Edit from Photos
You can send images from the Photos app to edit in Pixelmator Pro and then save the changes back to the original image in your library.
Open an image from Photos
- Open the Photos app.
- Find the image you want to edit and click to select it.
Do one of the following:
- Choose Image > Edit With > Pixelmator Pro (from the Image menu at the top of your screen).
- Control ⌃-click a photo and choose Edit With > Pixelmator Pro.
To save your changes back to the original image, choose File > Save in Pixelmator Pro.
When saving images back to Photos, Pixelmator Pro does it in the JPEG file format by default, so all the layers, adjustments, effects, styles, and other formatting you add to the image are merged. To keep the nondestructive edits and layers, choose File > Export (from the File menu at the top of your screen) and export the image to the Pixelmator Pro file format. You can also edit your photos right in the Photos app using the Pixelmator Pro Photos extension.
Pixelmator Pro User Guide
- Welcome
- What's new?
- Pixelmator Pro basics
- Create, open, and save images
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Working with layers
- About layers
- Raster and vector layers
- Create layers
- Select layers
- Replace image
- 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
- Types of blend modes
- Customize layers using layer styles
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Adjust image colors
- About adjusting colors
- 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 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
- 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
- Reshape areas of an image
- Create and apply effects
- Paint and erase
- Make selections
- Draw shapes and vector graphics
- Add, edit, and format text
- Resize, crop and straighten images
- Export and share images
- Pixelmator Pro keyboard shortcuts