][20] | |
| 2.2 | Blueberry | May 8, 2013 |
| More than 100 new features and improvements. | [21] |
| 3.0 | FX | October 22, 2013 |
| Supports the OS X's technologies App Nap and Compressed Memory. Pixelmator is more responsive and power efficient. | [22] |
| 3.1 | Marble | January 21, 2014 |
| This version uses the most out of the dual workstation-class GPUs built into the new Mac Pro. | [23] |
| 3.2 | Sandstone | May 22, 2014 |
| The new Repair tool is also more memory efficient. Other improvements, UI enhancements, and stability and reliability fixes. 3.2.1 makes the switch to the OpenGL Core Profile and resolves some previous bugs. | [24] |
| 3.3 | Limestone | November 6, 2014 |
| Improvements and fixes to stability and reliability. 3.3.1 adds the ability to pinch to zoom in a document window and to scroll through shapes, gradients, and styles within their respective palettes. | [25][26] |
| 3.4 | Twist | October 15, 2015 |
| Bug fixes. | |
| 3.5 | Canyon | May 26, 2016 |
| Tutorial page on website. | [27] |
| 3.6 | Cordillera | November 15, 2016 |
| [28] | |
| 3.7 | Mount Whitney | October 6, 2017 |
| [29] | |
| 3.8 | Phoenix | November 30, 2018 |
| [30] | |
| 3.9 | Classic | November 13, 2019 |
| [31] |
See also[edit]
- Even Pixelmator's menus bear a passing resemblance to Photoshop's, with commands like Transform, Stroke, and Fill on the Edit menu, and a Layers menu with some familiar layer manipulation commands. You'll also find an Image menu with the basic image and canvas size commands and color adjustment commands.
- The Pixelmator team created the cheaper of the two and is used by people who like to design and do photo editing as a hobby. Photoshop is a better option for professional designers. Many built-in effects contained in Pixelmator make it a great Photoshop alternative. It is simple to learn. Making color changes and adding filters is easily accomplished.
Pixelmator also lets you customise the menus, so if there are only one or two illustration tools you'll ever need, you can add those to your menus and hide the rest, which is smart thinking. Pixelmator Pro 2 for photography. When it comes to photography, Pixelmator Pro 2 is something of a halfway house between Lightroom and Photoshop.
Create an oval selection
From the Tools panel, grab the Elliptical Marquee tool. Peek at your Layers panel to make sure the correct image layer is active (the girls), and then—in the main document window—position your cursor near the center of the image. Press and hold the Option key, and then drag to draw an oval-shaped selection from the inside out.
To reposition the oval selection while you're drawing it (meaning you haven't let go of your mouse button yet), press and hold the spacebar and drag with your mouse. When you've got the selection just right, release the Option key and your mouse button.
Airflow redis. CeleryExecutor is one of the ways you can scale out the number of workers. For this to work, you need to setup a Celery backend (RabbitMQ, Redis, ) and change your airflow.cfg to point the executor parameter to CeleryExecutor and provide the related Celery settings. We are setting up Airflow on AKS using bitnami helm charts. We are using a dedicated PostgreSQL and Redis resources on azure and configured helm install parameters accordingly. But, our company mandates using SSL only on PostgreSQL and Redis. On enabling this, airflow containers were not getting started due to connection issues. Installing Airflow. I'll create a virtual environment, activate it and install the python modules. As of this writing Airflow 1.7.1.3 is the latest version available via PyPI. When including postgres along side Airflow it'll install psycopg2 automatically. Browse other questions tagged redis celery airflow master-slave sentinel or ask your own question. The Overflow Blog Understanding quantum computing through drunken walks. Podcast 330: How to build and maintain online communities, from gaming to Featured on Meta. RedisPubSubSensor (channels, redisconnid,.args,.kwargs) source ¶ Bases: airflow.sensors.basesensoroperator.BaseSensorOperator Redis sensor for reading a message from pub sub channels.
Feather the selection
Dinosaur bookends. In Elements, click Refine Edge in the Options bar at the bottom of the workspace. In Pixelmator, choose Edit > Refine Selection. In Photoshop, just hang tight—we'll feather the mask (instead of the selection) in a minute. In the resulting dialog box, drag the Feather slider rightward until the feather preview looks good to you. In Elements, choose Selection from the menu at the bottom of the dialog box, and then click OK in both apps.
Add a layer mask
Hide the area outside the selection with a layer mask. You could inverse the selection and then delete the area outside it, but that'd be mighty reckless. What if you changed your mind? You'd have to undo several steps or start over completely.
A less destructive and more flexible approach is to hide the area outside the selection with a layer mask. To add a mask in Photoshop and Elements, locate the Layers panel and then click the circle-within-a-square icon (it's at the bottom of the panel in Photoshop and at the top of the panel in Elements). In Pixelmator, click the gear icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Add Layer Mask from the resulting menu. Get rid of the selection by pressing Command-D in all three apps.
Now let's feather the mask in Photoshop. In the Layers panel, double-click the mask—the black and white thumbnail next to the image thumbnail—and the Properties panel opens. Drag the Feather slider to the right and Photoshop softens the selection right before your eyes. To alter the feather amount later on, just double-click the mask to reopen the Properties panel.
Last but not least, you can use the Move tool in each app to scoot the vignetted image around in the collage.
Save the document
In Photoshop or Elements, choose File > Save As to save a master document for further editing, and then pick Photoshop as the format so your layers are preserved. In Pixelmator, choose File > Save. To make a copy of the image you can send to someone else or post on the web, choose File > Save for Web in Photoshop or Elements, or choose File > Export in Pixelmator. Choose JPEG from the resulting dialog box.
As you can see, this technique makes for a super cute piece of art! Until the next time, may the creative force be with you all.
| Developer(s) | Pixelmator Team Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 25, 2007; 13 years ago |
| Stable release |
|
| Operating system | macOS & iOS |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.pixelmator.com |
Pixelmator is a graphic editor developed for macOS[3][4] by Lithuanian brothers Saulius and Aidas Dailide, and built upon a combination of open-source and macOS technologies. Pixelmator features selection, painting, retouching, navigation, and color correction tools; as well as layers-based image editing, GPU-powered image processing, color management, automation, and a transparent head-up display user interface for work with images. Pixelmator uses Core Image and OpenGL technologies that use the Mac's video card for image processing.[5] X plane 10 steam.
Pixelmator was the first commercial image editor to fully support the WebP image format on Mac.[6][7]
Features[edit]
- Uses technologies like Core Image and Automator.
- Based on ImageMagick.[8]
- Photoshop images with layers are supported as well as other popular still image file formats.
- Uses layers-based editing.
- Over 40 tools for selecting, cropping, painting, retouching, typing, measuring and navigation.
- Shape tools.
- 16 color correction tools and over 50 filters.
- Integrates with macOS and applications such as Photos and Aperture.
- Pictures can be taken with a FaceTime camera from within the app.
- Quick file conversion can be done with the help of Automator actions.
- macOS ColorSync and ColorSync profiles are supported.
- Support for Mac OS X Lion features such as versions, auto save, and full screen mode.
- Compatibility with MacOS Catalina, including support for Sidecar (a dual-screen tool for iPad users) and Apple Pencil as of version 1.5 (released October 10, 2019).[9]
Version history[edit]
Pixelmator for Mac[edit]
| Version | Codename | Release date | Significant changes | Notes | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Firestarter | September 25, 2007 |
| Pixelmator 1.0 was released at a price of $59 (US).[10] A closed beta was earlier released on August 16, 2007. | [11] |
| 1.1 | Kitten | December 6, 2007 |
| [12] | |
| 1.2 | Draftsman | May 12, 2008 |
| Includes some often requested features, like the Curve tool, Polygonal, Lasso Tool, Rulers, Guides and the ability to display an alignment grid. | [13] |
| 1.3 | Tempo | November 4, 2008 |
| More stability and improvements for working with large images. New features include click-and-drag for adjusting the tolerance of the Magic Wand, Paint bucket and the new Magic Eraser tool on the fly. Renewed the Hue and Saturation, Replace Color and Colorize palettes. Better Stroking capabilities with live preview were added. Besides the previously available English and German languages, it added French and Spanish. | [14] |
| 1.4 | Sprinkle | February 23, 2009 |
| This version introduced a new painting engine and the possibility for more advanced brush creation. Support for importing Photoshop brushes is also included. A new cloud generation filter made its way into Pixelmator in 1.4, and a noise filter in 1.4.1. | [15] |
| 1.5 | Spider | September 8, 2009 |
| New features include the ability to save for web, send to Mail/iPhoto, trimming, info labels and Italian language support, released less than two weeks prior to this update. Version 1.5.1 brought bug fixes and Brush Collections. | [16] |
| 1.6 | Nucleus | July 13, 2010 |
| Introduces layer groups and integration with OS X's Image Capture app for importing images from cameras and scanners. Older OS X versions are no longer supported. 1.6.1 (released on September 28), introduces features such as an improved photo browser and a revamped stroke feature. 1.6.2 (released on October 6, 2010), introduces support for the image format WebP. | [17] |
| 2.0 | Chameleon | October 27, 2011 |
