Table of Contents
Use the Zoom tool
The Pixelmator Pro Zoom tool lets you zoom in and out of the image using the zoom slider, zoom modes, and more.
Use the Zoom tool
Choose the Zoom tool by doing one of the following:
- Click
in the
Tools sidebar. - Choose Tools > Zoom (from the Tools menu at the top of your screen).
- Press Z on your keyboard.
- Click
Do any of the following:
- In the Tool Options pane, drag the Zoom slider to zoom in or out of the image. You can also use the Navigator box to change the area of an image on which you’re zoomed in.
- Click the disclosure triangle next to the current zoom to choose a default zoom percentage, or type in a custom zoom percentage into the percentage field.
- Under Mode, select Zoom In or Zoom Out and click the area of an image that you’d like to zoom in or zoom out.
- Click and drag on the canvas to use scrubby zoom. When a different tool is selected, hold down Option ⌥ + Space while dragging.
- In the Tool Options pane, drag the Zoom slider to zoom in or out of the image. You can also use the Navigator box to change the area of an image on which you’re zoomed in.
Pixelmator Pro User Guide
- Welcome
- What's new?
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Pixelmator Pro basics
- Intro to Pixelmator Pro
- Interface overview
- Pixelmator Pro tools
- Zoom, scroll, and rotate the image canvas
- Undo or redo changes
- Choosing colors
- Use the Pixelmator Pro Photos extension
- Print a Pixelmator Pro document
- Text field math
- Customize your app
- Use the Touch Bar with Pixelmator Pro
- Automate tasks in Pixelmator Pro
- Create, open, and save images
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Working with layers
- About layers
- Raster and vector 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
- Remove layer background
- Use layer masks
- Use clipping masks
- Open and edit images with Portrait Masks
- Decontaminate colors
- Customize layers using layer styles
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Adjust image colors
- About adjusting colors
- Working with color adjustments
- Reading histograms
- Working with RAW images
- Automatically improve the look of an image
- Automatically reduce noise in images
- Automatically match image colors
- White balance an image
- Adjust hue, saturation, and vibrance
- Adjust exposure, highlight and shadow detail, brightness, contrast, and black point
- 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
- 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
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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
- Paint and erase
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Make selections
- About selections in image editing
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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
- Add, edit, and format text
- Resize, crop and straighten images
- Export and share images
- Pixelmator Pro keyboard shortcuts