Pixelmator is better than Final Cut Pro in BIG ways

Pixelmator Pro 3.2 add support for videos and animated GIFs. Apply LUTs, make meme animations, and professional looking Instagram and Facebook posts/stories quickly. Not just a Photoshop competitor, After Effects is next!
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[@JosephSlinker]

How are you going to use Pixelmator's new video features?

[@christianolsson834]

a lot! awesome video! sub and like! Thank you!! 🙂

[@wessidestory]

Whoa, this is much more robust than I would have expected. Seems MUCH easier to use than a lot of video/photo editing software. I am impressed!

[@shahinrahmanuk]

Good video, except for the clickbait title. The shortcut at the end that allows you to add a colour LUT right from Finder is genius. This will be really handy.

[@RanjanSharma2001]

This new feature of video editing is going to be a game changer, please post more on video content creation using this. I hope a proper timeline editing is added soon as of now it only support individual video clips editing.

[@DigiDriftZone]

This is really great to know, it is annoying if I want to make a quick and dirty edit, I have to create a library, then create a new project, then drag my video in, etc - this makes it so much easier!

[@alexanderandren]

Super fun so far. I'm just experimenting with different layers and combining two or more videos by fine-tuning the opacity of each layer to get new feelings.

[@user-ul5wq6gh1x]

Oh God, how good that I once subscribed to you! Great news, I'm waiting for more videos about these updates!

[@chadgarber]

I wish they had a select color to include option!!

[@brian_king]

Wow. When using the action to add a LUT, does that get baked in or is it a nondestructive metadata thing?

[@cekuhnen]

Can you chain two or three clips after each other ? I only managed to have one clip visible not both

[@madhoundes]

fun fact : did you know that you can use the repair tool to remove some objects from video like some of text on white background or still shapes !

[@grizfan93]

great overview of the new features! I'm looking forward to testing some of them out. Would you ever consider producing a video on how to use Apple Shortcuts with Pixelmator? That would be a huge leap forward in my clumsy workflow. Thanks!

[@MQFahey]

Love this! I got Pixelmator Pro to noodle around with my photos and love it (ML enhance is great for an editing jumpstart or just as is). I'd love to see a vid on automation enhancing workflow. Good luck with the channel!

[@JosephSlinker]

Thanks so much! I'm going to work with the team and see if we can get a really comprehensive video about automation and work flows. I think it could be a game changer for a lot of people.

[@nevenkofilipek]

Video editing? I assume you mean clip editing.

[@TrggrWarning]

Clip n meme maker 3.2 pro… you may be too generous if it only trims, “editing” is a bit of a stretch. Never uploaded coordinates or anything about a single clip or a single clip ever. Color correction is best done as a batch, (for me) moving around 8k is neat but rendering! Lulz. no thanks. That’s bs still no thanks. Memes might be fun but thought other stuff/apps non-full editors did that already, free. Lookout apple a new trash can is here to take your users away.

[@davetriesthis]

Video editing is clip editing if your video is a clip just like image editing can be just changing exposure. The vertical tools seem to allow for super fast Stories and Reels, and those are complete videos.

[@TrggrWarning]

@@davetriesthis fascinating so video and still editing are the same thing! This app will be useful for you.

[@davetriesthis]

@@TrggrWarning that's 100% not what I said. I said that we call changing something simple in a photo editing. We don't need to do curves and levels and color and to call it editing. Editing is modifying an original. In that same vein any adjustment you make to a video is editing that video. Applying a LUT to a bit of LOG footage is absolutely editing. I've used Resolve to do that to bring the footage back into Final Cut. Changing the whole tone curve is editing and this app can do that. Not sure why you needed to say something nasty as a reply. Yeah this program is for me. All programs are for me if they can do a task faster or easier. Avoiding a tool because it's not a full fledged NLE is incredibly limiting. I've got dozens of small apps I use to improve my workflow. And now this is one of them.

[@TrggrWarning]

@@davetriesthis solid ass hair splitting there, well done! at one point filmmakers would shoot to have the to-be projected film shot “In the can” done not only of street traffic or trains passing they’d even change scenes and locations! Despite this being before editing existed you’d probably call requesting to have the film pushed a stop in developer fluid editing. Color grading isn’t considered editing either though so there’s that. Glad you have a use though, I bet you will blow TikTok editors outta the water friend.

[@SERPEMIA]

That's great, could you share your shortcut to apply LUT to videos?

[@DonnieGQX]

Does it have a timeline view, like using VN editor on iOS?

[@fischergreen4134]

Just got this for £17 on sale after I watching this. Amazing programme

[@john-wiggains]

Thanks for posting this!! I wouldn’t have known a good use case for this but this is perfect for several things I do regularly!

[@benjaminwei5044]

Hey Soseph, great Video and a great Teaser for the apply LUT Funktionality. I am keen to find out more about the shortcut ability. Would wanna use it as you mentioned to grade drone clips hussle free so to speak. Could you let me know how you set up the shortcut or share?! Anyways, thanks.

