Back in Photos for Mac, click on the “Extensions” button again to reveal the newly enabled Pixelmator extensions, select either to access the corresponding Pixelmator Extensions tools.

Check the boxes next to “Pixelmator Distort” and “Pixelmator Retouch” in Extensions System Preferences.

Choose “More” from the Extensions popup.Click on the “Extensions” button (it looks like a circle with three dots).Open Photos app on Mac and open any picture, then click on the Edit button (it looks like a couple of sliding knobs).Assuming you have Pixelmator (update it if you haven’t done so recently) and Photos on the Mac, here’s how you can enable the optional Pixelmator Extensions for Photos: You will obviously need Photos app for Mac, which is bundled with modern MacOS releases, and Pixelmator for Mac, which is a third party application that can be purchased separately for around $30.

How to Enable Pixelmator Extensions in Photos on Mac This is a fun little extension toolkit to add into Photos app on the Mac, but if if you’re anything like me you had no idea these little extensions were included in Pixelmator, perhaps because they must be manually enabled.

Enabling these Pixelmator Extensions in Photos app will give you a set of powerful retouching capabilities and distortion tools that are easy to use, and can be accessed directly from Photos app without launching Pixelmator.

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