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Learning Pixelmator

By : Mark Stagi
Book Image

Learning Pixelmator

By: Mark Stagi

Overview of this book

Today, everybody has a digital camera, but how do you turn your pictures into masterpieces? With Pixelmator, you will be able to edit your photos like a pro and get that artistic, professional feel to your images."Learning Pixelmator" will teach you how to use Pixelmator to turn your everyday snapshots into works of art. With an example-based approach, you will learn how to use each tool effectively to create, edit, or enhance your photos. It is for everyone that wants to get started with Pixelmator. "Learning Pixelmator" guide's you through a series of real-world tutorials to artistically edit your photos from start to finish. Starting with simple corrections, you will move onto advanced image editing techniques like creating a tilt-shift look from a photo, performing skin retouching on a portraits, and colorizing your images for an artistic tone. Covering topics such as using layers to create multi-image layouts and how to use text and shapes to embellish your images. With Learning Pixelmator you will learn everything you need to know to create works of art from your everyday photos. With the skills you will learn from this book the sky will be no limit with your digital photography!
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Chapter 4. Using the Effects Browser Tools

In this chapter we will cover an overview of all Pixelmator's main sections of effects. Here we will learn how to use effects to artistically edit photos.

Pixelmator has many built-in effects that you can use to stylize your images and create artistic effects. In this chapter we are going to walk through all of the main effect sections and give you some insight about what you can do to artistically edit your images. First, if the Effects Browser panel isn't open, you can click View | Show Effects or press Command + 3 to open it up. This tool panel has a drop-down at the very top of the toolbar that allows you to sort by the different sections of effects they have. In the center of the toolbar, you will see the available effects. A nice touch that Pixelmator has is that you can move your mouse over the thumbnails of available effects to see what that effect does. Move your mouse side to side on the preview to see what effect the filter has. To use...