Our thanks to Pixelmator for sponsoring MacStories this week.

Pixelmator is a full-featured, award-winning image editing app for OS X that is fully ready for Mavericks and faster thanks to support for Apple’s latest technologies. Pixelmator has long been one of the premier image editing apps for the Mac, and version 3.0 adds powerful new features such as Liquify Tools and Layer Styles.

Pixelmator 3.0 integrates with Mavericks features like App Nap and Compressed Memory to make the app faster, more responsive, and better optimized for high performance. The image editing engine has been rewritten, and the app is ready for Apple’s Retina displays in modern MacBook Pros.

Pixelmator 3.0 FX is a free update, and it’s available at $29.99 on the Mac App Store. A free 30-day trial is available here.