• Rulers, Guides, Grid, and Snap added
• Curves Tool added
• Color Balance Tool added
• Auto Enhance Tool replaced the Auto Levels, Auto Colors, and Auto Contrast tools
• Polygonal Lasso Tool added to Lasso tool (use L shortcut to switch between polygonal and simple lasso)
• Automator actions (except Change Type of Images and Transform Images) have been rewritten from scratch
• Transform tool has been rewritten from scratch for precision and stability
• Free Transform tool now available in Edit menu (or via Command + F keyboard shortcut)
• New Help documentation has been added
• Show Transform Controls option has been added to Move tool in Tool Options palette
• Tool type has been added to Lasso tool in Tool Options palette
• Rulers preferences have been added and include default units for rulers, ability to choose guides color, grid color, grid settings
• Rulers contextual menu (right-click on ruler) includes New Guide..., Show/Hide Guides, Lock/Unlock Guides, Clear Guides, Show/Hide Grid, Snap To, and Ruler Units menu items
• Transform palette now includes width, height, angle, cancel, and OK
• Free Transform menu item added to selection tools contextual menu
• Rectangular Marquee Tool is now precise
• The transparency of palettes has been reduced
• Blur has been added behind palettes
• A bug that sometimes caused a layer to disappear in PXM has been fixed
• A bug that caused layer mask not to sync with layer after file was saved in PXM format has been fixed
• A bug that caused Undo to work incorrectly after duplicating layer has been fixed
• A crash that occurred when launching Photo Browser on some PowerPC-based Macs has been fixed
• A crash that sometimes occurred when deleting selection with Backspace key has been fixed
• A crash that sometimes occurred when inverting selection outside of canvas has been fixed
• A bug that caused application to stay active after Quit command has been fixed
• As a result of Quick Look crash issues, .mat, .yuv and .pdb file extensions were removed from the Quick Look plug-in
• PSD compatibility improved
• It is now possible to click on text near buttons in Welcome screen
• Minor Levels histogram improvements have been added
• Minor user interface improvements have been implemented
• Minor performance improvements have been made

• Added new and more visible cursors for tools
• Added a feature that allows choosing exact pages via Cover Flow when opening PDF document (Leopard only)
• Contextual menu for Eyedropper is now available and includes the ability to choose Point Sample, 3 by 3 Average, 5 by 5 Average, 11 by 11 Average, and Copy Color as HEX
• When using Brush, Pencil, Paint Bucket, or Gradient tools with Option pressed, the selected tool will temporarily switch to Eyedropper
• Option shortcut added to Eyedropper to change background color instead of foreground color
• Eyedropper Tool Options palette is updated
• Eyedropper bug with different ColorSync profiles is fixed
• Major color management improvements have been added
• Any painting tool now paints a straight line if shift is pressed
• Bugs that caused color shifting in Levels, Colorize, Replace Color, Channel Mixer, Hue/Saturation, Exposure, Threshold, and Posterize are now fixed
• A bug that caused incorrect results when painting with brush with Color Burn blending mode has been fixed
• Bugs that caused color or position shifting in some filters have been fixed
• Blending Modes quality improved
• A bug that caused Fill to show incorrect preview when “preserve transparency” is enabled has been fixed
• A bug that caused Motion Blur to add an undesired line to image is fixed
• A console message that when using some color filters said "Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: '*** -[CIColor initWithNSColor:]" has been fixed
• A console message ("Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: '*** -blueComponent not defined") that appeared when matching color profiles has been fixed
• A bug that caused Auto select layer to turn on when switching applications has been fixed
• A bug that caused an inability to move selection after using the Magic Wand tool has been fixed
• A bug that caused mask content to disappear after moving selection has been fixed
• A bug that caused selection to change its position after using Quick Mask and Gaussian Blur has been fixed
• Default Crop tool mode is changed from hide to delete
• A bug that caused Crop tool to select incorrect size has been fixed
• Selection crop area now clips to canvas
• A bug that sometimes caused an active layer to be deleted after switching tools has been fixed
• A bug that caused Type layer not to submit any changes after leaving the type cursor active has been fixed
• A Quick Look console message that said "quicklookd[10856] Cannot find factory" has been fixed
• A bug that caused incorrect sizing when pasting from the clipboard has been fixed
• When Save dialog is active, Tab key will not hide palettes
• A bug that caused some temporary files to stay in the root directory has been fixed
• A bug that saved large temporary "Undo" files on the hard drive has been fixed
• A crash that occurred when deleting a layer from the Layers palette by highlighting it and pressing Delete on the keyboard has been fixed (Tiger issue only)
• A crash that occurred when opening PSD files with vector mask has been fixed
• A crash that occurred when backspace is pressed repeatedly has been fixed
• JPEG saving is improved
• The application will remember last export options, JPEG quality settings, and TIFF compression settings
• Export to PDF improved
• Minor PXM improvements
• PSD compatibility improved
• Minor TGA improvements
• Minor user interface improvements have been implemented
• Minor performance improvements have been made

