Chris Gaffka. Robert Kraemer. Gary C. David Jefferis. Loongshifu Yeong. Aurelija Pixelmator Team. Jared Francis. Pixelmator Community. Follow thread. Wed Jun 05, pm Pixelmator Photo is such a nice edeting App. But it is possible that there is a mask tool with a brush to lighten up eyes or something like that. Just a example. I thing to have a brush as a mask tool and maybe also vignettes would make the app perfect and completely replaceable with lightroom on desktop or mobile devices.

Kind regards A fan of Pixelmator. Wed Jun 05, pm I will 2nd this as a feature request. Masking is the one thing I regularly use. Other than that, I just discovered Pixelmator Photo and it hits the sweet spot of what I need in an editor. Thu Jun 06, pm A Vignette effect is already in development in fact, we're testing it at the moment and local adjustments would be awesome to have!

Text How to create a realistic motion blur effect Text. Text Turn a real-life drawing into a digital illustration Text. Text A quick guide to the new Pixelmator Pro extension Text. Text Quickly remove a solid color background from an image Text.

Text How to use layer masks and clipping masks Text. Text About layers in image editing Text. Text Copy an object from one image to another Text. Text Understanding histograms Text. Text Vector graphics explained Text.

Text Pixels explained Text. Text Customize keyboard shortcuts Text. Text Keyboard Shortcuts Text. Mask Subject: Automatically create a mask for the subject in your image. Smart Refine: Use a machine learning-based algorithm to intelligently detect intricate details like hair or fur at the edges of the mask and automatically refine its outline for you.

Invert Mask: Inverting a mask makes the opaque areas of the masked image transparent and vice versa. Add or subtract areas from the mask: Use the Refine Edge Brush to add or subtract only at the edges of the mask.

Use the Basic Brush to add or subtract from the mask as if painting with a basic brush. To link or unlink a layer mask, do one of the following: In the Layers sidebar, double-click the link line of the mask. You can also drag masks from one Pixelmator Pro document to the other. A copy of the original mask will be created in the new document. You can also copy masks from one Pixelmator Pro document to the other.

Select an image to use as a layer mask and click Add Mask. Make a selection in your image. Select the layer you would like to mask.

After doing this, you can make changes to the layer mask by editing it. You can move a layer mask independently from the layer it is masking. Select the layer or layer group over which you have placed the mask. Inverting a mask makes the opaque areas of the masked image transparent and vice versa. You can replace the contents of a layer mask with any other image on your Mac. Previous Remove layer background. Next Use clipping masks.

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Edge Softness: Adjust how much to soften the edges of the mask outline. With softer edges, the masked area will blend in better with other parts of the image should you copy or edit it.

Expand: Change the size of the mask. Mask Subject: Automatically create a mask for the subject in your image. Smart Refine: Use a machine learning-based algorithm to intelligently detect intricate details like hair or fur at the edges of the mask and automatically refine its outline for you.

Invert Mask: Inverting a mask makes the opaque areas of the masked image transparent and vice versa. Add or subtract areas from the mask: Use the Refine Edge Brush to add or subtract only at the edges of the mask.

Use the Basic Brush to add or subtract from the mask as if painting with a basic brush. To link or unlink a layer mask, do one of the following: In the Layers sidebar, double-click the link line of the mask.

You can also drag masks from one Pixelmator Pro document to the other. A copy of the original mask will be created in the new document. You can also copy masks from one Pixelmator Pro document to the other. Select an image to use as a layer mask and click Add Mask.

Make a selection in your image. Select the layer you would like to mask. After doing this, you can make changes to the layer mask by editing it. You can move a layer mask independently from the layer it is masking. Select the layer or layer group over which you have placed the mask.

Inverting a mask makes the opaque areas of the masked image transparent and vice versa. When I first saw a demo of what Pixelmator 2. The final composed image. The photo of Federico and me was taken after the sun had set and was artificially lit, while the Dublin Canal was shot on a sunny morning, yet the composite image works incredibly well.

I also removed the background from one of the photos I took recently for my Stream Deck story , which worked perfectly with no additional work needed, which has interesting implications for product photography. Select Subject works similarly but selects the subject of an image instead of erasing the background behind the subject.

The entire image is covered in a red overlay. Click to select the Brush Tool in the Tools palette and start painting with a hard-edged brush preset.

Let the mouse button up every now and then to take a break. Change the brush color from white to black and paint over the mistake to restore the red overlay. Tip: Press the D keyboard shortcut to set the default white and black colors as primary and secondary.