What’s New

Photomator 3.3

Released on December 22, 2023

Photomator 3.3 introduces an all-new Watermark feature that lets you protect your photos by applying easily customizable text or image watermarks to individual photos or entire photoshoots at once.

With the new Watermark feature in Photomator, you can easily protect your photos against unauthorized use by adding text and image watermarks, or build a brand with your creator's signatures or logos.

Easily apply and customize watermarks by turning on the new Apply Watermark option in the Export settings.

You can also apply watermarks to multiple photos at once with full support for batch editing.

Save commonly used watermarks as presets for quick access when exporting individual photos or batch-exporting entire photoshoots.

Create watermarks by entering custom text or choosing an image from your photo library or the file browser.

Easily customize watermarks by adjusting their size, opacity, and offset, or adding a shadow.

Use the Tile option to apply watermarks repeatedly throughout the photo with adjustable angle and spacing.

Choose the position of the watermark on a photo by tapping the special anchor points on the preview thumbnail.

When applying text watermarks, you can also customize the text color, font, and find additional options for applying bold, italic, and underlined text styles or adding a shadow.

Learn more about using the Watermark feature by checking out new illustrated tips in the Tips section.

Photomator 3.3

Released on February 22, 2024

Photomator 3.3 introduces a powerful file browser built with native macOS technologies. It brings an incredibly fast and smooth photo browsing and editing experience on your Mac, external drives, and even cloud services.

The all-new file browser in Photomator is built using native macOS technologies, ensuring lightning-fast performance and a familiar interface that feels right at home on your Mac.

Enjoy a wide range of powerful photo editing tools, such as full-featured color adjustments, one-click AI tools, powerful batch editing, and even full HDR editing support when working with photos in the file browser.

Photo editing is completely nondestructive, letting you preserve the original photo and revert edits at any time.

Edit photos stored on various cloud services like Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and more, as well as edit photos on SSDs, NAS devices, or SD cards.

Switch between Photos and Files browsers by simply clicking the pop-up menu in the toolbar or pressing the X key.

Built Using Native Technologies

The all-new file browser in Photomator is built upon the Apple File System to offer a macOS-native experience.

Thanks to its native capabilities, you can browse and edit photos quickly and easily and import even tens of thousands of photos in moments.

The browser doesn't catalog or store duplicates of your photos and lets you automatically sync edits with the originals, saving storage space.

Effortlessly sync edits through iCloud Drive and collaborate with colleagues, friends, and others on editing photos within shared iCloud folders.

Enjoy familiar macOS-native features, like drag and drop, to effortlessly import photos or entire folders.

Thanks to APFS support, duplicating photos in the file browser does not consume extra storage.

The all-new file browser is optimized for devices with Apple silicon, taking full advantage of its incredible performance.

Photomator uses Metal to harness the full graphics processing power and Core ML to bring the best possible ML processing performance on every Mac.

Quickly AirDrop photos, send them via iMessage or email, and share them with other apps directly from Photomator using the Share pop-up menu.

Easily add photos or entire folders to Photomator by simply selecting Add to Photomator from the Share menu.

Revamped Sidecar Files

A new way for saving sidecar files was built from the ground up specifically for the file browser, allowing a separate file with edits to be stored alongside the original photo.

When editing photos in the Files browser, you can preserve all nondestructive edits without altering the original photos.

If you prefer saving edits directly to the original file instead of creating a separate file with edits, you can also choose to modify the original file when working in the Files browser.

Thanks to sidecar file size optimizations, your edits, including those of RAW photos, will use significantly less storage space when editing in both Files and Photos browsers.

Photomator 3.3.1

Released on January 10, 2024

Photomator 3.3.1 improves the handling of HDR images, including fixes for HDR content loading, applying color adjustments, and more.

The Black & White color adjustment will now work even better with HDR images.

Auto Enhance would make HDR images too bright. Fixed.

Some HDR images would be displayed incorrectly in Photomator. Fixed.

On iPads with limited storage space, when saving edits of large RAW files, the app would sometimes unexpectedly quit. Fixed.

Photomator 3.3.2

Released on February 22, 2024

Photomator 3.3.2 adds support for the powerful new Files browser on Mac, introducing side-by-side edit saving, smaller edit files, and the ability to browse and edit photos from the filmstrip in the Files browser. The update also includes improvements for better RAW image handling, and adds a few other fixes.

When working in Files, enjoy smooth edit syncing with Photomator's powerful new Files browser on Mac.

Edits sync when editing in various cloud services like iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive, as long as you're signed in on all devices.

When editing photos on Mac in SSDs, NAS, or SD cards, the same edits are preserved when opening the storage drives on iPhone or iPad.

From now on, you can choose to save edits right next to the original photo in its original folder. This side-by-side edit saving keeps the edit files smaller and leaves the original photos untouched.

Set your preferred method for saving edits in the Editing settings within the Files browser.

Enjoy a convenient new way to browse photos using the filmstrip at the bottom of the screen.

Quickly start editing with filmstrip by pressing and holding a folder in the Files browser and selecting "Edit with Filmstrip" to give it folder access.

Shadows and highlights in the Basic adjustment would not work correctly. Fixed.

RAW photos edited using older Photomator versions would open too bright. Fixed.

When batch exporting photos, they would not be resized correctly. Fixed.

In some cases, .cube LUTs would be grayed out when attempting to import them. Fixed.

Compressed Fujifilm RAW files would open with unexpected cropping. Fixed.

Photomator 3.3.4

Released on March 15, 2024

Photomator 3.3.4 adds JPEG-2000 file format support to the files browser and includes a number of additional improvements and fixes.

Files Browser

JPEG-2000 files are now supported in the files browser.

Photomator files will now be displayed with a PHOTO badge.

When dragging and dropping paired assets such as RAW+JPEG to move them between folders, only the JPEG file would be moved. Fixed.

If you renamed one file that was part of a RAW+JPEG pair while the app was open, the browser would sometimes end up in an inconsistent state after deleting or moving one of those renamed items. Fixed.

When creating new subfolders, either in the Finder or in Photomator, they would not appear if the parent folder initially had no subfolders. Fixed.

Certain sidecar files would occasionally not be identified correctly, leading to issues with opening them, displaying their thumbnails, and more. Fixed.

If a Photomator file was added to a folder in the Finder while the app was running, it would not appear in the files browser until the app was relaunched or the folder was manually refreshed. Fixed.

If you opened an edited image, then opened a neighboring image and used the filmstrip to revert the previously opened image, then changed back to the reverted image, edits that should have been reverted would be reopened. Fixed.

On rare occasions, certain files would have zero values for width and height, and attempting to open them would cause the app to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Other Improvements and Fixes

RAW+HEIC and RAW+HEIF paired assets will now have corresponding badges in both browser modes.

When batch exporting large amounts of images, some of them would be empty. Fixed.

Some specific HDR images would be opened completely black. Fixed.

Quickly repeatedly switching between browser modes would result in high memory usage and slowness. Fixed.

Photomator 3.3.5

Released on April 11, 2024

Added a new W keyboard shortcut that you can use to turn on the White Balance color picker.

When editing photos in the Photos browser, edits will now be saved directly to the Photos library without creating sidecar files whenever possible.

You can now rename files in the Files browser.

In the Files browser, locked files and folders are now marked with a padlock badge. You can quickly unlock them by Control-clicking the locked item, and then choosing Unlock Folder or Photo.

To choose whether to display photos in folders together with photos in their subfolders, you can now select or deselect the "Display items from nested folders" option in Photomator Settings.

Fixes

Fixed various instances where the Files browser would allow users to attempt to modify items that were locked or read-only.

When a photo in the Files browser had its original modified, reopening the photo, resetting all edits, then clicking Done would not revert it to the original. Fixed.

In the Photos browser, open photos would not update after being edited in another app. Fixed.

Photomator would display incorrect editing progress when batch editing photos in the Photos browser. Fixed.

Photomator 3.3.9

Released on March 21, 2024

Photomator 3.3.9 now offers improved compatibility with Apple Vision Pro, resolves several issues when using the split comparison slider, and includes a few other minor fixes.

Thanks to element selection and a few other compatibility improvements, Photomator now works even smoother on Apple Vision Pro.