| Improved support for Mac OS X Lion features like Auto Save and Versions. | [18] |
| 2.1 | Cherry | August 9, 2012 |
| [19][20] | |
| 2.2 | Blueberry | May 8, 2013 |
| More than 100 new features and improvements. | [21] |
| 3.0 | FX | October 22, 2013 |
| Supports the OS X's technologies App Nap and Compressed Memory. Pixelmator is more responsive and power efficient. | [22] |
| 3.1 | Marble | January 21, 2014 |
| This version uses the most out of the dual workstation-class GPUs built into the new Mac Pro. | [23] |
| 3.2 | Sandstone | May 22, 2014 |
| The new Repair tool is also more memory efficient. Other improvements, UI enhancements, and stability and reliability fixes. 3.2.1 makes the switch to the OpenGL Core Profile and resolves some previous bugs. | [24] |
| 3.3 | Limestone | November 6, 2014 |
| Improvements and fixes to stability and reliability. 3.3.1 adds the ability to pinch to zoom in a document window and to scroll through shapes, gradients, and styles within their respective palettes. | [25][26] |
| 3.4 | Twist | October 15, 2015 |
| Bug fixes. | |
| 3.5 | Canyon | May 26, 2016 |
| Tutorial page on website. | [27] |
| 3.6 | Cordillera | November 15, 2016 |
| [28] | |
| 3.7 | Mount Whitney | October 6, 2017 |
| [29] | |
| 3.8 | Phoenix | November 30, 2018 |
| [30] | |
| 3.9 | Classic | November 13, 2019 |
| [31] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Pixelmator Updates and Release Notes'. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^'Pixelmator for iOS Updates and Release Notes'. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^Sons, Wiley & Sons John Wiley &; Vegh, Aaron (February 25, 2010). Web Development with the Mac. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 217–. ISBN978-0-470-76791-7. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^Hutsko, Joe (December 14, 2009). Macs All-in-One For Dummies. For Dummies. pp. 273–. ISBN978-0-470-53798-5. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^Biedny, David (July 2008). 'Lackluster Image Editor'. Mac Life. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^Chartier, David (October 4, 2010). 'Pixelmator to add support for Google's WebP image format'. Macworld. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^'Pixelmator 1.6.2 Adds WebP Support'. Pixelmator. October 6, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010.
- ^https://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/tuaw-interview-the-pixelmator-team/
- ^Mayo, Benjamin (October 10, 2019). 'Pixelmator Pro adds rich support for Sidecar in macOS Catalina, the new Mac Pro, and adds a new Denoise tool'. 9to5Mac. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^'Pixelmator Team Releases Pixelmator'. Pixelmator. September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.
- ^'Pixelmator Development Update'. Pixelmator. July 20, 2007. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007.
- ^'Pixelmator Team Releases Pixelmator 1.1 Kitten'. Pixelmator. December 6, 2007.
- ^'Pixelmator Team Releases Pixelmator 1.2 Draftsman'. Pixelmator. May 12, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
- ^'New Goodies in 1.3 Tempo'. Pixelmator. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
- ^'Pixelmator 1.4 Sprinkle Goodies'. Pixelmator. February 23, 2009.
- ^'Pixelmator Team Releases Pixelmator 1.5 Spider'. Pixelmator. September 8, 2009. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
- ^'Pixelmator Team Releases Pixelmator 1.6 Nucleus'. Pixelmator. July 13, 2010. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
- ^'Pixelmator 2.0 Launches on Mac App Store'. Pixelmator. October 27, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011.
- ^'Pixelmator Adds Support for OS X Mountain Lion'. Pixelmator. August 9, 2012.
- ^'Vintage Effect in Pixelmator 2.1 Cherry'. Pixelmator. July 18, 2012.
- ^'Pixelmator 2.2 Is Available Today from the Mac App Store'. Pixelmator. May 8, 2013.
- ^'Pixelmator Team Unveils Pixelmator 3.0 FX'. Pixelmator. October 22, 2013.
- ^'Pixelmator 3.1 Marble Fully Optimized for New Mac Pro'. Pixelmator. January 23, 2014.
- ^'Pixelmator 3.2 Sandstone Is Now Available on the Mac App Store'. Pixelmator. May 22, 2014.
- ^Team, Pixelmator. 'Pixelmator 3.3 Limestone Out Now - Pixelmator Blog'. www.pixelmator.com. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^Team, Pixelmator. 'New Pixelmator for Mac and iPad Updates - Pixelmator Blog'. www.pixelmator.com. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^'Pixelmator 3.5 Canyon is Out'. Pixelmator. May 26, 2016.
- ^'Pixelmator 3.6 Cordillera'. Pixelmator. November 15, 2016.
- ^'Pixelmator 3.7 Mount'. Pixelmator. October 6, 2017.
- ^'Pixelmator 3.8 Mount'. Pixelmator. November 30, 2018.
- ^'Pixelmator 3.9 Classic'. Pixelmator. November 13, 2019.
External links[edit]
- Official website
Pixelmator Photoshop
