Create layers in Pixelmator Pro on iPad
In Pixelmator Pro, you can create different kinds of layers in a variety of ways. For example, you can create new, empty layers; create layers by adding images or photos stored on your iPad; create layers from selections; add text, shapes, and color adjustment layers, and more.
Create a new empty layer
In Pixelmator Pro on iPad, do any of the following:
Tap
in the toolbar, then choose Empty Layer.
Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal the menu bar, then choose Insert > Empty Layer.
A new, empty layer is added to the Layers sidebar above the currently selected layer. (If you don’t see the Layers sidebar, tap in the toolbar.)
Add image, video, shape, text, effect, and color adjustment layers
In Pixelmator Pro on iPad, tap
Choose one of the following:
Color Adjustments: Creates a new color adjustments layer, and opens the Color Adjustments pane, where you can modify color and exposure settings for all layers underneath the new Color Adjustments layer in the Layers sidebar.
Effects: Creates a new effects layer, and opens the Effects pane, where you can add effects to all layers underneath the new effects layer in the Layers sidebar.
Text: Creates a new text layer. To edit and customize the text, select
in the Tools sidebar.
Circular Text: Creates a new text layer containing placeholder text along a circular path.
Shape: Creates a new shape layer containing the shape you choose.
Photos or Videos: Creates a layer containing an image or video from the Photos app.
Take Photo: Captures an image using your devices’s camera, then creates a new layer containing that image.
Image Playground: Uses Apple Intelligence* to generate an image from a text-to-image prompt, then creates a new layer containing that image.
Note: Apple Intelligence is not available on all iPad models or in all languages or regions.** To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of iPadOS and have Apple Intelligence turned on.
Choose File: Creates a layer containing an image or video imported from your iPad or a connected device. Use this option to add multilayered PXD, PXM, and PSD documents, and SVG files.
Create a new layer from a selection
In Pixelmator Pro on iPad, select a layer in the Layers sidebar.
If you don’t see the Layers sidebar, choose View > Show Layerstap
in the toolbar.
Make a selection in the canvas.
Swipe down from the top of the screen to show the menu bar, choose Edit > Copy, then choose Edit > Paste.
A new layer containing the selection is added to the Layers sidebar.
Note: You can’t create a new layer by copying and pasting from video, text, or shape layers.