Version 1.6 (Nucleus) of Pixelmator was released on July 13th, 2010 and the developers are announcing major upgrade compared to the old version.
What is Pixelmator? Simple, it can be called as an alternative to Adobe Photoshop. It’s not doing everything what Photoshop do, but it’s also ~20 times cheaper than Adobe’s product. And at the basic, you’ll be satisfied with Pixelmator’s capabilities. I mean, how many of us is using all the features that Photoshop offers?
This is an update of the revolutionary GPU-powered image editing tool that provides everything needed to create, edit, and enhance still images. It adds major performance improvements, 64-bit support, layer groups, an Import feature, Flickr, Facebook and Picasa support, redesigned transform tools, and more.
Pixelmator 1.6 Nucleus is a free update for current Pixelmator users, and this is a very good news.
Below you have a comprehensive list of the major modification in the Nucleus version:
New Features
• Major performance improvements
• 64-Bit support
• Layer Groups
• Send to Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook
• Import directly from cameras, scanners, multifunction devices, and devices such as iPhone and iPad
• New transforming tools
• New printing engine
• Trim Images and Watermark Images Automator Actions
• Deeper Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard integration
Improvements
• Open Recent button added to the Welcome Screen
• iSight support improved
• Ruler performance improved
• Progress bar added when saving larger files
• Edit in Quick Mask mode added to the Edit menu
• Alpha pixels are now properly supported by clipping masks
• New cursors for Hand and Zoom tools added
• Ability to reset pallete locations by pressing Command + Shift + R added
• Gradient pallete is now separated from Brushes palette and can be shown or hidden by pressing the Command + 4 keyboard shortcut
• Layers palette contextual menu improved
• Appearance of type layer thumbnails improved
• License menu item will not appear if the application is already licensed
• Fit Images Automator action now includes the ability to proportionally scale images
• German, French, and Japanese localizations updated
• Minor user interface improvements added
• Help in-app documentation updated
More about this release on Blog and Tech Specs of Pixelmator . Also if you want you can Download Pixelmator from here.
