Pixelmator Pro for iPad release notes

Learn about the enhancements and improvements in the most recent versions of Pixelmator Pro for iPad.

Before installing Pixelmator Pro, verify that your iPad meets Pixelmator Pro for iPad system requirements.

New in Pixelmator Pro 4.3

Released June 30, 2026

Pixelmator Pro 4.3 includes the following features and enhancements:

• Content Hub

  • Explore high-quality photos, graphics, shapes, illustrations, and more in the Content Hub.

  • Find inspiration faster with collections of content curated by experts.

  • Insert photos, graphics, shapes, and illustrations from the Content Hub as standalone layers, or quickly swap out placeholders in templates and mock-ups.

  • Edit and customize vector graphics and shapes using vector tools, the Style tool, and more.

• Advanced Image Creation and Editing*

  • Create stunning images and graphics right in your designs using powerful generative AI models.

  • Describe the image you want, choose a style, and generate a custom, high-resolution image.

  • Use Generate from Image to make simple edits to an image just by describing them, or completely transform the image into anything you can imagine.

• Generate Shape*

  • Generate custom vector shapes from a simple text description, then easily explore shape variations.

  • Refine your generated shapes with full vector controls to create exactly the shape you need.

  • Easily find your previously generated and inserted shapes anytime from within the Shapes browser.

• Use Pixelmator Pro with Keynote, Pages, and Numbers

  • Send images from Keynote, Pages, or Numbers directly to Pixelmator Pro, edit them using your favorite tools, then save them right back to your documents.

  • Make additional adjustments to images at any time with all your layers, edits, and effects fully preserved.

• Accessibility Improvements

  • Navigate and interact with layers directly on the canvas using enhanced support for Switch Control and VoiceOver.

  • Seamlessly add or remove layers from your current layer selection.

Previous versions

Pixelmator Pro for iPad 4.2

Released April 9, 2026

Pixelmator Pro for iPad 4.2 includes the following features and enhancements:

• Enjoy full support for compressed RAW images from Sony Alpha ILCE-7M5, FUJIFILM GFX 100S II, and FUJIFILM GFX 100RF cameras.

• Work with High Efficiency (HE) and High Efficiency Star (HE*) RAW images from Nikon Z5II and Nikon Z50II cameras.

• RAW images from Panasonic LUMIX DC-S1RM2 cameras captured in High Resolution mode are now also supported.

• Discover the updated template and mock-up categories, including App Screenshot, Bento Grid, and Devices, now featuring new iPhone 17 mock-ups.

• Open SVG files exported from Pixelmator Pro in Adobe Illustrator with improved compatibility.

• Touch and hold an image on the canvas to instantly compare before and after edits from Color Adjustments and Effects tools.

• You can now customize the Pixelmator Pro Tools sidebar from the menu bar by choosing View > Customize Tools.

New keyboard shortcuts*

• Press and hold the Option key when choosing Select Subject to base the selection on all layers in a document.

• Easily change layer opacity using number keys 1 through 9 in all supported tools.

• Cycle through layer blend modes using the Shift-Plus and Shift-Minus keyboard shortcuts in all supported tools.

• Use the Command-J keyboard shortcut to duplicate and Command-Shift-J to cut and paste the selected area.

• Use the Option-Comma and Option-Period keyboard shortcuts to quickly switch between selecting topmost and bottommost layers in a document.

• Use the Space bar to play or pause video playback in documents containing video layers.

Pixelmator Pro 4.0

Released January 28, 2026

Apple Creator Studio

• Pixelmator Pro is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful apps for limitless creativity, including Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, MainStage, and all-new premium content and intelligent features in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.

Creative Imaging Reimagined for iPad

• Enjoy a completely reimagined editing experience, with Pixelmator Pro tools for design, photography, painting, and illustration now fully optimized for touch.

• Intuitively create, navigate, and organize designs with simple gestures like pinch, swipe, or tap.

• Design with pixel-perfect precision using Apple Pencil, with full support for hover, squeeze, double-tap, and palm rejection.

• Paint in the most natural way with Apple Pencil and a vast collection of beautiful, pressure-sensitive brushes.

• Insert photos to your compositions directly from your iPad camera as new layers.

• Easily roundtrip between Pixelmator Pro for iPad and Mac through iCloud, picking up projects wherever you left off.

• Fast and smooth performance when creating even the most complex, multi-layered compositions on your iPad, thanks to full support for native iPadOS technologies.