Open a document in Pixelmator Pro on Mac
You can open images and documents from your Mac, iCloud Drive, or connected servers (including third-party storage providers). Pixelmator Pro supports common image formats and file types, including supported RAW formats.
Open a document on your Mac, a connected device, or a server
On your Mac, go to the Pixelmator Pro app, then do either of the following:
In the Pixelmator Pro welcome screen, click “Browse files on your Mac.”
Choose File > Open.
Drag the file onto the Pixelmator Pro icon in the Dock.
Navigate to an image file on your Mac, iCloud Drive, or a connected device or server, click the file, then click Open.
The image opens in the Pixelmator Pro window.
Tip: Files that you worked on recently appear on the right side of the Pixelmator Pro welcome screen. Double-click a file to open it.
Open a document from the Clipboard
The Clipboard is a feature in macOS that remembers the last thing you copied. If you copied an image, you can open it in Pixelmator Pro without having to locate it on your device.
On your Mac, copy an image to the Clipboard.
Go to the Pixelmator Pro app.
Choose File > New from Clipboard.
The image you copied opens in the Pixelmator Pro window.
Open a photo from the Photos app on Mac
On your Mac, go to the Pixelmator Pro app, then do either of the following:
In the Pixelmator Pro welcome screen, click “Open the Photos Browser.”
Choose File > New from Photos.
In the Photos browser, navigate to and select an image, then click Open.
The image opens in the Pixelmator Pro window.For more details on working with Pixelmator Pro and the Photos app together, see Use the Pixelmator Pro Photos extension.
Open a page from a PDF
In Pixelmator Pro, you can import a single page from a PDF document.
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, choose File > Open.
In the file browser, navigate to and select a PDF file, then click Open.
In the Import PDF dialog, do any of the following:
For multipage PDFs, select the image you want to open in left sidebar.
Adjust the width, height, and resolution, if necessary.
To open the document with layers, make sure “Import PDF with layers” is turned on. Turn off this option if you want to import a flattened PDF.
If you want to edit text in Pixelmator Pro, turn on ”Import text as editable text layers.“
Click Import.
By default, Pixelmator Pro converts images to .PXD files, which preserves layers and formatting. You can save a Pixelmator Pro file as a JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, or HEIC file, or export it to other formats for use in Motion, Photoshop, and other apps.