The Best Mac Graphics Software

This page is a collection of the best Mac Graphics Software currently available for the Mac. We review a lot of software for the Mac, if we like it then it appears on these pages.

This page is based on the applications in the Mac App Store Graphics category, and includes image manipulation tools, desktop publishing and software for graphics design.

Against each App there is a black App Store button, which when clicked, takes you to the same application in the Mac App Store. You can then read further reviews and purchase the App if you so chose!

Pixelmator Image Editing Software

Pixelmator, the beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X has everything you need to create, edit and enhance your images.

The Pixelmator team have had a very exciting year, they received the "2011 Apple Design Award" at the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, and have now been given the accolade of "App of the Year for 2011".

• Interface designed for work with images.
• Layers-based image editing.
• Use over 15 color correction tools.
• Use over 130 filters.
• Adjust image size and resolution.
• Fill and Stroke images, layers or selections.
• Prepare and export images for the Web.
• Export to Facebook, Flickr or Picasa.
• Tools to transform images, layers or selections.
• Use over 20 tools for selecting, crop, painting, retouching.
• Photo Browser offers quick access to your iPhoto or Aperture library, events, and albums.
• Many more features.

The following screenshot shows the Pixelmator desktop;

The Pixelmator Desktop

Read our Review of Pixelmator to see why we rate it amongst the best of the Mac graphics software available.

iStudio Publisher

iStudio Publisher, is a high quality page layout application for Mac OS X, which allows the user to create classy documents, letterheads or even magazines.

The developers state that you can use iStudio for anything that requires a layout, and that is then printed out. The beauty of iStudio is that it offers features for the beginner who is simply after a simple page layout tool, right up to the advanced user who is looking for sophisticated features.

The following features are a fraction of what is available;

• Character and paragraph styling.
• Page and spread management.
• Shape size and alignment.
• Line style management.
• Colour fill management.
• Text column management.

Sketchbook Pro

So far we have looked at applications intended for image manipulation and page layout tasks. But what if you want to draw? What if you want a digital means to sketch as if with a pencil and paper?

Well, look no further! Sketchbook Pro is perfect for your artistic side. It is a quality software application which has just been given the accolade of "Best of Mac App Store 2011". Impressive!

Sketchbook Pro provides you with all of the tools that allow you to switch brush and pen styles at will. You can use transparency and blending to create stunning pictures.

If you enjoy drawing on the move then you will pleased to know that the desktop version of Sketchbook Pro uses the same drawing engine as the mobile version available on the iPhone or ipad.