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Snap a selection around an object or area in an image
The Magnetic Selection tool is used to trace selections around objects and areas in images as it snaps to any contours or edges.
Use the Magnetic Selection tool
Choose the Magnetic Selection tool by doing one of the following:
- Click
in the
Tools sidebar or choose it from the
grouped tools. - Choose Tools > Select > Magnetic Selection (from the Tools menu at the top of your screen).
Tip: You can cycle through Magnetic, Free, and Polygonal selection tools by pressing Shift ⇧ + L on your keyboard.
- Click
In the Tool Options pane, customize the options for the Magnetic Selection tool:
- Sample All Layers: Select to make selections based not just on the active layer, but your entire visible image.
Click in your image to add anchor points and guide your selection around the object or area you'd like to select. To reselect an anchor point, click the last added point to remove it, then click to add a new anchor point.
Tip: You can cycle through Magnetic, Free, and Polygonal selection tools by pressing To complete your selection, click the first anchor point or press the Return ↵ key.
Pixelmator Pro User Guide
- Welcome
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Pixelmator Pro basics
- Intro to Pixelmator Pro
- Interface overview
- Pixelmator Pro tools
- Zoom, scroll, and rotate the image canvas
- Undo or redo changes
- Choosing colors
- Use the Pixelmator Pro Photos extension
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- Text field math
- Customize your app
- Use the Touch Bar with Pixelmator Pro
- Automate tasks in Pixelmator Pro
- Create, open, and save images
- Automatically edit images
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Working with layers
- About layers
- Raster and vector layers
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- Create layers
- Replace image
- Use the Arrange tool
- Select layers
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- Resize, rotate, and flip layers
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- Use alignment guides
- Organize and manage layers
- Use layer masks
- Use clipping masks
- Open and edit images with Portrait Masks
- Customize layers using layer styles
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Adjust image colors
- About adjusting colors
- Working with color adjustments
- Reading histograms
- Automatically improve the look of an image
- Working with RAW images
- Automatically match image colors
- White balance an image
- Adjust hue, saturation, and vibrance
- Adjust lightness, clarity, and texture
- Selectively adjust clarity and texture of an image
- 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
- Remove color from an image
- Manually convert a color image to black and white
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- Apply a sepia tint
- Fade the shadows or highlights 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
- Apply LUTs
- 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
- Warp a specific area of an image
- Bump a specific area of an image
- Pinch a specific area of an image
- Twirl a specific area of an image
- Create and apply effects
- Paint and erase
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Make selections
- About selections in image editing
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Select precise areas of an image
- Quickly select an object or area in an image
- Snap a selection around an object or area in an image
- Draw a freehand selection
- Make a straight-edged selection
- Select similarly colored areas of an image
- Make a rectangular selection
- Make an elliptical selection
- Make a column selection
- Make a row selection
- Select a color range
- Select all opaque areas of a layer
- Select the entire image
- Automatically select a subject in an image
- Adjust selections
- Refine selections
- Move, copy, and delete selected areas
- Convert selections into shapes
- Draw shapes and vector graphics
- Add, edit, and format text
- Resize, crop, and straighten images
- Export and share images
- Pixelmator Pro keyboard shortcuts