Pixelmator & Acorn: Quick Comparison Review

A quick overview comparing the two new image editors Pixelmator and Acorn by designer John Whipple. I would have to agree with most of his points. The one thing I really, really like about Acorn is the handy resizing & cropping keyboard modifiers: hold Option and drag to resize, hold Control and drag to crop. It’s a very clever and very handy way to do things quickly. The zoom slider at the bottom of the window is nice as well. Oh, and the integrated screenshot tool.

Pixelmator seems more of a Photoshop Lite, while Acorn almost seems to be carving out a completely new niche. It’s not so much trying to become a replacement Photoshop for basic uses, but instead offer a completely new way to interact with basic images, especially those times when you need to do something quickly and thoughtlessly.

One thing Whipple points out that is very odd: both programs lack a polygonal lasso tool. Weird.

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