When moving linked files from iCloud to local storage, a progress indicator and the option to cancel the moving process will now be displayed.

Histogram and toolbar items would flicker when turning on the split comparison slider. Fixed.

Sometimes, the before and after comparison button would no longer work when trying to turn off the split comparison slider. Fixed.

On iPad, the Revert and More buttons in the toolbar would sometimes be missing when working with color adjustments in split screen. Fixed.

In some cases, when moving linked files from iCloud to local storage, Photomator would stop responding. Fixed.

Photomator 3.3.10

Released on April 11, 2024

When editing photos in the Photos browser, edits will now be saved directly to the Photos library without creating sidecar files whenever possible.

Sharing reports about issues with Photomator will now include your current app settings, making it easier and faster to identify and fix issues.

Reverting an edited photo to the original in the Files browser would not automatically delete its sidecar file. Fixed.

When importing PHOTO files to the Photos browser, any edits made to the photos would not be kept. Fixed.

Photomator 3.2

Released on November 22, 2023

Photomator 3.2 brings full HDR support, letting you enjoy outstanding contrast and true-to-life colors in photos, including those taken with iPhone, and introduces an advanced Smart HDR feature for effortlessly converting SDR photos to HDR.

Full HDR Support

Unlock all-new creative workflows with full support for opening, editing, and sharing HDR photos, including photos taken with iPhone.

The cutting-edge Smart HDR feature lets you convert SDR photos HDR and take advantage of HDR editing capabilities with any photo.

Adjust colors, make selections, and use all other editing tools, including Repair, Denoise, and Super Resolution, with HDR photos, just as you would with any other photos.

The advanced Levels, Curves, Selective Color, and LUT adjustments have received major updates to support the full HDR range.

HDR edits are seamlessly synchronized with the Photos app, making it effortless to share stunning HDR photos with your family, friends, or clients.

Open ISO HDR formats like HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL, PNG, and TIFF, as well as other HDR formats, such as OpenEXR, Radiance HDR, and 32-bit TIFFs from Photoshop and Lightroom.

Effortlessly work with RAW or ProRAW photos in HDR.

When sharing HDR photos, export them in formats specifically designed to preserve HDR, such as HDR HEIC, HDR AVIF, HDR PNG, HDR JPEG on all devices, including HDR Video Still Image and OpenEXR on Mac.

In Photomator settings, you can select to always load photos in HDR, with the option to revert to SDR editing at any time.

When you choose to always load HDR content, the HDR button will appear in the Photomator toolbar, letting you selectively enable or disable HDR in any photo.

To work with HDR content in Photomator, your device must be running on iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS 14 and equipped with a compatible display, preferably an XDR display.

Support for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14

Photomator is now fully compatible with and works great on iOS 17, iPadOS17, and macOS 14 Sonoma.

The enhanced Select Subject algorithm now offers a faster and more precise subject selection in photos when working with iOS and iPadOS 17 or macOS Sonoma.

Photomator now lets you open JPEG XL files on devices operating with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14 Sonoma.

Other Improvements

Thanks to improved color processing in RAW images, you can now recover even more detail in the highlights of RAW photos.

With the addition of AVIF export support, Photomator now offers full compatibility with the AVIF file format.

On iPhone models with the Dynamic Island, you'll always find the Cancel and Done buttons located at the top of the display when in editing mode.

Photomator 3.2.2

Released on December 22, 2023

Photomator 3.2.2 fixes an issue where the histogram and ML Enhance features would not work correctly with RAW photos on Mac computers equipped with Intel chips.

Photomator 3.2.3

Released on January 10, 2024

Photomator 3.2.3 improves the handling of HDR images, including fixes for HDR content loading, applying color adjustments, and more.

The Black & White color adjustment will now work even better with HDR images.

Improved the look of the HDR button in the toolbar to more clearly indicate when HDR is turned on and off.

Auto Enhance would make HDR images too bright. Fixed.

Some HDR images would be displayed incorrectly in Photomator. Fixed.

Photomator 3.1

Released on August 21, 2023

Photomator 3.1 introduces an all-new Smart Deband feature, which brings a revolutionary new way to enhance the quality of your photos by removing color banding artifacts and increasing color depth with a single click.

Smart Deband

Using the powerful new Smart Deband feature, you can now remove color banding artifacts from photos saved using lossy compression formats and increase their color depth, bringing them to a near-RAW quality.

Smart Deband's AI-powered artifact removal algorithm detects and smooths out photo areas with banding or blocking artifacts to create even, seamless gradients or solid colors.

To ensure especially smooth transitions between colors, Smart Deband also increases the color depth of a photo to 16-bit — color depth comparable to a RAW image.

You can now quickly apply Smart Deband to photos by pressing Control-Shift-B on your keyboard.

To deband a photo without increasing its color depth, press Option-Shift-Control-B on your keyboard.

With the new Smart Deband action available in the batch editing settings, you can now deband and increase the color depth of multiple photos at a time.

Other Improvements and Fixes

The Crop tool's Straighten and Perspective sliders will now use decimals to display more precise values.

It would not be possible to open photos for editing using the Open Editing Tools button in the photo browser toolbar. Fixed.

Photos would not get imported to Photomator when dragging and dropping them onto image thumbnails in the photo browser. Fixed.

Photomator 3.1

Released on August 21, 2023

Photomator 3.1 introduces an all-new Smart Deband feature, which brings a revolutionary new way to enhance the quality of your photos by removing color banding artifacts and increasing color depth with a single tap. The update also brings major photo browser improvements, letting you manage your photos, albums, and folders with even more ease.

Smart Deband

Using the powerful new Smart Deband feature, you can now remove color banding artifacts from photos saved using lossy compression formats and increase their color depth, bringing them to a near-RAW quality.

Smart Deband's AI-powered artifact removal algorithm detects and smooths out photo areas with banding or blocking artifacts to create even, seamless gradients or solid colors.

To ensure especially smooth transitions between colors, Smart Deband also increases the color depth of a photo to 16-bit — color depth comparable to a RAW image.

With the new Smart Deband action available in the batch editing settings, you can now deband and increase the color depth of multiple photos at a time.

Major Photo Browser Improvements

Manage your albums and folders even more easily with quick options for creating, deleting, renaming, reordering, and more.

In albums, you'll find new options for quickly adding photos to albums and sorting photos by date.

From now on, you can also easily drag and drop photos from one album to another or drag and drop photos to Photomator from other apps.

Quickly copy and paste photos in albums, or copy and paste photos from Photos and Files apps.

You can now seamlessly navigate between photos with arrow keys using the iPad keyboard.

Find even more keyboard shortcuts available on your iPad. Press the Command-R keyboard shortcut to revert edits, the Command-D keyboard shortcut to duplicate a photo, the Space key to quickly open a photo, and more.

Photomator 3.0

Released on May 16, 2023

Photomator — the award-winning photo editor for iPhone and iPad — is now available on Mac. It includes an extensive collection of powerful color adjustments, support for over 600 RAW image formats, magical Repair and Clone tools for easily retouching photos, and much more.

Photomator introduces a new way to edit photos on Mac, bringing powerful tools and simple navigation for the ultimate photo editing experience.

Built from the ground up for Mac using SwiftUI, Photomator makes the most of the native macOS technologies to deliver blazingly fast performance and especially smooth photo editing.

While integrating seamlessly with macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, Photomator keeps the familiar look and feel across each platform.

And, thanks to iCloud support, your edits will always stay in sync, no matter whether you're using Photomator on Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

State-of-the-Art Tools

Make every shot your best using powerful, nondestructive tools for adjusting colors, cropping, repairing, and cloning objects in photos.

Or use the power of machine learning to increase the resolution of photos while keeping them sharp and detailed, easily match the colors of two photos, or remove camera noise.

You can make automatic subject, sky, and background selections, work with gradient masks, or select which areas of a photo to adjust using a brush.

Speed up your editing workflows with handy keyboard shortcuts (now unified across iPad and Mac), or create custom shortcuts for the tools and features available in the Photomator menu bar.

For example, to quickly preview a photo in the photo browser or jump straight into making edits, press the Space bar on your keyboard.

Choose Help > Photomator Tips to learn more about using Photomator tools and features in a collection of illustrated tips.

