PIXLpath 4+

Creative asset management

Christopher Macke

    • 4.4 • 9 Ratings
    • $9.99

Description

Your Apple-Centric Asset Manager

Created by a photographer for visual artists, PIXLpath is a powerful and aesthetically satisfying workspace, designed from the ground up for the Apple ecosystem. Adhering to a minimalist design philosophy, it provides a customizable and clutter-free environment that honors your creativity. Free from subscriptions and invasive privacy practices, PIXLpath helps you reconnect with what matters most—your art.

Why PIXLpath?

• Seamless Organization: Transform your cluttered Finder folders into beautiful thumbnail catalogs by simply dropping your files into PIXLpath. With intuitive search and cataloging tools at your fingertips, navigating your work is quick and aesthetically satisfying.

• Keep Your Projects Close: Save your reference catalogs as .pixlpath documents with embedded previews and categorizations. Whether you’re offline or away from your source files, a version of your work is always within reach.

• Workflow Helpers: Streamline your creative process with intuitive features like memory card importing, file copying, image resizing, batch renaming, and auto-generated HTML web galleries—each thoughtfully designed to enhance your workflow.

• Cross-Platform Harmony: Enjoy a unified experience across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Vision Pro. Start your work on one device and pick up where you left off on another.

• One Purchase, All Platforms: A single purchase gives you access to all four versions of PIXLpath, allowing you to take your work with you wherever you go.

• Privacy First: Your creativity is yours alone. No tracking, no subscriptions—just your creativity, as it should be.


Comprehensive Support for Creative Formats

• Image Formats: JPEG, PSD, TIFF, HEIC, PNG, GIF, DNG, SONY ARW, CANON CR2, CANON CR3, NIKON NEF, FUJI RAF (uncompressed), PANASONIC RW2, HASSELBLAD 3FR
• Video Formats: QuickTime (MOV), MP4, M4V, Apple ProRes
• Audio Formats: AIFF, AAC, WAV, M4A, MP3
• Design Formats: PDF, AI, SVG, ICO
• Preview-Only Formats: AFPHOTO, AFDESIGN, AFPUB (thumbnails only)

Say Hello!

I’m Chris, the developer behind PIXLpath. Your feedback and questions help shape the future of PIXLpath. Reach out at hello@pixlpath.com to share your thoughts or ask how PIXLpath can improve your creative workflow. If you run into any bugs, just email me, and I’ll personally respond—often within the same day.

What’s New

Version 1.47

New Feature:

- Camera and memory card importing now features auto-select options, enabling you to choose files to import based on file type or rating. Additionally, you can now sort columns by filename, date, or rating for easier organization.

Fixes:

- Restored image previews for camera and memory card imports.
- Enhanced memory management for better performance.

Ratings and Reviews

4.4 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

The Literist ,

Only good for small catalogs

Update:
The developer reached out to me and offered to help trouble shoot the app, and he also updated it independently to address what he thought might be the issue. It works much better and the issue seems to have resolved—I can now open catalogs with thousands of items with no trouble.

Old review:
I find that working with catalogs with more than a 5 or 6 dozen images bogs the software down, and that it somehow loses the thumbnails with greater frequency the larger the catalog gets—it ends up necessitating rebuilding the thumbnails only to lose them over and over. I tried making the thumbnails as small as possible and it doesn't help. It ends up being useful for organizing images in a small way, but its limitations are frustrating even as its design is clean and inviting.

Developer Response ,

I just released an update that modifies how previews are cached, which may address the issue you're experiencing. While I wasn't able to replicate the problem on my end, I believe it could be related to using system temporary storage for unsaved catalogs. 

The update is in version 1.4, and the release note highlights: "Optimized thumbnail caching to avoid relying on system temporary storage, reducing the risk of issues when disk space is low, and improving recovery of unsaved catalogs after a reboot."

If you encounter any further problems, feel free to reach out to me directly at hello@pixlpath.com. I push out updates quickly whenever an issue is reported.

AnotherAndyDesigns ,

My new go to for browsing photos!

It starts and loads photos (and graphics too I recently discovered!) fast and lets me sort them quickly but as a forgetful… I mean “selective memory” designer, the advanced filtering is clutch! A lot of times I know I took a photo but forgot when or specifically where but will remember a general detail like which part of the city or if I rated it high and Pixlpath will help me square it down. Also as a hoarder, I can’t bear to delete any photos so the rating system is key. If I go back to a set of photos, I don’t have to re-examine why I chose one photo over the another, I just have to trust my rating!

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the review! I try to keep all types of visual artists in mind when I'm developing new features. I'm glad to hear it's working well for you.

LeicaMGuy ,

Serenity Now

Here's what I like: It feels like a Mac app. Most of the DAM systems I have tried feel like they were made for Windows and shoehorned onto Mac. This feels just right. I like the design, I like the simplicity, I like that it works on iOS if I need it.

Here's what I want: EXIF editing. I can see EXIF, but I can not change it. I want to add copyright and gps coordinates.

Overall, it does what it says and it does it well. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review! Modifying EXIF information is currently in development (users on social media voted to make the iPad/iPhone version a development priority). Stay tuned for new features and thank you for your early support!

App Privacy

The developer, Christopher Macke, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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