Repair and clone areas in an image in Pixelmator Pro on Mac
Use the Repair and Clone tools to fix imperfections, remove unwanted objects, or duplicate parts of an image. These brush-based retouching tools are often used in combination with one another to make realistic edits. You can apply both tools by dragging over specific areas of a layer in the canvas.
Use the Repair tool to remove specific elements from an image
The Repair tool uses intelligent image analysis to remove unwanted details from an image—anything from small imperfections such as a facial blemish or a wrinkle in a garment to discrete objects. When you click or drag over an area in the canvas, the Repair tool removes unwanted detail and replaces it with surrounding image detail including colors, texture, and lighting.
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, select a layer in the Layers sidebar.
Select
in the Tools sidebar.
In the Repair pane, adjust the tool settings:
Brush Size: Drag the slider to adjust the brush size.
Sample all layers: Select this checkbox if you want the Repair tool to sample from every visible layer in the Layers sidebar.
In the canvas, click or drag over an area in an image that you want to remove.
Tip: To use the Repair tool nondestructively, create a new empty layer above the layer you want to repair, select “Sample all layers” in the Repair pane, then drag in the canvas. To disable the retouching, deselect the checkbox for the new layer in the Layers sidebar.
Duplicate objects in an image
The Clone tool copies part of an image from one area to another. Choose a source area, then drag in the canvas to duplicate it in a new location.
In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, select a layer in the Layers sidebar.
Select
in the Tools sidebar.
A source marker (a circle with a crosshair) appears in the canvas indicating the area to be duplicated.
In the canvas, do either of the following:
Drag the source marker crosshairs to the area that you want to duplicate.
Option-click the area that you want to duplicate.
In the Clone pane, adjust the tool settings:
Brush size: Drag the slider to adjust the brush size.
Softness: Drag the slider to soften brush edges for blending.
Opacity: Drag the slider to control the transparency of the cloned area.
Blend mode: Click
next to Opacity, then choose a blend mode.
Sample all layers: Select this checkbox if you want the Clone tool to sample from every visible layer in the Layers sidebar.
Fix source position: Select the checkbox to start cloning from the source marker each time you click or drag in a new area in the canvas (for example, to clone a single tree to multiple locations in the image). Deselect the checkbox to resume the cloned image offset from the source marker each time you click or drag (for example, to clone the entire image offset from its source image).
Show source marker: Select the checkbox to see the clone source location.
Click or drag in the image to duplicate the source location in a new area.
Note: You can see a before-and-after comparison of the cloned image. To remove the adjustments you just made, click Reset at the bottom of the Clone pane.