Photo Browser

Photomator features a beautiful photo browser with a robust Photos integration that lets you easily browse and organize photos, and enjoy seamless syncing of edits between Photomator and your Photos library.

In the photo browser, you can manage your photos however you like: add to favorites, duplicate or share them, rename or create new photo albums, and import photos from anywhere on your Mac.

Also, you'll find options for quickly previewing additional photo information and sharing, easily accessible in the toolbar.

Enjoy seamless photo-by-photo editing by quickly moving from one photo to the next using the filmstrip browser or gestures on your trackpad and Magic Mouse.

Batch Editing

Automatically crop, adjust colors, or apply any other edits to selected photos in the photo browser using batch editing workflows.

Use a handy Workflows menu in the toolbar, to quickly apply commonly used workflows to photos selected in the photo browser, or access the Workflows browser to see all available workflows.

In the Workflows browser, edit existing workflows or create custom workflows from scratch.

Compatibility

Photomator works seamlessly with Pixelmator Pro which supports all types of Photomator edits, including selection masks and perspective corrections.

In Photomator, choose Image > Edit with Pixelmator Pro to edit photos in Pixelmator Pro. In Pixelmator Pro choose File > Modify Original in Photos to see edits back in Photomator.

Photomator 3.0.3

Released on May 30, 2023

Photomator 3.0.3 brings a number of improvements and fixes, including the ability to drag and drop layer masks and color adjustment presets and some important stability fixes.

Drag and drop layer masks in the Layers panel to rearrange them.

You can now also drag and drop color adjustment presets to change their order.

Photomator would occasionally quit unexpectedly with certain updates coming from the Photos library – we've added a number of fixes to improve stability.

Sometimes, the color adjustment presets would not be automatically enabled when swiping between documents. Fixed.

When inverting masks, their thumbnails would not be updated. Fixed.

When quickly opening and closing a photo, an alert would appear that the file doesn't exist. Fixed.

When a photo could not be automatically cropped, Photomator would quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

You will now be asked to confirm whether you'd like to delete a preset collection.

New color adjustment presets would not appear in the batch editing view. Fixed.

Favorite batch editing workflows in the More menu would not be updated during an editing session. Fixed.

Photomator 3.0.4

Released on June 22, 2023

Photomator 3.0.4 now runs even faster and smoother on Mac and adds a few other improvements and fixes.

Enjoy faster and smoother editing on Mac thanks to significant performance and stability optimizations.

The thumbnails of panoramic photos now look sharper and clearer when displayed in the filmstrip.

When importing multiple photos at a time, you can now keep track of the import progress or cancel the import completely.

It would not be possible to import custom LUTs to Photomator if Final Cut Pro was installed on the same device. Fixed.

Sharing photos by choosing File > Share would remove metadata from the shared photo. Fixed.

Photomator 3.0.5

Released on June 23, 2023

Photomator 3.0.5 fixes an issue that would cause unwanted artifacts to appear in photos after exporting them to a custom size.

Photomator 3.0.6

Released on July 21, 2023

Photomator 3.0.6 brings major quality improvements to the Denoise tool, adding the ability to adjust the amount of noise in a photo, includes support for compressed Fujifilm camera RAWs, and adds a number of other improvements and fixes.

Denoise Improvements

Enjoy an updated Denoise tool, bringing quality improvements for artifact-free noise removal.

Use the new Denoise Intensity slider to adjust the amount of noise in a photo. Lower the intensity to preserve more details, or increase it to make the photo smoother.

You can also adjust the intensity of noise reduction in a photo by entering a specific value.

Extended RAW Support

You can now open and edit compressed RAWs from Fujifilm cameras, including the highly-requested X-T4, X-T5 models, and more.

Compressed and uncompressed RAWs from the brand-new Fujifilm X-S20 model are now also supported on macOS 13 and iOS 16.

Thanks to the extended RAW support, thumbnails of compressed Fujifilm RAWs will now be visible when browsing photos in the photo browser.

View the lens model, aperture, and other camera metadata of the compressed Fujifilm RAWs in the Photomator Info pane.

RAW and JPEG photo pairs will now import as a single RAW+JPEG asset rather than two separate photos. In Photomator settings, you can choose which format to open by default.

Photomator will now show an alert when attempting to open RAW photos from unsupported camera models.

Compressed Fujifilm RAWs are now also fully supported in Pixelmator Pro, letting you work seamlessly in Photomator and Pixelmator Pro.

Other Improvements and Fixes

Use options in the new View > Sort menu to sort photos in the photo browser based on their creation date or modification date.

You can now quickly jump to the top or bottom of the album by pressing the Home and End keys on your keyboard.

The Crop tool has been improved with a much more precise Straighten slider that lets you straighten photos in 0.01-degree increments.

Clicking the icons at each end of the Straighten slider will now rotate the photo at a 0.1-degree angle, or at a 1-degree angle when Shift-clicking.

The Copy Adjustments feature would not work on older Photomator documents. Fixed.

Opening photos from a custom album within Photos using Edit with Photomator would duplicate the photos. Fixed.

When exporting photos with a custom size, the aspect ratio would not be preserved. Fixed.

Photomator 3.0.7

Released on July 28, 2023

Photomator 3.0.7 brings an easy new way to import and apply custom LUTs, adds improvements for faster photo opening, and more.

You can now apply custom LUTs more quickly by simply dragging & dropping them directly onto your photos. You can also drag and drop LUTs onto photos in the photos browser or the filmstrip.

Access your LUTs more easily by adding them directly to preset collections.

Presets that include a LUT are marked with a special LUT icon, making it easy to distinguish them from other presets.

You can now easily add multiple custom LUTs to Photomator by importing entire LUT folders.

Photos will now open faster in Photomator.

Enjoy faster and smoother Photomator performance on Mac devices.

The capture date of compressed Fujifilm RAWs would not be preserved after import. Fixed.

There would be a slight delay when quickly swiping to dismiss edited photos that are still in the process of being loaded. Fixed.

Photomator 3.0.10

Released on July 21, 2023

Photomator 3.0.10 adds support for compressed RAWs from Fujifilm cameras and lets you work with LUTs and color adjustment presets with even more ease by allowing you to add LUTs to preset collections, always show preset names, and more.

Color Adjustment Preset Improvements

Have easier access to LUTs by adding them directly to preset collections.

Presets that include a LUT are marked with a special LUT icon, making it easy to distinguish them from other presets.

Effortlessly navigate between color adjustment presets by making preset names always visible. At the end of the presets list, tap More and choose Show Names.

You can also see the preset names by simply hovering over the color adjustment presets using Apple Pencil, trackpad, or mouse.

Quickly save color adjustments as a preset by tapping the Color Adjustments More menu and choosing Save as Preset.

Extended RAW Support

You can now open and edit compressed RAWs from Fujifilm cameras, including the highly-requested X-T4, X-T5 models, and more.

Compressed and uncompressed RAWs from the brand-new Fujifilm X-S20 model are now also supported on iOS 16 and macOS 13.

Thanks to the extended RAW support, thumbnails of compressed Fujifilm RAWs will now be visible when browsing photos in the photo browser.

View the lens model, aperture, and other camera metadata of the compressed Fujifilm RAWs in the Photomator Info pane.

Compressed Fujifilm RAWs are now also fully supported in Pixelmator Pro, letting you work with them seamlessly in Photomator and Pixelmator Pro.

Other Improvements and Fixes

On iPad, easily copy and paste color adjustments between photos using keyboard shortcuts. Copy adjustments by pressing Command-Shift-C, and paste them by pressing Command-Shift-V on your keyboard.

Make precise color adjustments to your photo by tapping the color adjustment sliders. Tap on the left or right side of the slider to increase or decrease its value.

When dragging color adjustment sliders, you will experience haptic feedback when the default value, like 0%, is reached.

Batch editing workflows that include color adjustment presets will remain intact even if you delete presets from the presets library. When you open a workflow, see the deleted preset in the Unsaved preset collection.

While a photo is being loaded, swiping the presets would cause the photo to be swiped. Fixed.

In some specific cases, the edits would be lost when importing photos edited on other devices. Fixed.