• It is now possible to constrain crop proportions in the crop tool options palette
• Crop rotate is available
• Double-click crop selection accepts crop
• Crop contextual menu includes crop and cancel menu items
• Crop tool and option + shift keyboard shortcuts now constrains proportions from center
• Crop tool and option starts crop selection from center
• Crop tool now crops layer masks
• Crop selection center point for crop rotation is available
• A crop function is added to the selection tools contextual menu
• Shift + rotate crop rotates the crop selection 15 degrees
• A bug that caused color shifting with some blending modes when using crop tool is fixed
• Other minor crop improvements have been implemented
• Using the move tool contextual menu, one can select any layer that is behind the move cursor
• Layer mask and linked layers now move together with selected layer when using move arrows on keyboard
• It is now possible to move the selection content when command key is pressed
• A bug that appeared after moving the layer with keyboard arrows (document close button was in the unchanged state, and undo would not work) is fixed
• It is now possible to move layers when using transform tools
• Thumbnail refresh after moving layer bug is fixed
• Hand tool works outside the canvas in the full screen mode
• Double-click hand tool works the same as fit in window
• Fit in window and actual pixels added to hand tool contextual menu
• A bug that caused keyboard arrows not to move layers after the selection was removed
• Zoom selection does not include the area outside the canvas when zooming in
• A bug that appeared when zooming using keyboard shortcuts (which did not always work) is fixed
• Zoom tool contextual menu now includes fit in window, actual pixels, zoom in, zoom out
• Zoom selection animation improved
• Minor zoom performance improvements
• Zoom in/zoom out using mouse scroll wheel with option key pressed has been added
• The precision of zoom slider in tool options palette is improved
• A bug that caused incorrect size of picture when pasting it from Microsoft Word is fixed
• Using selection tools option + shift now works as a constrain proportion starting from center
• Shift constrains proportions independently of which selection mode is chosen
• A bug that appeared when using shift to constrain proportions (which did not work correctly) is now fixed
• Contextual menu for selection tools when selection is not available includes select all and reselect
• A bug that caused the app to behave strangely after opening an image when modal palette was active is now fixed
• A bug that caused some palettes to stay on desktop after switching the apps with command+ tab is fixed
• A bug that caused a delay when dragging palettes around the desktop is fixed
• The app remembers jpeg and tiff quality settings
• Shift clicking after selecting several layers in layers palette now removes layer selection
• The app will no longer open malware files that have image file extensions
• A bug that caused selection focus to disappear when using search in photo browser is fixed
• Photo browser now shows pxm preview
• Photo browser now understands exif rotate parameter
• A bug that caused clone stamp tool to change the color after painting is fixed
• A delay that occurred when using clone stamp tool close to its source is fixed
• A bug that caused type layer to have errors when using crop tool is fixed
• A bug that cased a small memory leak when generating pxm preview is fixed
• A crash that occurred when using clone stamp tool with larger images is fixed
• A crash that occurred when using painting tools with selection in quick mask mode is fixed
• A bug that caused photo browser not to show folder aliases is fixed
• A bug that allowed the movement from the desktop onto the canvas when using adjustments tools is fixed
• A crash that occurred when switching to other application when using crop tool is fixed
• PSD bug with memory fixed
• JPEG quality settings are now much more precise
• GIF compatibility improvements have been implemented
• Minor 10.5.2 compatibility improvements have been made
• Minor user interface improvements have been implemented

