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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)

Additional effects under the other menu


In the final section of effects, the Other section, you have 54 more effects that you can use. We are not going to walk through each one of these and what they do here, but many of the effects will give you options for artistic things that you can do to the image, such as giving it an old photo sepia look or a solarize look. You might not use these in day-to-day use with your images, but there probably is just the right effect for a random project that you might be working on some day. Spend a little time going through all of these and have some fun playing around! With filters, there are many creative ways that you can edit your photos; don't forget to experiment and have fun!

In this chapter we covered many of the creative filters that you can apply to your image in Pixelmator. There are very many filters; you can let your creative mind run wild and have fun. Here you see a small example of some of the filters we covered in the chapter; take some...