Photomator 3.0.11

Released on July 28, 2023

Photomator 3.0.11 brings major improvements to the Denoise tool, making artifact-free noise removal as precise as ever. The update also adds a new Denoise Intensity slider, bringing enhanced control over adjusting the level of noise in photos.

Photomator 2.3

Released on April 12, 2023

Photomator 2.3 brings incredibly powerful selective adjustments with the ability to make selections of people, backgrounds, and skies automatically using AI, create gradient and brush-based selections, and a whole lot more.

Pixelmator Photo now has a simpler new name — Photomator — and features a refreshed, more modern design.

You can now select and edit specific areas in photos, without affecting the rest of the photo using powerful selective adjustments.

Use the magic of machine learning to automatically select common areas in photos, such as sky, people, and backgrounds, or make selections manually.

Paint over the areas of a photo you want to adjust with a brush. Easily adjust the brush size, softness, and opacity.

Add customizable linear and radial gradient selections to photos to create smooth transitions between edited and unedited areas. Easily change gradient position, size, rotation, and blending using handy on-image controls.

Adjust specific colors or entire color ranges in photos by selecting them using the eyedropper.

Create additional color adjustment layers to experiment with different edits and easily compare them.

Add selective adjustments to photos by tapping the Add button at the top of the color adjustments pane and choosing a selection option.

Quickly switch between different selections by tapping their corresponding icons directly on a photo.

Keep track of all your selections in an all-new Layers browser at the top of the color adjustments pane.

In the Layers browser, turn the selections on or off to hide the applied adjustments without resetting them. This lets you apply multiple different edits to the same area of the photo and compare them.

Combine multiple selections using blend modes to refine the selected areas or create striking artistic effects. In the More menu next to an existing selection, choose Add or Subtract, and choose an option.

Easily change how selections blend by tapping More and choosing Add, Subtract, or Intersect from the Blending Mode menu.

Find options for renaming, duplicating, inverting, moving, or deleting your selections in the More menu next to each selection layer.

Adjust the intensity of color adjustments applied to each selection by dragging the Intensity slider at the bottom of the Layers browser.

Easily toggle selection previews on and off by tapping More at the top of the color adjustments pane and selecting or deselecting Show Mask Overlay.

Photomator 2.2

Released on December 15, 2022

Photomator 2.2 introduces all-new Clarity and Texture adjustments that let you improve the sharpness and clarity of fine details in photos using a powerful, texture-aware algorithm, adds Selective Clarity adjustment for more precise detail enhancement, improves detail recovery in highlights and shadows, and more.

Increase sharpness and bring attention to fine details in your shots using the powerful new Clarity and Texture adjustments, which use an advanced, texture-aware algorithm to subtly add contrast to edges and textures in a photo.

Use the Clarity adjustment to subtly adjust the brightness and colors of your photos, making them look sharper and clearer.

Use the Texture adjustment to make photos sharper and more focused, or make them smoother by reducing texture.

Find the Clarity and Texture sliders in the new Basic adjustments group.

Adjust details exclusively in the shadows, midtones, and highlights of a photo with the new Selective Clarity adjustment.

Use the On-Image Clarity feature to adjust texture and clarity directly in your photos. Drag on the photo horizontally to adjust texture or vertically to adjust clarity.

Enjoy improvements to the quality of Contrast, Brightness, Shadows, and Highlights adjustments which have been rebuilt from the ground up using the new texture-aware algorithm.

Recover much more detail from photos that are too dark or too bright using the refined Shadows and Highlights adjustments.

Color adjustments in Photomator are now faster than ever before thanks to improved color adjustment performance.

Photomator 2.2.1

Released on December 20, 2022

Photomator 2.2.1 fixes an issue that would cause the photos to lose saturation and contrast when exported, and adds a few other fixes.

Photomator 2.2.2

Released on December 22, 2022

Photomator 2.2.2 lets you turn the texture-aware algorithm on and off for Basic color adjustments, and adds a few other fixes.

You can now manually turn the texture-aware algorithm on and off for Highlights, Shadows, Contrast, and Brightness adjustments.

Texture-aware algorithm would be turned on automatically when converting LUTs into color adjustments. Fixed.

Photomator will now show a warning when attempting to export LUTs with texture-aware adjustments applied.

When cropping photos, the crop box would sometimes be displayed incorrectly after changing device orientation. Fixed.

Photomator would sometimes quit unexpectedly when working with color adjustments. Fixed.

Photomator 2.1

Released on October 24, 2022

Photomator 2.1 brings full compatibility with iOS and iPadOS 16.1 and the newest iPad Pro, adds support for LUTs, introduces EDR Mode for improved RAW image editing, and more.

Enjoy full support for the powerful new iOS and iPadOS 16.1.

Speed up your photo editing workflows with the magical Apple Pencil hover experience on the new, M2 chip-powered iPad Pro.

Thanks to iPadOS 16.1 and virtual memory swap on newer iPad models, even the most demanding photo editing workflows will run flawlessly on your iPad.

Preview color adjustment presets by simply hovering your Apple Pencil over the presets bar.

When cropping, hover your Apple Pencil above a photo to see the crop grid and cropped area preview, or lift it to see the final crop.

Double-tap your Apple Pencil for the Repair brush size slider to appear.

You can also use the Left Bracket ([) and Right Bracket (]) keys to quickly increase or decrease the Repair brush size.

When you double-tap the Apple Pencil, the comparison slider now always appears right where you hold the Apple Pencil.

LUTs are now fully supported in Photomator and work just the way they do in Pixelmator Pro on Mac.

Use LUTs to instantly change the colors of images with presets created in Photomator, Pixelmator Pro, or other apps.

Easily convert LUT files into editable color adjustments with the power of machine learning.

Convert color adjustments into LUTs to use in compatible design or video apps, or share with anyone who doesn't own Photomator.

Take advantage of the Extended Dynamic Range Mode when editing RAW images.

Photomator 2.1.2

Released on November 7, 2022

Photomator 2.1.2 fixes an issue that would sometimes cause the color adjustment presets to become unresponsive while hovering over them with Apple Pencil, and adds a few other minor fixes.

Photomator 2.1.3

Released on December 9, 2022

Photomator 2.1.3 brings a number of fixes to the Photos browser and a few other areas.

Photos would not keep their original file format when shared from the Photos Browser. Fixed.

When creating batch workflow presets, photos could not be exported as PHOTO files. Fixed.

In the Files browser, PHOTO files would not show up in Recents. Fixed.

Photomator would show a blank screen if the Favorites album in the Photos Browser was empty. Fixed.

The Select button for selecting multiple photos would remain active even if an album was empty. Fixed.

In the Photos Browser, thumbnails of photos would sometimes be displayed incorrectly when quickly scrolling through photos.

Photomator canvas would sometimes flicker when showing Super Resolution preview or changing device orientation. Fixed.

The double-tap gesture for zooming would not work on a trackpad. Fixed.

When discarding changes made to photos, linked files containing edits would not be deleted from the device. Fixed.

The color picker in the Replace Color adjustment would become unresponsive after waking the device. Fixed.

Photomator 2.0

Released on December 16, 2021

Version 2.0 brings the desktop-class photo editing experience of Photomator to iPhone, adds a redesigned Photos library browser, and includes the ability to remove camera noise and image compression artifacts using the machine learning-powered Denoise feature.

Photomator for iPhone

Enjoy the full, desktop-class photo editing experience of Photomator on iPhone.

Edit photos using a complete collection of powerful, nondestructive color adjustments designed using advanced image processing techniques.

Make your photos stand out with photographer-designed presets inspired by film photography.

Effortlessly remove unwanted objects using an incredible object removal tool.

Automatically enhance shots using a machine learning algorithm trained on 20 million pro photos.

Magically increase the resolution of photos using AI.

Crop, straighten, and rotate photos with a powerful and easy-to-use Crop tool.

Automatically sync every change you make back to your Photos library.

Easily copy and paste edits between photos or batch edit even hundreds of photos at a time.

Open and edit over 600 RAW image formats, including Apple ProRAW.

Remove camera noise and image compression artifacts with the Core ML-powered Denoise feature.

Copy the look of any photo to another using AI-powered color matching.

Follow all the changes you make in the beautiful live histogram.

