

New Layer: Creates a new layer with the contents of the refined selection.Click Keyboard, then click the Keyboard button. Whenever you draw a shape in your image, Pixelmator Pro, by default, adds each shape on its own separate layer. New Layer with Mask: Creates a duplicate of the active layer and applies a mask created from the refined selection. In the top-left corner of your screen, choose Apple menu > System Preferences. Shape layers are essentially just like other layers (images and text), so to move or resize them, you can simply use the Arrange tool.Mask: Applies a mask created from the refined selection to the active layer.Selection: Applies the refined selection to a layer.In the Output pop-up menu, select what you'd like to do with your refined selection: Expand: Change the size of the selection.With softer edges, the selected area will blend in better with other parts of the image should you copy or edit it.

Edge Softness: Adjust how much to soften the edges of the selection outline.Press F on your keyboard, click Add Effect and add the Sharpen effect. Click in the Tools sidebar, then click Add Effect and add the Sharpen effect you want. Shape Roundness: Adjust how much to round the selection outline. To sharpen the currently selected layer, do one of the following: Choose Format > Effects > Sharpen (from the Format menu at the top of your screen) and choose the sharpen effect you want.Pixelmator Pro uses a yellow by default but you can choose red, black, white, or plain black & white overlay from the Overlay pop-up menu.Īdjust the options in the Tool Options pane: Any selected areas are see-through, while any unselected areas are colored in. Note: While the Select and Mask is active, your selection outline is replaced by an overlay. Press Option ⌥ + Command ⌘ + R on your keyboard.Choose Tools > Select > Select and Mask (from the Tools menu at the top of your screen).Choose Edit > Select and Mask (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen).With one of the selection tools active, click the Select and Mask button in the Tool Options pane.
