


So in order to save this image back to iPhoto, we have to open the Share menu and choose Add to iPhoto. So when opening images from the Photo Browser, Pixelmator will always import the image into a new Pixelmator Document and ask us to save the document before closing it.

Even if the image format is a format that Pixelmator can read directly. You'll notice that Pixelmator asks us to save the image to the hard drive. In the Effects Browser, go to the Color Adjustment section and choose Black & White.Īdjust the settings of the Black & White effect and close the document window. To do this, make sure to drag the little handle, marked in the image below, downwards until the text " Drag additional folders here" appears.īrowse through your iPhoto library with the help of Pixelmator's Photo Browser and double-click on the image you've just edited, to open it. The Photo Browser shows our iPhoto Library, Pictures Folder and Photo Booth folder by default, but it is also possible to drag and drop other folders with images onto the Photo Browser palette to make those images accessible directly from Pixelmator, as well. If the Photo Browser isn't visible yet, go to the View menu and choose Show Photo Broswer In addition to opening images in Pixelmator from the iPhoto app, we can also open images from within Pixelmator, using the Photo Browser palette. Accessing the iPhoto Library From Within Pixelmator If your image got directly saved back to iPhoto and you somehow regret the edit you've done, you can revert back to the original image by going into iPhoto and choosing Revert to Original from the Photos menu.ģ. You will therefore end up with two images: the original image and the edited image. IPhoto will now import the edited image and add it to the library. If Pixelmator does not save our document back to iPhoto and you don't want to save your image to your hard drive but directly into iPhoto then open the Share menu and choose Add to iPhoto. Pixelmator cannot edit this data and will therefore convert the image into a new Pixelmator Document. Tip: Raw files are image files that contain the raw image data created by your camera.

#PIXELMATOR PRO UNDO MAC#
Search for Pixelmator on your mac and click on the Open-button. Click on the currently selected external editor to change it.Ī finder window will appear. In our example we have OS X's Preview app as the external editor, but you can have another editor here or no editor at all. Click on the drop down menu at the right side of Edit Photos. In the iPhoto preferences, browse to the Advanced section. Launch iPhoto and open the iPhoto preferences ( iPhoto > Preferences.) IPhoto not only has its own editing section but also allows us to edit the images in our library using an external editor.
#PIXELMATOR PRO UNDO HOW TO#
How to Use Pixelmator as an External Editor for iPhotoġ.
