Third-Party effects

Pixelmator significantly outshines other applications with its powerful plug-in architecture, which takes advantage of Core Image units. This means that you can simply download or create your own Core Image unit and play with it right away in Pixelmator.

You don't have to worry about the user interface for an effect, whether you are using a third-party effect or creating your own. Pixelmator uses a default user interface for third-party effects.

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Once you download a third-party Quartz Composer effect, it must be installed in order to work with Pixelmator. Third-party effects should be copied to User Library > Compositions.

Once you download a third-party Quartz Composer effect, it must be installed in order to work with Pixelmator.

Third-party effects should be copied to User Library > Compositions.