• Fill now works in real-time
• Minor performance improvements added
• Contextual menu for selection tools now available
• Layer via Copy (Contextual menu or Command+J shortcut) added
• Layer via Cut (Contextual menu or Command+Shift+J) added
• Selection can now be started from outside the canvas area
• Selection tools can be started from outside the canvas area when in Full Screen mode
• Selection cursor is now more precise
• Image Size sheet now remembers recently-used measure units
• Improved window scrolling when using Selection tools
• Transform > Scale now scales proportionally when Shift key is pressed
• Double-click when scaling layer now accepts changes
• Mouse-click on active selection now causes deselect
• Arrow keys on keyboard can be used to move selection
• Refine Selection keyboard shortcut changed to Command+Option+R
• New Image palette now remembers previously-selected units
• Moving selection content when there is preserved transparency on layer is now possible
• Selection tool cursors are now active outside canvas area
• Selection appearance improved when zoomed out
• Selection animation appearance improved
• Strange line when using Lasso tool is now gone
• Bug that did not allow user to select Selection mode in Tool Options palette is fixed
• Bug that did not allow selection mode in launched app is fixed
• Content duplication bug after using Refine Selection is fixed
• Layer now moves together with selection on that layer
• Transforming outside the canvas is improved
• Various Filter Rope improvements
• Minor interface bug fixes
• Fill color shifting bug fixed
• Bug that did not allow fill on empty layer fixed
• Bug that activated Finder window when mouse-clicked outside the canvas in the Full Screen mode fixed
• Bug causing Gradient Tool to generate garbage on small images fixed
• Bug that caused Gradient panel not to update fixed
• Text shadows are no longer cropped
• A layer thumbnail refresh bug after rotating canvas is fixed
• Redrawing bug when moving small selection is fixed
• A console message that said: "Inconsistent set of values to create NSBitmapImageRep" is fixed
• A bug that caused inverted Tiff images after saving is fixed
• Tiff compression now works under 10.5 Leopard
• A bug that did not allow selection content to be filled when it was moved is fixed
• A bug that caused Brush to paint behind a moved selection layer is fixed
• A bug that caused switching to another application and back after a selection was created and using transform tools caused wrong selection content is fixed
• A bug that caused a strange line to appear when editing Image Size and using Fill is fixed
• A bug that sometimes did not allow user to add stroke on layer is fixed
• A crash that occurred when using Clone Stamp tool for a while
• A crash that occurred when using Levels adjustment when none of layers was selected is fixed
• A crash that occurred when trying to add custom image to Color Map palette is fixed
• A crash that occurred when saving some specific resolution images as PXM is fixed
• A crash that occurred when painting on image of 10x10 pixels in size is fixed
• A crash that occurred when painting on image after changes in Image Size is fixed
• A bug that caused crash when switching tools with keyboard shortcuts is fixed
• Various crashes that have to do with memory are fixed
• A crash that occurred when trying to use fill without any layer selected is fixed

• German language added.
• Ability to select anchors and more measurement units added to Canvas Size.
• It is now possible to scroll the window when using selection tools.
• Quartz Composer Generator and Transition filters now function correctly.
• Full Screen mode improvements.
• Type Tool improvements.
• GIF bug when saving fixed.
• Canvas Size bug with undo fixed.
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

• 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

• 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

• 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

Initial release.