<p><b>New features added...</b></p>

• Live Gradient tool...<br />
• Now works with two clicks<br />
• Its icon in the Tools palette now shows the selected gradient<br />
• Now paints a straight or 45° line if Shift is pressed<br />
• Its contextual menu allows users to choose gradients quickly<br />
• Users can now transform the selection border (via Contextual Menu > Transform Selection)<br />
• The Hue/Saturation tool now includes improved hue settings

<p><b>Bug Corrected That Caused...</b></p>

• Export feature problems with permissions<br />
• Automator not saving workflow settings<br />
• Crashing in gradients with more than 20 color stops<br />
• Reset button not working correctly in the Gradient editor<br />
• Window focus disappearing after editing the gradient<br />
• Incorrect alignment of layer mask after using Canvas Size<br />
• Minor problems with accepting transform changes<br />
• Incorrect cursor showing when dragging the selection using the Lasso tool<br />
• Wrong transform tools view after using Crop<br />
• Print problems in German localization

<p><b>Problems Fixed...</b></p>

• Natural sorting of photos in the Photo Browser<br />
• Software Update window relocation<br />
• More precise Transform tools <br />
• OSX-style Window Zoom button behavior <br />
• German localization improvements<br />
• Removal of SVG file format support (due to incompatibility problems)

<p><b>Improvements Made To...</b></p>

• Tiff compatibility<br />
• Move and Crop tool icons (now more visible)<br />
• The Gradient editor (When creating a new gradient in the Gradients palette, the Gradient editor will show the settings of any selected gradient instead of the white gradient)<br />
• Gradient thumbnails<br />
• User interface (minor improvements)<br />
• Help documentation

<p><b>Keyboard Shortcuts added...</b></p>

• Cycle through gradients [ ]<br />
• Cycle through gradient types < ><br />
• Preserve layer transparency /<br />
• Cycle through blending modes Shift + +/-<br />
• Select all Layers Shift + Option + A<br />
• Hide other layers Option + Click on layer checkbox<br />
• Merge layers and paste as a copy in a new layer Command + Option + E<br />
• Create a new layer instantly Command + Option + Shift + N<br />
• Select top layer Option + .<br />
• Select next layer Option + ]<br />
• Select previous layer Option + [<br />
• Select bottom layer Option + ,

some of the Quartz Composer filters to show incorrect preview
selection inaccuracy sometimes when moving selected objects
the message “Your startup disk is almost full” to appear
printing problems after the dpi is increased
the picture to appear in an incorrect position after dragging it to the canvas area from the Photo Browser
selection-jumping problems when transforming selection after using the Magic Wand tool
adjustments or filters to be added to the wrong portion of an image for awhile after moving selection
selection not to rotate 90° or 180°
Flip function not to work with selection
Last Filter command not to work after using Quartz Composer-based filter
Photo Browser to show Aperture 2 items as folders (no Aperture support yet)
palettes to appear white on some PowerPC-based Macs
incorrect opacity setting when choosing black from Scratch palette
transform controls not to be shown after launching application with Move tool selected
palettes to disappear after changing display’s resolution
selection to jump after transforming it in zoomed-out view
content changes after transforming selection outside canvas
an incorrect result after using Transform, Rotate, and then Scale tools
A crash that sometimes occurred when saving relatively large images
Clone Stamp changing its position after mouse release
Print Help button not working
Console message with use of some transform tools that said “***-[NSCFDictionarysetObject:forKey:]:attempt to insert nil value (key:delegate)”
Beep notice when transforming empty selection
Transform constrain proportions not working correctly
Stability problems caused by transform tools after trying to Quit application
Help Button in PDF open panel not working correctly
TIFF compatibility
PSD compatibility
PXM
User interface (minor)
Performance (minor)
Transform (minor)
Automator actions
Type tool icon (to be more visible)
Motion Blur performance
Transform tools snapping
Layers (When adding a layer mask to layer, if there is a selection active, that selection will now be used as a mask.)
Transformed selection (double-click will now accept any changes).
Undo/Redo now works with Add/Remove/Hide Guide.
Saving an image to a folder that is read-only (Alert message will be shown when saving an image)
Rope Tool (when used with Quartz-Composer-based filters)
Tab shortcut now works properly