[@tobiaslofi]

I don’t even use pixelmator but love all of its features…. all of what you showed can be done in photoshop since years (except for the shortcut in finder and export to Motion5) but as Adobe has implemented video functions in photoshop years ago everything is way more clunky and complicated to use. So in just one update Pixalmator added all the functionality at a better usability! I’m impressed.

[@MrSamPhoenix]

Indeed, the industry clings to the older ways of doing things shown in this video. What we just saw was something that’s intuitive, fast, and robust.

[@themarksmith]

Excellent vid - would love to see more on Pixelmator 3.2!

[@mrmeza78]

Can this be compared to a video version of Lightroom?

[@icypictures]

Blown away ... longtime user of both apps ... I saw yesterday that they added video editing ... this will streamline our process tremendously for social content!

[@TurkmanSouljah]

Wow which cam have you used on your self?

[@splberg1]

I just purchased Pixelmaker pro on my iMac via app store. How can I transfer a copy of the same to my MacBook Pro without having to pay for the app again?

[@DanielAguilar777]

What about exporting to Apple compressor ?

[@MacSilvey]

The real question is, when is this coming to the iPad app? :p

[@Sebastianandthedeepbluemusic]

thats awesome because just doin libraries for social vids in fcpx always feels like such a mess for some reason. Something like this for music video clip promotion could be very cool

[@ClassicCyclingCC]

Pixelmator pro is a great piece of software and NLEs like FCP could learn a thing or 2 from Pixelmator, but it is not fair to present it as a replacement to FCP for instance. It is not a full video editing software.

[@daviddas]

Great vid, thanks for the tips. What camera are you using? Fantastic look.

[@JosephSlinker]

Sony A7IV with some very light color grading. Lighting I just the natural light from the window I'm next to and cheap, high CRI lightbulb from Home Depot.

[@tjphoto8943]

Yes! Would love more videos on video editing. I really haven’t gotten into videos yet but I really want to and learn about the editing. Also I use PSE and Affinity for photo editing but also own the new pixelmator. I still have a hard time with it. I may be wrong but it seems not to have all the tools you find in them other software. Like just wanting to paint bor make fine adjustments. It seems like everything just deals with just making a selection in different ways. I think I just need more training??

[@paydayadray]

Cool ! Quick and to the point

[@TeddyLeppard]

An unexpected update with completely unexpected features. Hope to see more of this kind of innovation from them once stable diffusion can be simplified and incorporated into photo editing and video software.

[@petucker548]

Excellent! And more please.

[@lawrencediggs7957]

How do you add and edit the sound in the movie in PP?

[@JosephSlinker]

Unfortunately sound is the one big missing piece that would make Pixelmator the perfect social media tool.

[@jpcpamies]

Thanks for the great video. I’d be happy to see more about Pixelmator. New subscriber here 😊

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks for this video! : )

[@nicholassummerlee6843]

The amount of work that goes into final cut makes it rather cumbersome to use for weekend warrior. It’s why I stuck to using things like Videoleap and VN. This is something I’m going to try.

[@chadgarber]

Seems like you and I have the same interests: Being a musician, drones, and video editing!

[@JosephSlinker]

Totally! I’m glad you found me! I love connecting with people of similar interests.

[@ArekSobota]

Very good video. I want to see more videos about Pixelmator Pro.

[@DonGiannatti]

This is a wonderfully smart video, Joseph. Well done.

[@alfonsojarago]

Why would I pay for software that does only a fraction of what DaVinci Resolve does for free?

[@belgiumkiddo]

I'd love to see a vid about the automations!

[@rennyzero420]

I know these apps have many effects I haven't mastered. However I haven't been able to find a Marvel Comic type intro with Motion - all of the awesome Marvel intro tutorials are made in A.E. unless I am mistaken.

[@JosephSlinker]

It’s kind of hard to do because Motion really only does 3D on pure text. So the workaround is make the Marvel logo in another app, export as a vector, convert to a symbol font, import the symbol font, make it 3D. The rest about project the video clips on the edges of the font really aren’t possible in Motion.

[@rennyzero420]

@@JosephSlinker I am hoping Apple Motion Effects will evolve - here is an example. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5_QZ4mdrt-UnpY

[@DigiDriftZone]

Question about the shortcuts, if you want to just apply a grade, that's a destructive and slow action right? - you're presumably taking a compressed video file, you are removing quite a lot of the colour information and then re-compressing it yet again, with quality and colour information losses, right? -- neat, but dangerous!

[@JosephSlinker]

That's exactly why you want the shortcut to make a copy of the file and not override the original. Any edit, including grading, will cause a loss of quality.

[@peterwilson9699]

Better than Finalcut??? Oh, I need to sit down and laugh! Hahahaha!!!

[@TrggrWarning]

Clip trimmer is uhhh in camera.

[@FallenGravity.44]

Siri Shortcuts edit videos now?! Wow just wow 😮😅

[@PLANETWATERMELON]

Outstanding!

