maple’s.fortunes

You only have 2 days and 23 hours left to purchase this amazing bundle of great software. Okay, so really I bought it for Pixelmator. I don’t know how many of the other apps I am going to buy. I guess to produce the screenshot below I used one of the programs, Snapz Pro X. Anyway, this post is really going to be about Pixelmator.

Pixelmator, for those of you not in the know, is an image editor like Photoshop. I haven’t used Photoshop in, quite literally, years, so I don’t think I can rightfully compare the two. I have been using GIMP quite extensively over the past couple years though. I really like GIMP, especially considering the price tag - free. I mean, how can you beat that? You can’t. So, if you are in the market for a good image editor and you don’t want to pay, I’d say GIMP is your best bet there.

One of the main problems that I have with GIMP is its lack of a proper Mac port. See, the way it currently works is that GIMP runs through X11 for Mac, which is an implementation of the X Window System that allows X11 based programs to be run in OS X. I really don’t like having to go through X11, it is a big pain.

Anyway, I have had my eye on Pixelmator for the last little while, but like a lot of other people out there, I’m pretty cheap. I didn’t really want to spend money on it, especially when I have a program that does the same thing and I got it for free. Well, when I saw that it was in the new MacHeist bundle, I really wanted it. After an intense battle inside my brain, I decided to purchase the bundle. I really wanted Pixelmator and I was getting it for cheaper than normal and I got 10 or so other apps. Plus, 25% of my purchase went to charity (the World Wildlife Fund in my case.)

I really like it. I especially like the UI. I find it very easy to use and very powerful. I had to make some grass for a web project that I’m working on and Pixelmator was my best friend. I’m sure GIMP would have done just a good of job, but I wouldn’t have been as happy as I was in the process.

Basically, I love it and would highly recommend it. If you are in looking into the MacHeist bundle and are thinkg of purchasing, may I provide a link? Good, because here it is.

MacHeist Bundle - click me and order!

So, here is the deal. If one persons clicks above and buys the bundle, I get one extra app. If two people click and buy then I get two extra apps. After that it doesn’t really matter. Except that they need to raise $31, 739 more for charity so that the VectorDesigner app is unlocked, which I want, so you should go buy a bundle. Just think of the 25% that goes to charity.