This update brings the latest Mac app selection tools for iOS devices. This includes the smart quick and automatic selection tool of the magnetic selection tool, where users trace around an object and the application snaps to a precise line, using edge detection algorithms.
Quick select will be familiar to desktop photo editing users, it is hovering over a surface to select objects. Pixelmator uses environment colors to refine selection automatically. These smart tools are particularly effective for touchscreens, where precise selection is not possible.
The developers have also used version 2.3 to include a lot of improvements for selections in general. For example, the animation of "the ants marching" to pick lines have been redesigned for better aesthetics and better performance.
This update also includes that with a simple touch you can invert the selection function on the selection and pressure sensitive support with Apple Pencil; The full list of changes can be seen in the update notes on the App Store. There's also the usual handful of performance improvements, bug fixes, and minor changes.
Pixelmator is meticulously thought through and built from the ground up for iOS 9. Designed to take full advantage of powerful iOS technologies and features and designed to harness the full power of 64-bit architecture, ARC, Grand Central Dispatch, OpenGL ES, metal, Core Image, and Core Animation. Pixelmator offers state-of-the-art performance and real-time responsiveness.
Pixelmator for iPhone and iPad can be downloaded from the App Store, a price of usd $4.99. The iOS app also integrates seamlessly with Pixelmator for Mac ($29,99), available in the App Store for Mac.