The Pixelmator team today released a major new version of their award-winning image editor for macOS,Pixelmator Pro, which includes native support for the new M1-powered Mac computers and the latest macOS Big Sur software, along with many other enahncements.
Free for all existing users, the update enables a staggering 15x faster ML Super Resolution via the M1 chip’s dedicated Neural engine hardware. ML Super Resolution is Pixelmator’s machine learning-powered feature that enlarges image resolution with little loss of detail.
“The Pixelmator Pro editing engine is powered by high-performance Metal code, so we can take advantage of the unified memory architecture of the M1 chip to bring you much speedier and much more responsive image editing,” the teamnoted.
The reason we’re dropping the update early is that a workaround we were using to prevent people with incompatible Macs from buying Pixelmator Pro is also preventing people with M1 Macs from simply downloading the app.
The app is now compatible with macOS Big Sur and comes with a new unified toolbar along with a new fresh app icon that has been redrawn in Big Sur style. Other perks in this edition of Pixelmator Pro include the new effects and presets browsers, 200+ gorgeous new presets for the Color Adjustment, Effect, Style, Shape and Gradient tools, and much more.
And last but definitelly not least, Pixelmator Pro is now a universal app, meaning it ships with Intel and M1 code which lets it run natively on both M1 and Intel-based Mac computers.
Key highlights of Pixelmator Pro 2.0 include:
Read the full changelogfor other improvements and fixes.