New Photos Library Browser

Browse and open photos more quickly and easily in the new filmstrip-style browser.

Jump between photos and quickly jump into edits with just a few taps.

Denoise

Automatically remove camera noise and image compression artifacts using the machine learning-powered Denoise feature.

Photomator 2.0.1

Released on December 18, 2021

Photomator 2.0.1 adds a few stability improvements and fixes.

Photomator 2.0.2

Released on December 29, 2021

Photomator 2.0.2 adds a few stability improvements and fixes.

Photomator 2.0.3

Released on January 10, 2022

Photomator 2.0.3 makes some small changes to the Denoise algorithm and includes a few other improvements and fixes.

The Denoise algorithm will now be a little more conservative when removing heavy noise.

The Info view has been updated to be more consistent with the Photos app.

On iPad, Crop and Repair tool settings would not be visible if adjustment presets were hidden. Fixed.

Occasionally, a black screen would appear when opening images from the Photos app using the Share extension. Fixed.

Fixed a Photos library-related issue that would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly.

Photomator 2.0.4

Released on January 17, 2022

Photomator 2.0.4 improves how the app behaves with limited Photos library access and brings a few other improvements and fixes.

If you've provided restricted access to your Photos library, you can now more easily give Photomator access to more photos.

You can now choose to edit the JPEG in a RAW+JPEG pair from the Photos browser. On iPad, you can now tap and hold the histogram to bring up options for changing how it's displayed.

The height of the Show Info popover was incorrect. Fixed.

The keyboard shortcut for the Show Info popover was incorrect. Fixed.

The keyboard shortcuts for the next and previous photo were incorrect. Fixed.

Adjustment values at 0 would occasionally be displayed with a minus sign. Fixed.

The app icon would sometimes be blurred. Fixed.

After exiting Split View, the appearance of albums would be incorrect and they would also be unresponsive. Fixed.

On iPhone, the color of the "Albums" title would not update after changing the app's accent color. Fixed.

The Crop tool would be slow if the app was restored from the background. Fixed.

The animation of photos in the Photos browser that appears when rotating advice was incorrect. Fixed.

After restoring the app from the background, the zoom level of the Photos browser would not be remembered. Fixed.

Attempting to dismiss an image with an open popover would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

This update also includes a few other fixes to prevent Photomator from quitting unexpectedly in various cases.

Photomator 2.0.5

Released on January 27, 2022

Photomator 2.0.5 brings some minor improvements and fixes.

Fixed an issue with importing and exporting the preset library.

The shortcut menu for preset groups would show a half-empty preview. Fixed.

Shutter speeds over a second long would be displayed with an extra "s" in the Info view. Fixed.

When selecting to add more photos in the Photos library access browser, auto-scroll would not work correctly.

If the Photomator album was disabled in the app's settings but not deleted from your library, its name would be displayed incorrectly in the app. Fixed.

The thumbnails of the albums in the Photos browser were being upscaled incorrectly. Fixed.

If the Extended Values setting was turned off but an adjustment was automatically made that moved a slider beyond the maximum non-extended value, that value would be displayed incorrectly. Fixed.

The label displaying the number of photos in an album would be displayed incorrectly on certain devices for albums inside folders. Fixed.

Photomator 2.0.6

Released on February 10, 2022

Photomator 2.0.6 brings a few improvements and fixes.

You can now enable fullscreen mode on iPad with a keyboard shortcut.

Keyboard shortcuts for zooming will now work while images are being opened.

In the app's settings, you'll now find the option to turn the filmstrip on and off.

Fullscreen viewing will now be preserved after rotating your device.

The position of the canvas would be incorrect after device rotation. Fixed.

Occasionally, images would be exported with a white stripe. Fixd.

Images would be exported with a transparent stripe on devices with Super Retina displays. Fixed.

When working on images in the Files browser, progress indicators would not be removed. Fixed.

Workflow actions were incorrectly enabled for photos that were still being loaded. Fixed.

The cropping mode would occasionally be reset after previewing the original image. Fixed.

The initial values in the Straighten and Perspective modes of the Crop tool were incorrect. Fixed.

The file icon for .photo and .adjustments files was incorrect. Fixed.

Photomator 2.0.7

Released on February 25, 2022

Photomator 2.0.7 brings some fixes for a few different issues.

When opening RAW images with depth masks, the JPEG represenation of the image would be opened instead. Fixed.

On iPhone devices with a home button, the layout of the Crop tool was incorrect. Fixed.

On iPhone devices with a home button, the status bar would not be displayed after rotating a device from landscape mode to portrait.

The layout of the toolbar on iPad when using Spit View was incorrect in certain situations. Fixed.

On iPhone, the layout of color adjustments in ladscape mode was incorrect. Fixed.

Photomator 2.0.8

Released on March 28, 2022

Photomator 2.0.8 brings important stability improvements and a few other fixes.

Imported images will now open automatically, ready for editing.

Fixed file opening from some third-party cloud storage apps.

Opening multiple RAW images in a row would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

When attempting to preview photos with no previews, Photomator would quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

In certain situations, Photomator would become unresponsive when switching between crop modes. Fixed.

When sharing images from Photomator back to Photomator using the Share extension, the app would display a blank screen. Fixed.

Image previews would be displayed briefly when opening images from the Files browser. Fixed.

When returning to the Files browser after editing a RAW photo, the animation shown was incorrect. Fixed.

Photomator 2.0.9

Released on April 13, 2022

Photomator 2.0.9 brings some improvements and fixes to the Photos browser, filmstrip, and a few other areas.

Scrolling in the Photos browser should now feel smoother.

Improved the appearance of thumbnails in the filmstrip and Photos albums.

Added an option for showing or hiding the Hidden album.

In some cases, image selections in the filmstrip would disappear. Fixed.

Image selections would sometimes jump to the center of the filmstrip unexpectedly. Fixed.

Photomator would sometimes switch back to the main list of albums while browsing images in an opened album. Fixed.

Batch editing photos would sometimes create blank images. Fixed.

Fixed a few instances where batch editing images wouldn’t work correctly.

Fixed a few issues that would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly when browsing photos.

Photomator 2.0.10

Released on May 5, 2022

Photomator 2.0.10 improves the performance of the Photos browser and adds a few other fixes.

Photomator 2.0.11

Released on May 19, 2022

Photomator 2.0.11 brings a few minor improvements and fixes.

Crop presets and filmstrip thumbnails will now be centered if they don't fill the entire screen.

Keyboard shortcuts for selecting crop modes and crop aspect ratio would not work correctly. Fixed.

After editing several images in a row, the wrong image would be selected in the filmstrip. Fixed.

When opening an image from Quick Preview, the Photos browser would remain in image selection mode. Fixed.

Image thumbnails in the Photos browser would sometimes be displayed incorrectly. Fixed.

Shortcut menus in the Photos browser would be shown even if no actions were available. Fixed.

When selecting a different album while scrolling, the scroll position of the opened album would be incorrect. Fixed.

The layout of color adjustments presets would be incorrect if the filmstrip was hidden. Fixed.

Photomator 2.0.12

Released on August 1, 2022

Photomator 2.0.12 brings a redesigned keyboard for numeric input, includes a few improvements for the Photos browser, and more.

The numeric input keyboard has been redesigned to feel right at home on iOS and iPadOS.

A few new keyboard shortcuts are now available in the Photos browser: Backspace deletes a photo, Shift-Command-E opens the share sheet, and . (period) quickly favorites or unfavorites a photo.

The layout of albums in the Photos browser on iPhone has been improved.

On iPhone, color adjustment presets will now automatically scroll to center the currently selected preset.

On iPad, it was possible to switch to a different Photos album (and lose previous selections) when batch selecting photos. Fixed.

The handles of the crop box would not be visible with the canvas color set to white. Fixed.

In some cases, crop presets would be displayed incorrectly. Fixed.

The layout of the Photomator toolbar would be incorrect when viewed on very small screens. Fixed.

Photomator 2.0.13

Released on August 18, 2022

Photomator 2.0.13 introduces subscription-based pricing for all new users. If you'd like to learn more, feel free to check out our blog.

