An extremely handy utility just received a pretty decent update.
On Tuesday, Smile released PDFpen and PDFpenPro 10.0, a new version of its all-purpose PDF editing tool for Mac.
The new version adds the following fixes, changes and new features:
– Add text and image watermarks with opacity and rotation controls, as well as custom page range options. Use watermarks to identify draft or confidential in-house documents, assert copyright, or clarify intended distribution.
– Apply header and footer text with options for customizing page position, font, and page range.
– PDFpenPro 10 offers batch OCR for turning multiple scans into searchable documents all at once.
– The new Precision Edit tool in PDFpen and PDFpenPro 10 adds selection options and supports moving, resizing, and deleting line art and text blocks. This new tool maintains or decreases file size when moving, resizing and deleting images.
– PDFpen 10 includes several additional improvements, including a larger view option for Library items, vibrant drawing colors, and more context menu actions.
PDFpen retails for US $74.95 while PDFpenPro retails for $124.95. Family Pack licenses, which cover up to five computers in one household, are available for $94.95 for PDFpen and $149.95 for PDFpenPro, respectively. Office Pack licenses start at $224.95 for PDFpen (5 users) and $349.95 for PDFpenPro (5 users).
Upgrades from earlier single user versions of either application are US $30, and free to users who purchased on or after January 1, 2018. Upgrades from any previous version of PDFpen to PDFpenPro 10 are $50.
PDFpen 10 and PDFpenPro 10 require macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later to install and run. Demo versions are available at https://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/download and Full versions of PDFpen and PDFpenPro are also available for purchase on Apple’s Mac App Store.
If you’ve had a chance to try PDFpen 10 or PDFpenPro 10 and have any feedback to offer, please let us know about your experience in the comments.