Pixelmator Pro User Guide for iPad
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Intro to automatic image editing
- Automatically increase image resolution
- Remove or hide an image background
- Automatically enhance image color
- Automatically match image colors
- Remove color banding in an image
- Automatically reduce image noise
- Automatically crop and straighten images
- Decontaminate image colors
- Copyright and trademarks
Sharpen an image in Pixelmator Pro on iPad
The Sharpen adjustment makes an image sharper by detecting edges where light and dark pixels meet, then increasing local contrast in those areas.
Sharpening is useful for countering the softening effects of digital capture, lens characteristics, or image resizing. Use it to restore clarity to soft images, enhance texture, or prepare images for print. It’s best performed last in a photo-editing workflow, and ideally after resizing an image for print or web, because the amount of sharpening required depends on your final output size.
In Pixelmator Pro on iPad, select a layer in the Layers sidebar.
Select
in the Tools sidebar, then turn on Sharpen in the Color Adjustments pane.
Drag any of the following sliders:
Radius: Determines how far from each edge the sharpening effect extends. Smaller values (0.5–2 pixels) work well for fine details and portraits, while larger values (3–10 pixels) suit landscapes and architectural images.
Intensity: Controls the strength of the sharpening effect. Lower values (10–30%) provide subtle enhancement for basic sharpening, while higher values (60–100%) create dramatic sharpening for creative effects.
Tip: Start conservatively with sharpening to avoid creating artifacts in your image. View your image at 100% to accurately assess sharpening.