Apple updates Pixelmator with AI features

Apple Inc. has updated Pixelmator Pro, the drawing and photo editing app it acquired last year, to version 3.7. According to the release notes, Pixelmator Pro 3.7 now adds:

Image Playground

• With Image Playground, you can now create fun, original images based on a photo, a description, or people from your Photos library.
• Use the new Add to Playground feature to easily recreate any image layers or drawings in beautiful artistic styles like animation, illustration, or sketch.
• Insert your created images as new separate layers from the Insert menu at the top of your screen or replace any existing layers using the Replace Layer feature.
• When working with templates or mockups, you can easily replace placeholder images with your Image Playground creations.
• With support for Writing Tools, you can proofread, summarize, rewrite, and modify the tone of any text in your designs.
• The Compose feature lets you tap into the power of ChatGPT to create new, original text content from scratch based or a quick prompt or a description.
• Simply hover over or Control-click any highlighted text in Pixelmator Pro and click Writing Tools to get started.

Other Improvements

• You can now open and edit RAW images from OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark I cameras, taken using High Res Shot.
• VoiceOver support has been improved to provide spoken and braille descriptions of Pixelmator Pro tools.
• You can also use your keyboard to navigate through tool option items with VoiceOver.
• Hover over items in the Tools sidebar to display their names in large text using Hover Text.