Pixelmator Pro for Mac

Table of Contents

Welcome
What’s new
- What is Pixelmator Pro?
- Pixelmator Pro interface
- - What is Apple Creator Studio?
  - Subscribe to Apple Creator Studio
- Create a new document
- Open a document
- Replace an image
- Create from templates and mockups
- Save, name, and close documents
- Edit from the Photos app
- Intro to layers
- Create layers
- Select layers
- Organize and manage layers
- Navigate the canvas
- Use rulers, guides, and other canvas overlays
- Rasterize vector layers
- Work with video layers
- Intro to selection tools
- Make intelligent selections
- Make geometric selections
- Select areas by drawing in the canvas
- Modify selections
- Intro to color adjustments
- Apply color adjustments in Pixelmator Pro
- Selectively adjust clarity and texture
- Color grade an image
- Add stylized finishing effects
- Sharpen an image
- Apply color adjustment presets
- Apply LUTs
- 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
- Add and manage effects
- Adjust effects
- Use effects presets
- Apply styles to layers
- Adjust the opacity of a layer
- Change the blend mode of a layer
- Add an outline around a layer
- Fill a layer with a color or gradient
- Add an inner shadow to a layer
- Add a drop shadow to a layer
- Use layer style presets
- Transform a layer
- Warp a layer
- Intro to retouching and reshaping
- Repair, remove, and clone objects in images
- Lighten or darken areas of an image
- Sharpen and soften areas of images
- Smudge an image
- Adjust color saturation in areas of an image
- Reshape areas of an image
- Intro to painting
- Paint and erase using brushes
- Paint and erase with the Pixel Paint tool
- Fill a layer or selection with color
- Fill specific areas of an image with color
- Fill a layer with a color gradient
- Erase similarly colored areas of an image
- Manage brushes
- Customize brush settings
- Draw vector shapes and graphics
- Combine shapes
- Draw shapes with the Pen tool
- Draw shapes with the Freeform Pen tool
- Edit vector paths
- Manage shapes and collections
- Add basic text
- Add text on a path
- Modify fonts
- Format text characters
- Change the color of text
- Align and space text
- Use text style presets
- Convert text into an outline
- Convert text into a shape or pixel layer
- Intro to masks
- Add and edit bitmap masks
- Add and edit vector masks
- Make a clipping mask
- Convert a selection to a mask
- Crop and straighten images
- Rotate or flip an image
- Trim the edges of the canvas
- Reveal parts of an image beyond the canvas
- Resize an image
- Change the canvas size
- About color management
- Change the color profile of an image
- Change the color depth of an image
- Use histograms
- Export photos, videos, and documents
- Export a document for the web
- Slice documents into individual image exports
- Quickly export or share an optimized image
- Print a document
- Use presets from your Mac on your iPad
- Use the Pixelmator Pro toolbar
- Pixelmator Pro tools
- Use color controls
- Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
- Customize the Tools sidebar
- About the Pixelmator Pro file format
- Supported media formats
- Work with RAW files
- About Pixelmator Pro sidecar files
- Use the Pixelmator Pro Photos extension
- Restore an earlier document version
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Save, name, and close documents in Pixelmator Pro on Mac

Save and name a document

In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, with a document open, choose File > Save.
Enter a name for your document in the Save As field.
Click the Format pop-up menu, then choose a file format.
The default save format is Pixelmator Pro Document, which uses the PXD file format (the native Pixelmator Pro format).
Note: If you choose a format other than Pixelmator Pro Document, you can optionally save a sidecar file and choose an image-quality setting.

Rename a document

In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, with a document open, do either of the following:

Click the filename in the Toolbar, then enter a new name and press Return.
Choose File > Rename, then enter a new name and press Return.

Save a copy of a document

In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, with a document open, choose File > Duplicate.
A duplicate copy of your document opens in a new tab.

To save a copy of a document in another format (for example, JPEG, PNG, or PDF), see Export and share images in Pixelmator Pro on Mac.

Close a document

In Pixelmator Pro for Mac, with a document open, do either of the following:

Close the document but keep Pixelmator Pro open: Press Command-W, enter a name for the image, then click Save.
Close the document and quit Pixelmator Pro: Choose Pixelmator Pro > Quit Pixelmator Pro, enter a name for the image, then click Save.

See alsoExport and share images in Pixelmator Pro on Mac

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