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These 4 pro Mac apps could soon launch on iPad

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These 4 pro Mac apps could soon launch on iPad
Pixelmator Pro is one of the Mac apps that could could hit iPad.
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Those clamoring for more professional-grade iPad applications could soon get a quartet of them. An analyst found evidence on Monday that Pixelmator Pro and three more Mac apps for graphics professionals are getting ported to iPadOS.

If true, the move should help quiet the critics who complain that the iPad Pro isn’t very “pro.”

Apple acquires brilliant image-editing app Pixelmator. What now?

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Pixelmator for Mac, iPad and iPhone
Apple now owns Pixelmator.
Image: Pixelmator Team

The developer of the Pixelmator family of image-editing applications for Mac, iPad, and iPhone announced Friday that the company has been acquired by Apple.

The move leaves the many fans of the apps nervous about the fate of the software.

Pixelmator Pro 1.6 update makes choosing colors easier in this Mac image-editing app

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Pixelmator Pro 1.6 offers an performance boost, too.
Pixelmator Pro 1.6 replaces the Colors window with a new color picker.
Photo: Pixelmator Team

A fresh update to Pixelmator Pro, an affordable macOS alternative to Photoshop for everyday users, includes an all-new color picker intended to let users choose and manage colors more easily. Plus, version 1.6 also makes it easier to select multiple objects.

The popular Pixelmator for iPad app is also getting its own update soon.

Pixelmator Pro can now upsize tiny images without losing detail

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Pixelmator Pro's new ML Super Resolution tool
New Pixelmator Pro feature keeps the sharpness in upsized images.
Screenshot: Pixelmator

Pixelmator Pro, an increasingly popular macOS photo-editing program, has a new tool its creators say will let you blow up an image and maintain detail and sharpness “like they do in all those cheesy police dramas.”

ML Super Resolution lets users increase the resolution up to three times without the muddy, pixelated mess normally associated with upscaled images.

Every Pixelmator Pro tool now available inside Mac’s Photos app

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Pixelmator-Pro-Photos
Not just the big ones. All of them.
Photo: Pixelmator

Every single one of your favorite Pixelmator Pro tools can now be found inside the built-in Photos app on Mac.

The latest version of the app makes it so that you never need to leave Photos to edit your best snaps. You can even use the Pixelmator Pro keyboard shortcuts you’re already used to.

Pixelmator’s incredible new photo editor arrives on iPad next week

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Pixelmator Photo
Preorder today to save!
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Pixelmator’s new photo editing app will finally arrive on iPad next week.

Pixelmator Photo offers a collection of nondestructive, desktop-class editing tools with RAW photo support. It also boasts artificial intelligence that makes adjusting things like white balance, exposure, and color a breeze.

Pixelmator Pro picks up a bunch of awesome new features on macOS

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Pixelmator Pro for Mac
Download Pixelmator Pro 1.3 today.
Photo: Pixelmator

Pixelmator Pro, one of the finest and more affordable alternatives to Photoshop, just got a big new update that adds a bunch of new features and improvements on macOS.

Image editors can take advantage of clipping masks, layer tags, quick opacity and blending controls, and more in version 1.3.

The best Mac apps of 2018 [Year in Review]

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Year in Review Best Mac Apps 2018: Make Mac great again with one (or all!) of these top apps.
Make Mac great again with one (or all!) of these top apps.
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Cult of Mac Year in Review 2018 The Mac may be way older than the iPhone and iPad, but it still has some tricks. 2018 saw some fine updates to some of our favorite Mac apps, as well as some amazing new apps that migrated across from iOS.

Also, Apple injected so much new life into a tired old macOS staple in Mojave that it’s made our top 5 list this year. Can you guess which one it is?