Photomator 2.0.14

Released on August 26, 2022

Photomator 2.0.14 includes fixes for a few different image saving issues, and more.

Photomator 2.0.15

Released on October 3, 2022

Photomator 2.0.15 brings improvements and fixes to the Photos browser, Crop tool, and a few other areas.

Filmstrip scrolling is now smoother with very large Photos libraries.

"Unable to open" alert would sometimes appear when swiping back and forth between photos in the Photos browser. Fixed.

When using the Crop tool, the selected aspect ratio would be reset after tapping Undo. Fixed.

Changing the perspective or tilt of an image would not work when using a trackpad. Fixed.

The two-finger swipe gesture for closing photos would not work on a trackpad. Fixed.

Fixed a few issues where Photomator would quit unexpectedly.

Photomator 2.0.16

Released on October 7, 2022

Photomator 2.0.16 fixes an important issue that would prevent the color picker from working correctly, and adds a few other minor fixes.

Photomator 1.5

Released on December 10, 2020

Apple ProRAW support means you can now edit your ProRAW photos right in Photomator.

Adjust the tonal curve directly in your photos – tap the On-Image Curves button, then drag up in your photo to lighten those areas, or down to darken them.

Thanks to an all-new, more advanced algorithm, the Shadows and Highlights sliders will be able to recover much more detail than before.

Customize the visibility of individual adjustments, hiding ones you use less often.

Support for Scribble lets you adjust sliders by scribbling in the exact values you need.

You can now choose to only repair areas with Apple Pencil, using your fingers for scrolling and zooming instead.

When using Apple Pencil, you can now enable quick edits when no tool is selected, choosing to always be able to repair areas or adjust the tone curve.

Support for the new, native iOS color picker means you’ll be able to pick colors more quickly and easily.

The eyedropper has a new and improved appearance.

You can now tap the histogram to switch between the RGB and Luminance histograms.

The appearance the color adjustments pane has been refreshed.

The speed of ML Enhance has been improved.

When sharing photos, you’ll now find Save Image and Save to Files actions.

The size of Photomator files has been reduced for all non-RAW images.

When saving images with GPS location data, this would be saved incorrectly, resulting in coordinates shifting slightly. Fixed.

Photomator 1.5.1

Released on December 15, 2020

After choosing Import to Photos, the new image will now be revealed in the Photos app.

Photomator would sometimes use more iPad storage than it should. Fixed.

Importing PXM files to Photos would cause Photomator to stop responding. Fixed.

Occasionally, thumbnails for Photomator files would be clipped or not displayed. Fixed.

When viewing the split screen comparison of your unedited image, the bottom label would be partly hidden. Fixed.

Applying the ML Enhance feature would occasionally cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Photomator 1.5.2

Released on March 29, 2021

A new version of ML Super Resolution brings improved upscaling of high-contrast textures, better compression artifact removal, including removal of WebP compression artifacts, and better noise removal.

ML Match Colors will now be applied more quickly.

The order of the Color Balance adjustment’s wheels has been updated to match Pixelmator Pro.

The Repair tool’s “Repairing…” label will not be shown if the repaired area is very small.

Batch editing presets will now be opened immediately if there are no quick workflows to show.

When granting access to the Photos library after having disabled it, the Photos browser (and not the Files browser) will be shown upon opening the app.

The size of the Repair tool brush can now be 5 times smaller than before for increased precision.

The Repair tool’s yellow overlay would not be displayed when repairing very small areas. Fixed.

Setting the value of the Intensity slider to 0 would disable it. Fixed.

Dragged and dropped images would not be loaded in certain situations. Fixed.

Batch workflow icons would be incorrect without any default workflows. Fixed.

Photomator 1.5.3

Released on September 20, 2021

The M1 iPad Pro has more memory that we can take advantage of – so we will!

ML Crop was not working correctly in certain situations – fixed.

Photomator 1.4

Released on September 15, 2020

Enlarge photos by up to 3 times while magically preserving sharpness and details using the Core ML-powered ML Super Resolution feature.

Quickly compare your edited photo with the original using the new split-screen comparison slider.

Enjoy support for the double-tap gesture of Apple Pencil.

Customize the double-tap gesture by tapping the More menu in the photo editing view.

Photomator files are now more compatible with third-party storage providers.

Use ML Super Resolution in batch editing workflows — a new batch preset is also included.

The Hidden category from your Photos library will now be accessible from Photomator.

Tapping certain areas of the Selective Color adjustment would edit the Curves adjustment. Fixed.

The album thumbnail would not be updated after deleting all the images from an album in the Photos browser. Fixed.

Photomator 1.4.1

Released on September 18, 2020

The comparison slider will appear more quickly when using the tap and hold gesture.

The loading animation for the ML Enhance feature and its individual adjustments would sometimes not start. Fixed.

The loading label would briefly appear when reapplying ML Super Resolution when it shouldn’t. Fixed.

If the comparison slider is turned on while undoing Crop tool or ML Super Resolution changes, it will now be turned off.

Perspective correction settings were clipped while in Split View. Fixed.

The Photomator Share extension would sometimes not work with screenshots. Fixed.

Photomator 1.3

Released on June 19, 2020

Handy new shortcut menus all around the app let you do lots of useful things a lot more quickly.

For example, you can now share, duplicate, and revert photos, copy and paste adjustments, and more simply by tapping a holding a photo in the Photos browser.

Customize the color of buttons in Photomator by choosing an accent color.

Redesigned color adjustment preset management brings the ability to create and customize, rearrange, and even remove adjustment preset collections.

Enjoy a much quicker way to batch edit photos with your workflows by setting workflows as favorites and applying them right in the Photos browser.

Find your favorite batch editing workflows in the new shortcut menus in the Photos browser.

Quickly import images as Photomator files to the Files browser using the new Import to Files workflow.

Create custom crop ratios using up to four digits.

Use the new shortcut menus to rename and delete crop presets.

Rearrange crop presets by dragging and dropping them to a new location.

You can now stop the automatic creation of a Photomator album in the Photos app.

Enjoy a number of additional keyboard shortcuts.

You can now turn off snapping while cropping.

When downloading Photomator edits from iCloud, a progress indicator will now be shown.

A progress indicator will also appear when downloading images from iCloud during batch editing.

A preset in the Recents collection will no longer be created when edits aren’t saved.

The touchable area of sliders has been increased to make them easier to drag.

When renaming things, the text will be automatically selected so you can start typing to replace it.

The thumbnails of albums in your Photos library should now load more quickly.

You can now turn off Overwrite Originals when editing in the Files browser, which will automatically create Photomator files to save the photos you edit.

The Overwrite Originals setting is now separate for the Photos and Files browsers.

When moving the color wheel controls of the Color Balance adjustment, they would jump. Fixed.

The thumbnails of the All Photos and Recents albums would not be updated after changes to those albums. Fixed.

Attempting to run batch workflows would not work on multiple images with the same name. Fixed.

Attempting to share multiple images with the same name would not work. Fixed.

The button to go back to an album in the Photos browser would sometimes not appear. Fixed.

The appearance of very wide or tall crop aspect ratios was incorrect. Fixed.

The animation displayed when dismissing images was incorrect when dismissing a photo after deleting another photo. Fixed.

Attempting to crop images to very wide or tall ratios would cause Photomator to stop responding. Fixed.

Photomator 1.3.1

Released on June 22, 2020

The badges that indicate a photo has nondestructive edits will now load more quickly.

Deleting photos in Photos library browser will now work faster.

The Auto-Center Canvas setting was not working correctly. Fixed.

Undoing Crop tool edits would sometimes cause the image to flicker. Fixed.

In certain cases, ML Match Colors would use the wrong color space for adjustments. Fixed.

The Back button in the Photos browser would flicker after opening to preview a photo. Fixed.

Thumbnails of Photomator file would not be displayed on iOS 12 or older.

On iOS 12, thumbnails would move when selecting multiple photos in the Photos library browser.

Photomator 1.2

Released on April 7, 2020

New Features

Enjoy full support for the new click-anywhere trackpad and cursor in iPadOS.

Use Photomator and any other app side by side thanks to support for Split View.

Match the look and feel of one photo to another using the incredible, machine learning-powered ML Match Colors.

