Any "advanced" pixelmator users here?

xyloFUN

Hey,
the other day, I bought pixelmator because creating my text files with GIMP was too time consuming as there is no spell checker *(yet).

So, I bought pixelmator which to my surprize is actually quite lame and making an accurate selection is ????

I assume that I am overlooking something so please tell me this:

Say I open an image, select "show grid" and preferences are set to snap to grid, guides etc ...

WHY OH WHY are the readouts (little pop up) like 43 x 65 pixels and NEVER go to straights of 10 as the grid defaults to?
How can I make a perfect 300 x 500 selection and not 302 x 499?

There must be something I am not getting?

PLEASE tell me how this is done?

P.S. I started with Photoshop when it came on floppy disks ... but back then, PS3 could make selections like they ought to be made

Dethe

use the wand tool or selection tools that show up on the right at the top of the bar.

xyloFUN

Dethe said:
use the wand tool or selection tools that show up on the right at the top of the bar.

Unfortunately, that is not an option for I need to do

Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it.

I just remembered that I got photoshop elements with my bamboo tablet so I'm getting a torrent of the 7 version because the disk which came with the tablet includes a corrupted image that no one bothered to check! I HATE poor quality control!

To others who are considering to buy pixelmator DON'T!
Until they implement basic functionality, it's like buying a Chevy with three wheels!

I wish I could return it because every post i find criticizes that lack as well. There doesn't seam to be a fix for it. So if time is valuable to you, stay clear of pixelmator. It's not ready for prime time!
Maybe they give us version 2 for free when it's released? And maybe it can make a precise selection?