• Custom Core Image Units support
• Custom Quartz Composer compositions support (Leopard only)
• Graphics Tablet support
• Quick Look plug-in added (Leopard only)
• More than 18 Core Image-based filters have been added (Leopard only): Box Blur, Gamma Adjust, Bump Distortion Linear, Comic Effect, Hexagonal Pixellate, Line Overlay, Spot Color, Spotlight, Eightfold Reflected Tile, Fourfold Reflected Tile, Fourfold Rotated Tile, Fourfold Translated Tile, Glide Reflected Tile, Perspective Tile, Sixfold Reflected Tile, Sixfold Rotated Tile, Twelvefold Reflected Tile, and Bar Swipe Transition.
• More than 60 Quartz Composer-based filters have been added (Leopard only): Bulge, Dent, Light Tunnel, Pinch, Squeeze, Twirl, Fish Eye, Mirror, Stretch, ASCII Art, Blue Print, City Lights, Compound Eye, Concert, Crystallize, Dot Screen, False Color, Film Stock, Glow, Kaleidoscope, Line Overlay, Line Screen, Monochrome, Neon, Pixellate, Pointillize, Posterize, Tracer, Zoom Blur, Black and White, Color Pencil, Comic Book, Pop Art, Sepia, Thermal Camera, X-Ray, Defocus, Fall, Floor, Gradient, Grid, Image Hose, Moving Shapes, Travelator, Wall, Blur, Color Controls, Exposure Adjust, Flip-Flop, Gamma Adjust, Image Resizer, Motion Blur, Sharpen, Color Invert, Copy Machine, Cube, Dissolve, Mask, Mod, Mosaic Flip, Push, Swing, Zoom, and Dissolve.
• Stroke can now be applied inside, outside, and in the center of the path
• Stroke drawing improved
• Core Image memory leak fixed
• Printing improved
• JPEG files are now non-progressive when saved
• PNG support improvements
• Canvas Size bug in percentage adjustment fixed
• Eyedropper bugs fixed
• Other minor Leopard compatibility issues and bug fixes

• Fixed bugs in the Magick Wand tool
• Fixed a bug in the text tool that prevented opening saved PXM documents
• Added support for opening CMYK files
• Fixed crash with Auto Levels, Levels, and Auto Contrast
• Changed JPEG file extension to .jpg
• Resolution information is now properly stored
• Fixed some minor problems with Photo Browser
• Text Tool now properly supports undo/redo
• Fixed text layer duplication bug
• Fixed crash occurring with Eyedropper tool
• "Show Fonts" button in text tool now always updates
• Fixed image resizing bug that introduced black lines around images
• Popup button in Match to Profile window now properly displays long profile names
• Photo Browser now properly supports iPhoto 6.0.6
• Improved PSD files support
• Improved serial number field for easier entering of serial numbers
• Pixelmator now opens all RAW file formats supported by Mac OS X
• Minor stability and performance improvements

• Blur and Sharpen tools are now significantly faster
• Tab shortcut now shows/hides all palettes
• Gradients tool now works (Leopard issue)
• Photo Browser bugs fixed (Leopard issue)
• Problems with filters preview fixed (Leopard issue)
• 512 and 256 icons added (Leopard issue)
• Fixed bugs in the Magic Wand tool
• After Cut and/or Clear Layer thumbnail now updates
• Problems when moving selection fixed
• When resizing the whole image layer masks also resize now
• Fixed bugs when moving type layer
• Other Type tool bug fixes
• PSD support improvements
• PNG support improved
• IPTC/EXIF informations is now stored when saving files
• TIFF support improvements
• Software Update issues fixed
• Minor Help bugs fixed