Control the intensity of color adjustments and presets using the new intensity slider.

Quickly apply the adjustments from your most recently edited photos using the automatically generated Recents collection of presets.

Use the new Copy Adjustments and Paste Adjustments actions to easily copy and paste adjustments between photos.

Share images directly from the Photos browser without having to open them.

Improvements and Fixes

When capturing screenshots, you can now tap Full Page to take a screenshot of your entire photo without any interface elements.

You can now keep certain color adjustments turned on or off by default when opening new photos.

Locked adjustments will now be collapsed.

App settings have been moved from the Settings app to the More menu inside Photomator itself.

The Undo and Revert buttons are now icons rather than text, fixing a few localization issues.

When opening images currently in iCloud, downloads can now be canceled.

Double-tapping the canvas will now zoom photos to their actual size.

The position of color adjustment presets will be saved and restored when opening different photos.

A new Save option lets you save any preset to the Custom collection.

Deleting or reverting a photo to the original inside Photomator will now also delete its linked file.

When opening photos using the Photos browser, the file name would sometimes be displayed incorrectly. Fixed.

An empty black image will no longer appear if a higher resolution preview cannot be loaded.

Fixed an issue with the preview of empty images in Photos.

The wrong image would sometimes briefly appear when swiping between photos in the Photos browser. Fixed.

When opening or closing albums, the animation of the Back button would sometimes be incorrect. Fixed.

When new images are added to your Photos library or changes are saved and our Photos browser is updated, certain interface elements could be displayed incorrectly. Fixed.

Sometimes, multiple color adjustment presets could be selected. Fixed.

Attempting to open images from the Photo Stream would sometimes cause Pixelmator Pro to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Adjustment names would be truncated when the bold text setting was turned on in Traditional and Simplified Chinese localizations.

In certain cases, opening files from other apps and attempting to save changes would not work. Fixed.

When opening photos from other apps or restoring the app, it would not be possible to cancel the action. Fixed.

Sharing photos via AirDrop after batch editing would not work. Fixed.

Using AirDrop to share multiple PHOTO files would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Photomator 1.2.1

Released on April 15, 2020

Photomator should now open faster.

When closing images, the loading indicator would sometimes appear unnecessarily or incorrectly. Fixed.

Fixed a few issues with the layout of items in the toolbar in the most compact size in Split View.

When changing the size of apps in Split View and having the Photos browser open, albums could be selected incorrectly. Fixed.

It was possible to delete the Custom group of adjustment presets when it shouldn’t have been. Fixed.

Photomator could sometimes quit unexpectedly in certain beta versions of iOS 13.4. Fixed.

Photomator 1.1

Released on October 1, 2019

Batch Editing

Create workflows using actions for color adjustments, cropping, straightening, exporting, and even resizing images for a full-featured batch editing experience.

To start batch editing, select multiple photos and tap ‘Batch’ in the toolbar.

Use every machine learning-powered feature in Photomator in your workflows.

Experiment with a range of readymade batch editing workflows and easily create your own.

Turn off Export to batch edit images in place in your Photos library and the Files app.

All-New Workflow

Photomator now automatically saves changes directly to the images you open and saves nondestructive edits to a linked .PHOTO file.

This means you can now manage all your edits in your Photos library without having to import images.

Instead of ‘< Photos’, you’ll now see much more logical Cancel and Done buttons in the Photomator toolbar.

Nondestructive editing also works in the Files app and your changes will be saved automatically to JPEGs, PNGs, and other compatible formats without losing nondestructive edits.

If you’d rather not save any nondestructive changes while still editing images in place, you can switch to destructive editing in the Photomator section of the Settings app.

Switch between editing in your Photos library or the Files app by tapping Show Photos or Show Files in the toolbar

You can now delete photos or revert to the original directly in the Photomator browser.

To delete any linked files while browsing your Photos library, tap Select, select one or multiple photos, and tap Delete Linked File at the bottom of your screen. To delete a linked file while browsing Files, tap and hold a file and tap Delete Linked File.

Added keyboard shortcuts for Cancel (Command-Delete) and Done (Command-S).

Fixes

The Recents album in the Photomator browser should now mirror the contents of your Camera Roll (or All Photos or Recents albums, depending on which one you have).

Various UI fixes for iPadOS 13 issues.

The new floating keyboard in iPadOS 13 was not working correctly. Fixed.

Fixes for memory management and stability issues.

Tapping to open a document multiple times while it was still being opened would sometimes cause the app to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Fixed issues with using the Photomator Share extension to share from apps other than Photos.

Sometimes, alerts would not be shown after importing an adjustment preset. Fixed.

Photomator 1.1.1

Released on October 21, 2019

Improvements and Fixes

You can now view and share individual photos after finishing a batch editing workflow.

Photomator files will now have file previews in the Files app and other locations.

You can now change the order of your custom batch editing workflows.

Added a new batch workflow that creates .PHOTO files. (Tip: you can use this to prepare a series of RAW files for editing with Photomator).

The Photos library browser will remember your previously selected album after closing and reopening it.

The order of My Albums in the Photos library browser was incorrect, it will be shown in alphabetical order for now.

Added a few fixes for the Photos library browser related to scrolling.

Terminating Photomator would cause the app’s Share extension to stop working. Fixed.

When trying to open the Photos library browser without Photomator having permission, alerts will be shown in various different cases.

What’s New descriptions were truncated in certain languages. Fixed.

Switching apps while the Repair tool was repairing areas would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Photomator would occasionally stop responding when opening images from other apps.

Photomator 1.1.2

Released on November 18, 2019

Improvements and Fixes

Edits can now be synced between devices automatically (if you choose to save linked Photomator files to iCloud).

Linked files will now always be visible.

RAW images can now be opened and viewed without importing.

It is now possible to hide the color adjustment presets.

When batch editing, the View and Cancel buttons will now be more responsive.

If you swipe down the batch editing view while images are being processed, the batch editing workflow will be canceled.

A new Photomator album will not be created in your Photos library if one already exists.

The points in the Curves adjustment will no longer jump to the location you touch when you start dragging.

The size of the Curves adjustment points has been reduced slightly.

The previous position of the batch editing view will be restored when reopening it.

In Photomator settings, you can now choose whether to display your albums in a flat list or with nested folders.

After redefining a color adjustment preset, its thumbnail will be updated.

When editing an image in your Photos library, if you revert all changes and tap Done, instead of Modify Original, you'll now see a Revert to Original alert.

Before full images are loaded, placeholder thumbnails in the Photos browser will have the correct aspect ratio whenever possible.

If you tap Done but choose not to allow Photomator to edit the original photo, edits will be discarded.

Batch editing .PHOTO files in external locations would sometimes cause Photomator to stop responding. Fixed.

When sharing images, the Files view would sometimes disappear after tapping Save Image. Fixed.

The appearance of the color picker was incorrect in Dark Mode. Fixed.

In certain cases, the ML buttons were not animated correctly. Fixed.

Photomator would sometimes quit unexpectedly when tapping buttons in the Files browser while an image was being opened. Fixed.

Photomator 1.1.3

Released on December 4, 2019

You can now batch edit images in place and preserve nondestructive edits without exporting to .PHOTO format.

You’ll now find an Image Quality setting in Settings > Photomator, which determines the quality used for images exported using the native saving and sharing features (when you cannot choose a quality setting yourself).

The What’s New screen now includes a link to the full Photomator What’s New page.

Autosaving will be faster for all non-Repair tool edits.

Anyone not using iCloud for linked files will be shown a one-time alert about this new feature.

Additional, localized ‘Linked Files’ folders would be created when changing your system language, making previous nondestructive edits inaccessible — these will now be merged into one folder, named in English, which should restore any missing edits.

When editing a RAW image in the Files browser and closing a .PHOTO file newly created for that RAW image, it would be animated incorrectly. Fixed.

The names of color adjustments would be truncated with the Bold Text accessibility setting turned on. Fixed.

The appearance of text in the custom aspect ratio popover was incorrect in dark mode. Fixed.

Using the Export to .PHOTO batch editing action with RAW images would not work correctly. Fixed.

Photomator 1.1.4

Released on January 9, 2020

When using the Color Balance, Selective Colors, Curves, Levels, and Channel Mixer adjustments, tapping the reset button will first reset the values for the currently selected range, while a second tap will reset all ranges.

