Optimizations for iPad Pro and 3D Touch are more than enough to qualify the new version of Pixelmator for iOS as a significant update. What’s more, you can take advantage of 3D Touch’s pressure sensitivity to paint in Pixelmator with varying thickness and different tailored brushes. You can also Peek and Pop an image in Pixelmator’s gallery to quickly preview it, duplicate it, share it, copy it to your photo library, or delete it. You can press the app’s icon on the home screen to quickly create a new image, open an image from your photo library, or open an image from the gallery. If you own one of Apple’s latest handsets, you can press down on your iPhone’s screen to access shortcuts or activate special actions. The latest update to Pixelmator for iOS also boasts support for 3D Touch, Apple’s pressure-sensitive multitouch technology currently available only on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Pixelmator’s iPad Pro optimization also includes 16K image support, allowing you to open and edit images of up to 100 megapixels, such as very large photos and advanced compositions. If you can’t see the video embedded above, please click here. Low latency painting: Paint with lightning-fast response and virtually no delay.
Tailored brushes: Paint with over 60 specially tailored brushes.Palm rejection: Use the Apple Pencil while resting your hand on the display.Acceleration support: Vary the pace of your stroke to adjust the weight of the line.Tilt support: Tilt your Apple Pencil to get thicker and shaded lines.Pressure sensitivity: Press firmly for heavy lines and gently for fine brushstrokes.This affords you more precision when using the app, what with the following special features made possible through the stylus: Of course, Pixelmator’s iPad Pro support includes integration with the Apple Pencil.
Now, Pixelmator has been optimized for the huge 12.9-inch display and the powerful 64-bit A9X chip of the iPad Pro, enabling you to create and edit images with remarkable ease. So it’s only natural for Pixelmator, a tried-and-true layer-based image-editing app for digital artists, to be updated with support for the big-screen device.
In launching the iPad Pro, its largest tablet yet, Apple hopes to appeal to a particular group of users: creatives. Pixelmator for iOS has just received a significant update, thereby gaining notable optimizations for Apple’s latest devices … and then some.