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Pixelmator Pro Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Pixelmator Pro is a beautiful, easy-to-use, and very powerful image editor for Mac. With its cutting edge technologies, Pixelmator Pro is the most modern way to create, edit, and enhance your images.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

General

⌘ + ,
Show prefer­ences
⇧ + ⌥ + ⌘ + I
View file inform­ation
⌘ + /
Show info bar
⌥ + ⌘ + T
Hide toolbar
⌃ + ⌘ + F
Enter full screen
⌘ + W
Close window
⌥ + ⌘ + W
Close all windows
⌃ + Tab
Show next tab
⌃ + ⇧ + Tab
Show previous tab
⇧ + ⌘ + \
View all tabs
⌘ + `
Cycle through all windows
⌘ + M
Minimize window
⌥ + ⌘ + M
Minimize all windows
⌘ + H
Hide Pixelmator
⌥ + ⌘ + H
Hide others
⌘ + P
Print
⌘ + Q
Quit Pixelmator
⌃ = control key, ⌥ = option key, ⌘ = command key, ⇧ = shift key

Open, save, and export images

⌘ + n
Create a new image
⌘ + o
Open an image
⌘ + s
Save an image
⇧ + ⌘ + s
Duplicate an image
⌥ + ⇧ + ⌘ + s
Save an existing image as a new image
⌘ + e
Export an image

Navigate an image

⌘ + +
Zoom in
⌘ + -
Zoom out
⌥ + ⌘ + 0
View actual size
Z
Select Zoom tool

Selection tools

⌘ + a
Select entire image
⌘ + d
Deselect and active selection
⇧ + ⌘ + i
Invert a selection
⌥ + ⌘ + l
Load the outline of a layer as a selection
⌥ + ⌘ + r
Select and mask
⌘ + c
Copy a selected area
⌘ + x
Cut a selected area
⌘ + v
Past a selected area
⇧ + ⌘ + d
Duplicate a selected area
⇧
(Press and hold the Shift key

Select tools

a
Color Adjust­ments
b
Paint
c
Crop
e
Erase
f
Effects
g
Gradient Fill
k
Slice and Save for Web
l
Magnetic Selection
m
Rectan­gular Selection
n
Color Fill
p
Pen
q
Quick Selection
r
Repair
s
Style
t
Type
u
Rectangle Shape
v
Arrange
w
Color Section
y
Oval Section
 

Basic edits

⌘ + z
Undo last action
⇧ + ⌘ + z
Redo last action
⌘ + x
Cut
⌘ + c
Copy
⌘ + v
Paste
⌥ + ⇧ + ⌘ + v
Paste and match style
⇧ + ⌘ + d
Duplicate layer or selected area

Style tool

⇧ + +
Change brush hardness
⇧ + -
Cycle through blending modes

Arrange tool

Left click + Move the mouse
Drag a layer handle; resize a layer
⇧ + Left click + move the mouse
Duplicate a layer
⌥ + Left click
Duplicate a layer

Work with layers

⇧ + ⌘ + n
Create an empty new layer
⌫ (delete)
Delete selected layer(s)
⌥ + ⌘ + a
Select all layers
⌥ + ⌘ + e
Merge selected layers
⌥ + ⇧ + ⌘ + e
Merge all layers
⌘ + g
Group layers
⇧ + ⌘ + g
Ungroup layers
⌘ + ]
Bring selected layer(s) forward
⌥ + ⌘ + [
Send selected layer(s) to the front
⌘ + 8
Bring selected layers backward
⌥ + ⌘ + ]
Send selected layer(s) to the back
⌘ + Move the mouse + left click
Drag the layer: Move a layer while any tool is a

Clone tool

⌥ + Left click
Set clone source

Shapes and vectors

u
Draw a rectangle shape
Shift
Press and hold the Shift ( ⇧ ) key before starting to draw: Unite a shape with the selected shape.
⌥
Press and hold the Option ( ⌥ ) key before starting to draw: Subtract a shape from the selected shape.
⌥ + Shift
Press and hold the Option ( ⌥ ) and Shift ( ⇧ ) key before starting to draw: Intersect a shape with the selected shape.

Arrange tool

Left click + Move the mouse
Drag a layer handle: Resize a layer
⇧ + Left click + Move the mouse or ⌥ + Left click + Move the mouse
Duplicate a layer
⌘ + Move the mouse + Left click
Disable alignment guides while moving or resizing
⌥ + Move the mouse + Left click
Drag a layer handle: Resize a layer from the center
⇧ + Move the mouse + Left click
Drag a layer handle: Constrain the aspect ration when resizing a layer
⌥ + ⇧ + Left click + Move the mouse
Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing a layer from the center
⌃ + Move the mouse + Left click
Click the layer: Open the shortcut menu for the selected layer
⌘ + Move the mouse + Left click
Drag a layer handle: Rotate a layer
⇧ + ⌘ + move the mouse + Left click
Drag a layer handle: Rotate a layer in 15° increments
⇧ + Left Click + Move the mouse
Drag a layer: Move a layer in a straight or diagonal line

Paint and erase

d
Reset foreground and background colors to white and black
x
Switch between foreground and background color
⇧ + Left click
Paint or erase in a straight line
Double click
(Double click a brush) Open brush settings
⇧ + Left click
Paint a straight line
⇧ + Move the mouse
Paint vertical or horizontal lines
, or .
Navigate through the brushes
[ or ]
Increase or decrease brush size
⇧ + [ or ⇧ + ]
Change brush hardness
⇧ + Left click + move the mouse
Drag gradient: Constrain gradient to 15° angle
⌥ + Left click
Pick a color from your image
⌘ + ⌫ (delete)
Fill layer with foreground color
⌥ + ⌫ (delete)
Fill layer with background color