Manage shapes and collections in Pixelmator Pro on Mac
The Shape tool includes hundreds of shapes, organized by category, and ranging from simple geometric forms to food, plants, animals, and more. You can save custom shapes and shape collections of your own to the shape browser. You can also import and export custom shapes and collections.
Save a custom shape
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, select a shape layer in the Layers sidebar.
Click
in the Tools sidebar, then in the Shape pane, click
at the top to open the Shapes browser.
Do either of the following:
Click
next to any category name (Basic, Activities, Food, and so on) to save the selected shape to that category.
Drag the shape layer from the Layers sidebar to the Shapes browser. The custom shape is saved in the location you drag it to.
Create a new shape collection
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, click
Click New Collection at the bottom.
Enter a custom name in the text field, then press Return.
Import, export, and customize shape presets and collections
After you create a preset or a preset collection, you can rename, redefine, or share them with others.
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, click
In the Shapes browser, do any of the following:
Export a shape: Drag a shape from the list of shapes onto the desktop or into a Finder window to export a .shapes file.
Export a shape collection: Move the pointer over a category name in the browser sidebar, then click
, and choose Export.
A .shapes file is created containing the shape category collection.
Export your entire shape library: Move the pointer over a category name in the browser sidebar, then Option-click
Import a shape: Move the pointer over a category name in the browser sidebar, then click
The shape is added to the category collection.
Import a shape collection: Move the pointer over a category name in the browser sidebar, then click
The shape collection is added to the library.
Rename a shape collection: Move the pointer over a category name in the browser sidebar, then click
Remove a shape preset: Control-click a shape in the browser, then choose Remove.
Remove a shape collection: Move the pointer over a category name in the browser sidebar, then click
, and choose Remove.
Reset the shapes library: Move the pointer over a category name in the browser sidebar, then Option-click
Resetting the shapes library restores default shapes and collections and removes any custom shapes you’ve added.
Important: If you want to use custom shapes created in an earlier version of Pixelmator Pro (Pixelmator Pro 3.7 or earlier), you must export them from the earlier version, then import them into Pixelmator Pro 4.
To learn about using presets from your Mac on your iPad see Use presets from your Mac on your iPad.