Unsaved changes will now be restored if Photomator is cleared from memory when editing an image without any linked edits.

It will no longer be possible to cancel a batch editing workflow with a swipe gesture while the workflow is in progress.

You can now double-tap sliders in the Levels adjustment to quickly reset them.

The Cancel button will now be turned off after the first tap to prevent it from being tapped multiple times.

When previewing images in the Photos browser: Previews of already edited images will now be loaded and displayed more quickly. The RAW and modified badges will now appear much more smoothly. If you swipe to preview another image while one is being downloaded, the download will be canceled. Photos would occasionally flicker. Fixed. Certain animations when changing iPad orientation would be incorrect. Fixed. The download progress indicator would be shown together with the image opening progress indicator in situations when it shouldn’t. Fixed. Keyboard shortcuts will now be disabled to prevent previewing other photos while one is being opened.

When moving sliders, the entire color adjustments pane would sometimes move when it shouldn’t. Fixed.

After editing a photo (and creating a linked file for it), favoriting the photo then reopening it and discarding changes, would result in the linked file and nondestructive edits being discarded. Fixed.

After restoring Photomator from the background, the canvas would be black for a short moment. Fixed.

Photomator 1.1.5

Released on January 27, 2020

If it is not possible to load the full-size image in the Photo Stream, a very small one will be shown (instead of an error).

Photos synced automatically from the macOS Photos app would not be loaded correctly. Fixed.

An empty black rectangle would be shown when a higher-quality image in the Photos browser could not be loaded. Fixed.

If access to Photos was turned off, Photomator would be opened with a completely empty view. Fixed.

It would sometimes not be possible to save changes to images in the From My Mac album. Fixed.

Images could sometimes be opened vertically flipped. Fixed.

In certain cases, tapping the ML Enhance button would do nothing at all. Fixed.

Photomator would sometimes quit unexpectedly when opening RAW images. Fixed.

Photomator 1.0.2

Released on April 13, 2019

Improvements

When using Photomator, TrueTone displays will no longer change the color temperature of the screen as much.

When attempting to save to Photos after previously denying access, the alert will be more informative.

When attempting to open an unsupported RAW image, the alert will be more informative.

It’s now a little easier to move the Color Adjustments pane around as the draggable area has been expanded.

To make it easier to repair areas at the edges of photos, you can now start repairing slightly outside the bounds of the canvas.

The keyboard will now be dismissed with any touches not related to text field editing.

Fixes

The preset thumbnails of cropped images were being displayed incorrectly. Fixed.

Grain was being incorrectly displayed in preset thumbnails. Fixed.

Thumbnails would sometimes flicker before adjustment presets were reloaded. Fixed.

The ‘+’ button for adding presets would sometimes disappear. Fixed.

On rare occasions, multiple presets could be selected at the same time. Fixed.

It was sometimes impossible to add points to an edited curve of the Curves adjustment. Fixed.

After device rotation, the canvas would center incorrectly. Fixed.

After rotating the image using the Crop tool, the canvas would center incorrectly. Fixed.

The canvas would sometimes be incorrectly vertically centered when editing in fullscreen. Fixed.

When using the color picker, the Previous color was not being displayed. Fixed.

The color picker history (also found in Pixelmator for iOS) which can be accessed by swiping the Current and Previous colors to the right was not appearing. Fixed.

A number of additional color picker fixes.

A whole host of things could go slightly wrong if the image was moved while the Straighten or Perspective wheels were still decelerating. Fixed.

The Crop tool’s Straighten mode was not working correctly for flipped images. Fixed.

Attempting to repair areas near the edges of the iPad screen would sometimes start panning the image. Fixed.

Fixed a possible issue for repaired areas in images with perspective transformations.

Resetting changes with the Repair tool and redoing those changes would sometimes leave the Reset button enabled. Fixed.

Rapidly tapping the tool buttons in the toolbar could potentially cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Disabling an adjustment while a text field is actively being edited and the keyboard is visible would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Photomator 1.0.3

Released on April 19, 2019

Improvements and Fixes

Improved memory management for issues caused by opening photos that need close to the maximum memory allocated by iOS. This fixes a number of related crashes.

Events and People albums synced from macOS via iTunes will now appear in the photo browser.

Albums synced from macOS will now be sorted alphabetically.

Photos synced from macOS that aren’t in any album will now be available in All Photos.

When syncing via iTunes, Photomator documents will now appear in File Sharing.

Fixed a number of cases where the Modify Original in Photos option in the Share menu would be enabled when it shouldn’t.

Modify Original in Photos should now work even after deleting and reinstalling Photomator.

In some situations, rotating the screen while using the Crop tool would misplace the cropping handles. Fixed.

Selecting the None crop preset would cause Photomator to stop responding. Fixed

Photomator 1.0.4

Released on May 2, 2019

Improvements

A refined color model for image rendering and color adjustments improves image and color quality, shadow and highlight detail, and more.

Photomator files for RAW images with no repaired areas will be much smaller (up to 4 times, in some cases).

RAW images with no repaired areas will be saved more quickly.

If the canvas was being animated, it was not possible to interact with it at all using gestures until the animation completed. It is now.

If the canvas was being animated, it was not possible to use zoom keyboard shortcuts. It is now.

Some more improvements to memory management, which improves app stability.

Improved pinch gesture detection when using the Repair tool, which should reduce the number of accidental repairs when zooming.

Fixes

Some RAW images were rendered with posterization artifacts in certain areas. Fixed.

The histograms for some RAW images were not correct. Fixed.

The histogram wouldn’t always update after resetting, reverting, or undoing changes. Fixed.

The histogram would be empty immediately after enabling it in an unedited image. Fixed.

The Repair tool would sometimes leave marks on repaired areas in 16-bit and RAW images. Fixed.

It was not possible to share certain files to social networks and services like Twitter. Fixed.

The image creation date was being displayed incorrectly as it was taking into account the current time zone when it shouldn’t. Fixed.

When receiving Photomator files via AirDrop, the loading indicator would sometimes get stuck. Fixed.

The Photomator interface would be restored incorrectly when reopening the app from the background after rotating your device. Fixed.

The screen would flicker immediately after loading an image. Fixed.

Photomator 1.0.6

Released on May 24, 2019

Share photos to Photomator directly from your Photos library using the all-new Share extension.

Two-finger tap to undo and three-finger tap to redo is now available in Photomator.

Switch between images in the photo browser using keyboard shortcuts — the right arrow to go to the next image and the left arrow to go back.

Switch between color adjustment presets using the left and right keys on your keyboard.

When importing images using the photo browser, you can now choose between JPEG or RAW versions of images when possible.

Previously open files will now be closed before the app is re-opened when another image is shared to the app.

The photo browser will now be dismissed before the app is opened when sharing images from external locations.

While editing a photo, opening the same .photo file from the Files app will no longer reload the file.

ML Crop would occasionally crop photos — especially those in portrait orientation — much more extensively than it should. Fixed.

Photomator would sometimes quit unexpectedly if the Repair tool was active while closing the app. Fixed.

Photomator would sometimes quit unexpectedly when opening very wide images. Fixed.

Photomator would occasionally quit unexpectedly when closing documents. Fixed.

Reloading documents would sometimes cause Photomator to stop responding. Fixed.

When opening images from external locations, the loading indicator would sometimes get stuck. Fixed.

Various fixes improve the reliability of the photo browser.

Photomator 1.0.7

Released on May 30, 2019

Images shared to Photomator using the new Share extension would be imported to iCloud Drive, even when other locations (such as On My iPad) were used for document storage. Fixed.

In certain cases, selecting presets using keyboard shortcuts would cause Photomator to quit unexpectedly. Fixed.

Photomator 1.0.8

Released on July 29, 2019

New Features

Add artistic vignettes to your photos using the beautiful new Vignette adjustment.

Four all-new color adjustment presets are available, showcasing the newly-added Vignette adjustment.

Fixes

Pulling up the Dock while previewing the original image would sometimes cause Photomator to stop responding. Fixed.

Certain types of images with non-sRGB color profiles would occasionally be incorrectly color managed. Fixed.