Pixelmator Photo was released on iPhone on Thursday, and due to the smaller screen, the UI is different from the iPad. Here are some quick tips to get started.

Use Pixelmator Photo

Navigation

When you open the app, you'll find four tabs at the bottom: All Photos, Albums, Recents, Favorites. Pretty standard. selection in the upper right corner. In the menu, you have the choice between zooming in and zooming out in the photo view, which is important because you cannot pinch to zoom. The Aspect button changes the way your photos are displayed; either in the form of squares, or in their natural ratio.

Inside the settings you can change the accent color, control the image quality when exporting a photo, change the browser between Photos and Files and other settings for editing and photos. 'Edit tab, you'll see a toggle to keep photo edits or not. It's on by default, that means when you edit a photo and save it, it creates a linked file in iCloud Drive or the About section. your iPhone in Files. This gives you non-destructive editing so you can revert the image to its original unedited state if you wish.

Inside the photos section in Settings, you can choose whether or not you want the app to create its own Pixelmator photo album. Second, you can choose whether you want your photos in the app to be displayed as a list or thumbnails.

Editing

Once you tap on a photo to start editing it, you'll see tools at the top as well as inside another menu. These icons are pretty standard in any photo editing app.

ML Wand: This is a one-click button for the app to automatically apply changes to your photos using AI.Bandage: This is the repair tool that lets you to remove elements from the photo. Brush the object with your finger and you can control the size of the brush with the slider. Square: This is the cropping tool. straighten, change the vertical or horizontal perspective, and flip the image vertically or horizontally. There's an ML Crop button here to have the app automatically crop the image for you, and a button to change the aspect ratio .Lines: This is the adjustment button where you can apply various filters to the image. A three-dot button displays the histogram, adjustment history, and a filmstrip to switch to another photo. bottom-to-top section that displays filters. You will find more tools for a Refine your image. Three dots: This is the menu to share or export your image, and other tools such as Super Resolution, Denoise and Match Colors with another image. Super resolution will automatically enlarge your image, but you cannot control the specific width or height like you can with Pixelmator Pro on Mac. Checkmark: After editing, the checkmark saves the image.

It's a good update overall and I'm glad the app is now on iPhone The team tells me that Pixelmator Photo doesn't support shortcuts at the moment but it's on the sheet of road.