Pixelmator Pro User Guide for Mac

• Welcome
• What’s new
• Get started
  • What is Pixelmator Pro?
  • Pixelmator Pro interface
  • Subscribe to Apple Creator Studio
    • What is Apple Creator Studio?
    • Subscribe to Apple Creator Studio
• Create, open, and save documents
  • Create a new document
  • Open a document
  • Create from templates and mockups
  • Save, name, and close documents
  • Edit from the Photos app
• Work with layers
  • Intro to layers
  • Create layers
  • Replace an image layer
  • Select layers
  • Organize and manage layers
  • Navigate layers in the canvas
  • Use rulers, guides, and other canvas overlays
  • Arrange layers and objects
    • Use the Arrange tool
    • Move and align layers
    • Resize, rotate, and flip layers
  • Rasterize vector layers
  • Work with video layers
  • Generate an image from a text description
• Make selections
  • Intro to selection tools
  • Make intelligent selections
  • Make geometric selections
  • Select areas by drawing in the canvas
  • Modify selections
• Make color adjustments
  • Intro to color adjustments
  • Apply a color adjustment
  • Make basic color and exposure adjustments
    • White balance an image
    • Adjust hue, saturation, and vibrance
    • Adjust exposure, brightness, and contrast
  • Selectively adjust clarity and texture
  • Color grade an image
  • Adjust levels, curves, and color channels
    • Adjust tonal levels
    • Adjust tonal curves
    • Mix color channels
  • Add stylized finishing effects
  • Sharpen an image
  • Apply color adjustment presets
  • Make color transformations
    • Convert an image to monochrome
    • Remove and replace colors in an image or video
    • Invert the colors of an image
  • Apply LUTs
• Automatically edit images
  • 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 effects
  • Add and manage effects
  • Adjust effects
  • Effect categories
    • Intro to effect categories
    • Blur effects
    • Distortion effects
    • Sharpen effects
    • Color Adjustment effects
    • Tile effects
    • Stylize effects
    • Halftone effects
    • Generator effects
    • Fill effects
    • Other effects
  • Use effects presets
• Customize layers using styles
  • 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 and warp layers
  • Transform a layer
  • Warp a layer
• Retouch and reshape layers
  • 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
• Paint and erase
  • 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 shapes
  • Draw vector shapes and graphics
  • Combine shapes
  • Draw shapes with the Pen tool
  • Draw shapes with the Freeform Pen tool
  • Generate custom shapes
  • Edit vector paths
  • Manage shapes and collections
• Add text
  • 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
• Create and use masks
  • Intro to masks
  • Add and edit bitmap masks
  • Add and edit vector masks
  • Make a clipping mask
  • Convert a selection to a mask
• Crop, straighten, and resize images
  • 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
• Manage color
  • About color management
  • Change the color profile of an image
  • Change the color depth of an image
  • Use histograms
• Export and share images
  • 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
• Work smarter
  • Pixelmator Pro settings
    • Change settings
    • General settings
    • Editing settings
    • Ruler, grid, and guide settings
    • Workspace settings
  • 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
• Copyright and trademarks