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 and soften areas of an image in Pixelmator Pro on iPad
Use the Sharpen and Soften tools to adjust the focus and detail of specific areas in your images. The Sharpen tool makes areas clearer and better defined, while the Soften tool creates a blur effect.
In Pixelmator Pro on iPad, select a layer in the Layers sidebar.
Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal the menu bar, then choose Tools > Retouch > Sharpen, or Soften.
In the toolbar at the bottom, adjust the settings:
Brush Size: Drag the slider to change brush size.
Softness: Tap
, then drag the slider to soften brush edges for blending.
Strength: Drag the slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.
In the toolbar at the bottom, tap
All: Affects shadows, midtones, and highlights equally.
Shadows: Affects only the darkest areas.
Midtones: Affects only the middle tones.
Highlights: Affects only the brightest areas.
Drag in the canvas over the areas you want to sharpen or soften.