Paint and erase with brushes in Pixelmator Pro on Mac
Paint with brushes
Use the Paint tool to digitally paint in traditional or digital styles, create effects in your photos or designs, or paint on top of images.
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, select the layer you want to paint in the Layers sidebar.
Select
in the Tools sidebar.
Click the pop-up menu at the top of the Paint pane, then choose a brush category (such as Basic, Pencils, and so on), and a brush shape.
To customize the brush, adjust any of the following controls in the Paint pane:
Color: Click the color well, then select a new paint color.
Brush Size: Drag the slider to adjust brush size.
Softness: Drag the slider to the right to soften the edges of the brush.
Opacity: Drag the slider to adjust brush transparency.
Blend mode: Click
next to Opacity, then choose a blend mode to adjust how your brush strokes interact with the content in the canvas.
Advanced Settings: Use these controls to customize the selected brush.
Drag in the canvas to begin painting.
Tip: To quickly adjust brush size and softness, Control-click in the canvas, then drag the sliders that appear.
Erase mistakes or parts of your image
The Erase tool lets you remove parts of a layer using the same brushes available in the Paint tool.
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, select the layer you want to erase in the Layers sidebar.
Select
in the Tools sidebar.
Click the brushes pop-up menu at the top of the Erase pane, then choose a brush category, and brush shape.
To customize the eraser brush, adjust any of the following controls in the Paint pane:
Brush Size: Drag the slider to adjust brush size.
Softness: Drag the slider to the right to soften the edges of the brush.
Opacity: Drag the slider to adjust brush transparency.
Advanced Settings: Use these controls to customize the selected brush.
Drag in the canvas to erase.
Note: The Erase tool creates areas of transparency in a single layer. If you want to erase to white or another color, you can create a white layer underneath the layer you’re erasing.
Add a painted border around a layer
Using the Stroke with Brush feature, you can automatically paint a border around a layer. After you apply the stroke, you can preview different brushes and colors, or make adjustments to the specific brush settings.
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, select a layer in the Layers sidebar.
Select
in the Tools sidebar, then click Stroke with Brush at the bottom of the Paint pane.
A border appears around the edges of the selected layer.
To customize the stroke border, do any of the following:
Click the brush browser pop-up menu at the top of the Paint pane, then choose a brush category and brush shape.
Click the color well, then select a new color.
Drag the Brush Size slider, Softness slider, or Opacity slider to modify the border.
Click
next to Opacity and choose a blend mode to adjust how the border interacts with the content in the canvas.
When you’re finished making adjustments, click Apply at the bottom of the Paint pane.