Select precise areas of an image

Pixelmator Pro User Guide

• Welcome
• Pixelmator Pro basics
  • Intro to Pixelmator Pro
  • Interface overview
  • Pixelmator Pro tools
  • Zoom, scroll, and rotate the image canvas
    • Zoom in and out of an image
    • Use the Zoom tool
    • Scroll and pan an image
    • Rotate the image canvas
  • Undo or redo changes
  • Choosing colors
    • Choose and manage colors in Pixelmator Pro
    • Use the Color Picker tool
    • Use the Colors window
  • Use the Pixelmator Pro Photos extension
  • Print a Pixelmator Pro document
  • Text field math
  • Customize your app
    • About Pixelmator Pro settings
    • Set general settings
    • Set editing settings
    • Set ruler, grid, and guide settings
    • Set workspace settings
    • Set Photos Extension settings
    • Set Apple Pencil settings
    • Change the Pixelmator Pro layout
    • Customize the Tools sidebar
    • Customize the Pixelmator Pro toolbar
  • Use the Touch Bar with Pixelmator Pro
  • Automate tasks in Pixelmator Pro
• Create, open, and save images
  • Working with templates
  • Working with mockups
  • Create a new image
  • Open an image
  • Close an image
  • Save and name an image
  • Edit from Photos
  • Import an image
  • About the Pixelmator Pro file format
  • About Pixelmator Pro sidecar files
• Automatically edit images
  • Decontaminate colors
  • Remove color banding
  • Automatically reduce noise
  • Remove image background
• Working with layers
  • About layers
  • Raster and vector layers
  • Video layers
  • Color adjustments and effects layers
  • Create layers
  • Replace image
  • Use the Arrange tool
  • Select layers
  • Move and align layers
  • Resize, rotate, and flip layers
  • Transform layers
  • Convert layers into pixels
  • Use rulers
  • Use alignment guides
  • Organize and manage layers
  • Use layer masks
  • Use clipping masks
  • Open and edit images with Portrait Masks
• Customize layers using layer styles
  • About layer styles
  • Working with layer styles
  • 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
  • Layer style presets
• Adjust image colors
  • About adjusting colors
  • Working with color adjustments
  • Reading histograms
  • Automatically improve the look of an image
  • Working with RAW images
  • Automatically match image colors
  • White balance an image
  • Adjust hue, saturation, and vibrance
  • Adjust lightness, clarity, and texture
  • Selectively adjust clarity and texture of an image
  • Selectively balance the colors in an image
  • Adjust individual colors in an image
  • Adjust the levels of an image
  • Adjust the tonal curve of an image
  • Replace one color in an image with another
  • Remove color from an image
  • Manually convert a color image to black and white
  • Convert an image to black and white with a color tint
  • Apply a sepia tint
  • Fade the shadows or highlights of an image
  • Mix the color channels of an image
  • Invert the colors of an image
  • Apply a vignette
  • Sharpen an image
  • Add film grain to an image
  • Apply LUTs
  • Color adjustment presets
  • Color management
    • About color management
    • Change the color profile of an image
    • Change the color depth of an image
    • See what an image looks like on another device
• Retouch and reshape areas of an image
  • About retouching and reshaping images
  • Remove an object from an image
  • Copy part of an image from one area to another
  • Lighten a specific area of an image
  • Darken a specific area of an image
  • Make a specific area of an image more vibrant
  • Desaturate a specific area of an image
  • Sharpen a specific area of an image
  • Soften a specific area of an image
  • Smudge a specific area of an image
  • Warp a specific area of an image
  • Bump a specific area of an image
  • Pinch a specific area of an image
  • Twirl a specific area of an image
• Create and apply effects
  • About effects
  • Working with effects
  • Apply blur effects
  • Apply distortion effects
  • Apply sharpen effects
  • Apply color adjustment effects
  • Apply tile effects
  • Apply stylize effects
  • Apply halftone effects
  • Apply generator effects
  • Apply fill effects
  • Apply other effects
  • Effect presets
• Paint and erase
  • Paint with the Paint tool
  • Stroke with a brush
  • Quickly fill an image with color
  • Fill specific areas of an image with color
  • Fill with the Gradient Fill tool
  • Paint with the Pixel Paint tool
  • Erase using the Erase tool
  • Erase using the Smart Erase tool
  • Edit and create brushes
    • Edit a brush
    • Create a brush
  • Share and import brushes
• Make selections
  • About selections in image editing
  • Select precise areas of an image
    • Quickly select an object or area in an image
    • Snap a selection around an object or area in an image
    • Draw a freehand selection
    • Make a straight-edged selection
    • Select similarly colored areas of an image
    • Make a rectangular selection
    • Make an elliptical selection
    • Make a column selection
    • Make a row selection
    • Select a color range
    • Select all opaque areas of a layer
    • Select the entire image
  • Automatically select a subject in an image
  • Adjust selections
  • Refine selections
  • Move, copy, and delete selected areas
  • Convert selections into shapes
• Draw shapes and vector graphics
  • About shapes and vector graphics
  • Add and edit shapes
  • Arrange and combine shapes
  • Draw shapes with the Pen tool
  • Draw shapes with the Freeform Pen tool
  • Edit vector paths
  • Save and share custom shapes
• Add, edit, and format text
  • Add text
    • Use the Type tool
    • Add text around the outline of a shape
    • Add curved or circular text
    • Add text on a path
    • Add text on a freeform path
  • Copy and paste text
  • Use dictation to enter text
  • Change the look of text
    • Change the font or font size
    • Add bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough to text
    • Add or remove a text outline
    • Change the color of text
    • Change text capitalization
  • Align and space text
  • Format characters
  • Convert text into a shape or pixel layer
  • Text style presets
• Resize, crop, and straighten images
  • Change the image size
  • Change the canvas size
  • Crop and straighten an image
  • Rotate and flip an image
  • Trim away colored or transparent borders around an image
  • Reveal parts of an image beyond the canvas
  • Crop presets
• Export and share images
  • Export an image or video to a different file format
  • Export an image or video for the web
  • Slice designs into individual images
  • Quickly export or share an optimized image
  • Export presets
• Pixelmator Pro keyboard shortcuts