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
Lighten or darken areas of an image in Pixelmator Pro on iPad
Use the Lighten and Darken tools to adjust the brightness of specific areas in an image. Both tools are particularly useful for isolating changes to a specific tonal range. For example, you can lighten shadows or darken highlights.
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 > Lighten, or Darken.
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: Tap
, then drag the slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.
In the toolbar at the bottom, tap
, then tap the Color Range pop-up menu, and select which tones the tool will affect:
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 lighten or darken.