[@Unityoffairfax]

Nice for editing imagery within a particular clip. But no audio editing. And can’t manage multiple clips into a video. I use iMovie for basic video creation. And Keynote to create automated clips, for example, for titles and intro clips. A KZbin tutorial on a basic workflow using inexpensive or free tools would be nice. I have resisted Final Cut Pro since I don’t need that level of complexity or control or expense for the simple KZbin videos I make.

[@danymalsound]

Fantastic!

[@MrOliver1444]

I love Pixelmator pro! Imagine a ML dehaze tool + shortcut. A history tool and more vector tools

[@MartinJurus]

and now edit an entire wedding in Pixelmator!

[@ArifAldoseri]

Thank you

[@JosephSlinker]

You're welcome!

[@jeffreythemeditator]

awesome video! I am game for shooting a stream of likes your way for more content about Pixelmator. Thanks for this!

[@Jason-uo4bf]

the pixelmator I have used for serval years. But for video ??? shocked me.

[@2424rocket]

No source or record window? That alone is a dealbreaker. Looks kind of like it’s made for amateurs… Hard to tell your review wasn’t too much in depth. But as a Davinci Resolve editor… I don’t think anything can compare.

[@c-f-productionscom]

Cut you buy luts from this company or make your own luts in it.

[@yega3k]

I wish the title had simply pointed out the new video features without the FCP clickbait. I use Pixelmator Pro already and this is genuinely exciting news but Pixelmator Pro is NOT Final Cut Pro and clearly isn’t trying to be FCP let alone be better.

[@chuckmorton8823]

This is NOT video editing, this is video CLIP editing. There is no ability to edit an actual video (like this KZbin episode) together as there is no timeline. You can only "edit" video clips individually and export them to a true NLE. BIG difference.

[@MrHombre]

Well, but did you learn something new?

[@DamianLHudson]

@@MrHombre 😂

[@mike_qbik]

Not sure I agree, but the fact, that FCP does not have some major updates in the past does worry the community a lot. Lets hope Apple will not ditch it as they did with Aperture. Leaving iPad for Resolve Davinci is also quite shocking. I was expecting Keynote to implement some more editing fttrs as well. Also what iMovie is for. That app looks like it was left forgotten by apple for decade. Surrprised it still exist. Still great app for concept work and adding some basic editing and animation features would be awesome. Pixelmator is perfect. Lets hope that they will add some AI for better masking tools. EDIT. There is background removal in the layers drop down menu. Hmm, AI at work. Nice.

[@MarioMoschetta]

Please more video on pixelmator Pro

[@Roz-Inspire-Video]

Yes ..interesting … more videos like this appreciated. Thanks

[@bryan_ferrer]

The simplicity of this video made me purchase Pixelmator Pro just now. 😅

[@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester]

What a game changer!

[@JosephSlinker]

I know! I never thought I'd want something like this, but here I am with dozens of use cases.

[@mrlpclub]

That’s a dealbreaker! The features you mention are helpful for general purposes also, and rich color grading tools.

[@DamianLHudson]

Bro you just blew my mind! Thank You!!! Subscribe!

[@JosephSlinker]

You're too kind! Thank you!

[@damar1967]

what... animated png exist?

Whaaaat?! 🤯

[@JosephSlinker]

Right??

[@Dimar.Siregar]

And the best thing is ... there's no subscription. xD

[@TrogART]

Well I downloaded the app to my iPad, paid for it and even thought it says photo & video I cant actually edit and video on it, downloaded this on your recommendation old chap. More than a little peeved! 😢😮Can only edit photos. Was a real waist of money considering all the other photo editing apps I have.

[@JosephSlinker]

Sorry for any confusion. This is the Mac version of the app. Apple always issues refunds on App Store purchases, so just reach out to their support team and I’ve never heard of anyone having an issue on a refund, especially if contact is made quickly.

[@TrogART]

@@JosephSlinker I downloaded the MAC version for my iPad, the iPad is mac!

[@TrogART]

@@JosephSlinker How do I go about getting a refund, where do I go, never done thar before so no idea what to do!

[@JosephSlinker]

@@TrogART I'm not sure I follow you. Some iPad apps can be downloaded on macOS, but macOS apps can't be downloaded on iPadOS. Pixelmator does make an iPad app, but Pixelmator Pro is only on macOS.

[@JosephSlinker]

@@TrogART You're good. I've got you! support.apple.com/billing

[@peterwilson9699]

Better than Finalcut. Who are you, man? At least you understand nothing about video editing! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@harcoremonkey]

I can't get over the fact there's still no easy way to export multiple edited files or even explore them like basically every other photo editing app does, Pixelmator relies heavily on MacOS functions to make tasks that should be native to the app imo, it makes me a little angry that they're adding this miscellaneous features but not the most basic and useful for a professional environment.

[@Mantopoulos]

Yes, if you’re up for mediocrity… There’s no such thing as “quick edit” when it comes to PRO level work…

[@peterwilson9699]

So, now all Hollywood feature films will be edited in Pixelmator Pro! Exciting times ahead!

[@TrggrWarning]

Hollywood rendering 8k “edit” in iPad currently if no corrections needed expect release in 2.5 years.