Pixelmator Pro 1.3.1 Update The Grid

The ability to take a scan or photograph of text and convert it into an editable format is incredibly useful, but there are limitations to what the technology can do.

TextSnipper is a low-cost macOS app that lets you grab text from places you would not otherwise be able to, giving you far greater flexibility when it comes to OCR.

It does not matter if the text is part of an image, it on a website with copy protection in place, or even if it is included in a video, TextSnipper can capture a screenshot and convert the text for you.

There is support for a number of language from the offset, but the developer says that as long as the text you are looking to capture is made up of common characters TextSnipper should have no problem converting it into editable text.

You can opt to include or ignore line breaks, and you also have the option of configuring the app so everything you capture is added to and ever-growing growing clipboard ready to be pasted as one lump.

Buy it from the App Store and it will cost you 8.99.

Once youve tried it, youll wonder how you ever lived without it.

Attempting to use the Color Fill or Gradient Fill tools on text or shape layers will now create an empty new layer and fill that instead of doing nothing at all.

Heres a tutorial video from Pixelmator explaining the process of replacing the background in a Portrait photo.

Developers discussed layer tagging, filtering and search in a blog post.

These new features make it much easier to get around the layer list in compositions with lots of objects and they look pretty darn great to boot.

Weve created a few quick tips to help you get started with using them, so be sure to check them out.

This is a really handy feature for anyone working on all kinds of designs and illustrations.

It might seem a little surprising but this feature actually took by far the longest to develop and test.

And there arent all that many image editing apps out there (other than Photoshop) that have proper clipping masksthe reason why is precisely because its nowhere near as simple as it looks.

But were really happy with the job weve done and, in Pixelmator Pro, you can effortlessly create clipping masks from any layer in your image.

That includes group layers and nested shapes Plus, you can also use any of the nondestructive effects on both the mask layer and the fill layer, so everything is super flexible.

Use the new Comics effect to quickly apply a comic book-style to any image you can find this effect in the Stylize category.

A number of new keyboard shortcuts make it easier to select, organize, and duplicate layers.

Option-Left bracket () and Option-Right bracket () let you select one layer up and down.

Option-Comma (,) and Option-Period (.) let you select the top and bottom layer.

Option-Arrow will now duplicate layers and move them by 1 pixel.

Option-clicking a layers visibility icon will now hide all other layers.

Pressing the Return key while drawing a path will now close the path.

The Repair tool progress bar will no longer be shown when making quick, small repairs.

Previously, the Channel Mixer used our perceptual color model to make prettier adjustments.

Since its more of a functional adjustment rather than a creative one, it now mixes channels purely mathematically.

Pixelmator Pro 1.3.1 Update The Grid

Changing the rulers origin will now update the grid to match the new rulers.

Pressing and holding the Shift key while changing the rulers origin will now snap it to the grid and objects in your composition.

When you add a new, untagged layer to a tagged group, it will be assigned the groups color tag.

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