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by aeberbach 4410 days ago
If you're one of those, I highly recommend Pixelmator - download at pixelmator.com. My choice for a really simple, easy image editor is Acorn from Flying Meat Software - http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/.

It's like Apple's Numbers compared to Microsoft's Excel - there are things that the most sophisticated couple of percent of users will miss, but for most people it's a great alternative.

Adobe can't die quick enough to make me happy.
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ghshephard 4410 days ago
Love pixelmator - use it every single day and would never, ever consider using Photoshop for the types of image manipulation/touch up that I do.

Photoshop is really for the professional image editor - I can't believe that the average consumer really can't get by with pixelmator/acorn.

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andrewjkerr 4410 days ago
I love Pixelmator! It was on sale for $15 when I picked it up and I haven't regretted it. There's a slight learning curve from Photoshop, but it's definitely cheaper which is a huge plus.
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crag 4410 days ago
I second this: Pixelmator is great. But most heavy Photoshop users won't leave Photoshop unless dragged away. It's all they know. Sure they'll kick, scream, bitch. But suggest something like Pixelmator you get excuses like "But Pixelmator doesn't have [insert obscure filter that they've only used once in their life]".

In the end, they'll still stay on Adobe's CC.

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coldtea 4410 days ago
Actually Pixelmater doesn't have tons of NON obscure features, professionals (and image editing enthusiasts) use day in, day out.

We don't just crop, resize and apply some blur.

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rimantas 4410 days ago
You could not be more wrong with your assesment why Photoshop users stay with Photoshop. I bought Pixelmator, and I also got CC licencse. I don't even remember when was the last time I had Pixelmator open. Pixelmator is a great and cheap alternative if you indeed only need pretty basic things, but many need a lot more. And if you are in print business there is no discussion at all.
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thenomad 4410 days ago
The immediate thing that this particular sophisticated user misses is the ability to not have to buy a Mac to run it :)

Looks like great software, but there's no Windows version I can see.

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