Lynda - Up and Running with Pixelmator

Pixelmator is a full-featured image-editing tool for the Mac. It can enhance and repair images, but Pixelmator also offers a rich suite of design tools and support for Adobe file formats, so you can easily collaborate with other creatives. In this course, Rich Harrington covers the complete Pixelmator workflow, including making accurate selections, performing target image adjustments, designing with text and shapes, retouching, masking, and making complex designs quickly with other effects . Once your project is finished, you'll learn how to export files in several popular formats for sharing and using in other web and design software packages.

Topics include:

Working with files

Making targeted adjustments with selections

Cropping and masking

Designing with layers

Working with text, painting, and the shape tools

Retouching an image

Enhancing and stylizing images or objects

Outputting specific files and creating graphics for other applications