The Shape tool in Pixelmator Pro offers a collection of custom vector shapes — rectangles, speech bubbles, arrows, and other graphics. Some of these shapes also have smart controls that you can use to quickly customize the shape; those shapes are called Smart Shapes. You can also customize the Tools sidebar to add some of the commonly used shapes (rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star, or line) as separate tools.
Tip: To switch from drawing to selecting shapes, hold down the key on your keyboard.
Commonly used shapes like the rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star, or line can be used as separate tools and quickly added to the canvas from the Tools sidebar, Pixelmator Pro toolbar, or the menu at the top of the screen.
To insert a commonly used shape:
Tip: To switch from drawing to selecting shapes, hold down the key on your keyboard.
Smart Shapes have green handles that let you quickly customize the appearance of the shape, for example, by adjusting the corner radius of a rounded rectangle, the number of points in a star, or the shape of an arrowhead.
The Pixelmator Pro Smart Shapes are the Rounded Rectangle, Triangle, Polygon, Rhombus, Star, Double-Headed Arrow, Arrow from Point, Arrow, Elliptical Speech Bubble and Rectangular Speech Bubble. To customize a Smart Shape, simply drag one of its green handles.
Once you add a shape to the canvas, the options for its customization will appear in the Tool Options pane. Here, you can change the shape size and color, add shadows or strokes.
There are several other ways you can edit shapes in Pixelmator Pro: