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It's not as snazzy as Pixelmator, but it's actually more powerful and ideal for basic image editing.

I really like Acorn. I just tried it and Pixelmator and chose Acorn. It's simple and not having the palettes is a plus for me. I just needed a basic but capable image editor and this fits the bill. Pretty much all the Flying Meat apps are winners though.

Downloaded the demo and after about 10 minuets of using it my credit card was out and i bought it.

I finally switched to Pages version 2 after seventen years of swearing by Word... Feels strange, but Microsoft just weren't going anywhere except making their app more and more top heavy and gadgety with every new version.

The new Pages actually does the job of writing letters and memoranda (which is all I need a word-processing application for) much mor smoothly and intuitively than Word. ANd converting all my templates and styles to Pages from Word was done in almost no time at all.

Who ever maintains this app on iusethis, could you please add the tag "iwork"? Finding the word "pages" in iusethis is like searching for smith in the phonebook. Hundreds of entries, none are the one you are looking for. :) Thanks!

Pages 1 and 2 were both too focused on being word processing/page layout hybrid programs, and ultimately failed at both. I tried very hard to like Pages because it "fit in" with the system, but ultimately had to stick with Word and InDesign. Version 3 has pushed me over the edge, and (for now - we'll see what happens when Office '08 rolls around) has replaced Word for me.

The major things that people I know seemed to complain about (re: Pages as word processor) that have been addressed in Pages 3 are grammar checking (still not as elegant as Word - very few 'solutions' show up in the contextual menu, rather you have to go to the separate grammar checker dialog box... but the 'green underlining' is still there as you type); change tracking (compatible with Word docs, thankfully, and works well until you have more changes/comments than will fit on a page, and you try to print them... the ones that don't fit on the page ultimately get kicked off the island); live word count based on selection (no complaints here); and a normal formatting bar (which works well, except that if you have an 8.5×11" at 100% zoom, you lose some things on the right, which get replaced by an ellipsis. I wish this ellipsis were clickable to get at those missing things - namely line spacing, but everything here is accessible in the formatting palette anyway).

So I do have some quibbles with Pages, but the reality is that it's prettier than Word, and it runs a lot smoother than Word, and it's finally creeping up to the power of Word. Also, I've not yet experienced any slowdowns on a single 1.8 G5 or on my bottom-line MacBook.

As far as page-layout goes, I don't think I'll ever be able to trash InDesign for anything real, but for doing simple invoices, &c., Pages can hold its own. In my opinion, it's primarily a word processor now (as I had hoped it would be) with some nice page layout options thrown in. One thing I'd fix? Make it so I can customize hotkeys for styles... Not just function keys!

I use Nisus Writer Pro for everyday writing, but Pages is definitely easier for complex page layouts.

And...it saved the day for my dad....He had a 500K vital document in the new .docx format in Word on Windows XP, and Word stopped opening it, giving only a meaningless error message. But Pages opened it and let me convert it back to the earlier Word format which his computer would open. Good thing Apple's around to save MS users from MS software!

Bought it. It still has a few features missing, but the design is superb, it's much more intuitive than PS (which I will now be able to avoid for 90% of my image jobs) and I suspect the stuff people are missing will be coming in with the next releases.

This is the most overhyped underdelivering app in quite a while. The usability is abhorrent, the GUI is flashy but has no substance and the functionality isn't much better than any other editor in the same price range.

It's basically trying to clone the Photoshop UI 1:1 (that old beast), but leaves out the few essential parts where it would really make sense (keybaord shortcuts, selection tools, type tools). It touts itself as using all the OS X buzzword technology, but how come that it cannot apply all the nice effects in a non-destructive way. Many free editors can do that favourably.

It completely useless for image creation it lacks shape/vector tools. So this is an editor fro brushing up images applying effects distructively and apart from the eye candy that looks somewhat "leopardy" I still don't see where this application makes really great use of all the cool OS X core technology it is supposedly using as the developer touts.

Coming from Photoshop, it felt a bit clunky. GUI is nice and all, and my girlfriend freaked out when she first saw it, but other than that it might be better to charge something like $40. I don't see how basically GIMP with a pretty border could be $59.

What can I say. Looks pretty. Bought it as part of the Mac Food offer. I use Photoshop for the bulk of my bitmap work and ChocoFlop for the simple quick launch stuff (need a screengrab as a png?). I was expecting Pixelmator to sit somewhere between the two.

I've tried to use it for two tasks. Task 1: Take a screen grab from swf and output a gif. What, no optimization controls? This file has a max size limit specified by the Media Buyer. Task 2: Take a bunch of logos trim them off their backgrounds. What, no access to channels? This would be quicker (and cleaner) in Photoshop even with the hassle of waiting for it to open. On both occasions I had to return to Photoshop. Both of these tasks are also doable in Gimp.

This image editor should have a great future if more attention is placed on the basics, it's already got heaps going on in the special effect department.

Really like it. As a complete photo editing noob, I found it really easy to use. The controls are all really intuitive (in my opinion) and the UI is gorgeous. I'll be buying it in the upcoming MacHeist bundle.

Beautiful? You bet! Useful? Sort of. It definitely has a ton of potential... but for now, it's all hype that's leading this app in the popularity ratings. Remember, this is JUST MY OPINION!

vector tools or now buy

Not bad. Performance is bad on large images.

It's what photoshop elements for the mac SHOULD be.

The interface sucks. This massive misuse of HUD-style windows (a.k.a. "transparent panels") totally kills usability.

If anyone can discover a way to simply align layers, you're my hero -- but I have the sinking suspicion that Pixelmator doesn't actually support basic functionality like that. A lot of potential in this app, but the basics desperately need work.

i'm not proud to have paid for this one. i appreciate the effort, but it's got a long way to go before i could be happy with it as a useful tool.

After Adobe tried to force me to "activate" Photoshop Elements online and send watever data I gave it back. I tried Pixelmator and have to say after using it for a while it's better than I thought the first time.

Still many features to come, but other than PSE it can handle CMYK!