Today, the Pixelmator team provided a peek at the next version of their namesake image editing tool. With the code name of Chameleon, Pixelmator 2.0 is a major upgrade that is expected to ship later in the summer of 2011. Anyone who has already purchased the app via the Mac App Store for US$29 gets a free upgrade to the new version when it arrives. Along with the increase in functionality provided with the upgrade comes a new price point -- $59.
The new feature list is quite comprehensive. First, there are drawing tools (pen, freeform pen, convert, and path selection tools) that allow users to create and edit vector shapes. These tools also include pre-drawn triangle, line, rectangle, circle and custom shapes available on a new Shapes palette. The fill and stroke settings for these shapes are adjusted in a new Shape Settings palette, and shadows are easily added from this palette as well.
Looks like Pixelmator is taking an even closer step to being the defacto alternative to Photoshop on the Mac.
The inclusion of vector shapes is something I have really missed and has held me back from using Pixelmator for general web design. However as a general photo editing tool there are few better and with free upgrades to version 2 for all those that purchase it now in the Mac App Store, its definitely worth a look
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