Color adjustment presets
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Pixelmator Pro includes pre-made combinations of color adjustments called presets. These presets let you quickly give an image a certain look. In addition, you can add your own presets to save, reuse, and share the adjustment combinations you create.
Do one of the following:
Choose Tools > Color Adjustments from the Tools menu at the top of your screen.
Press the A key on your keyboard.
In the Layers sidebar, click to select the layer you’d like to edit.
Choose a color adjustment preset from the list of presets at the top of the Tool Options pane, or click the Collection pop-up menu to browse other preset collections.
You can also fine-tune the adjustments applied to your image in the Tool Options pane.
Apply any number of adjustments to an image.
Do one of the following:
Once you've created a preset or a preset collection, you can rename, redefine them, or share them with others.
Share a color adjustment preset: Drag any of the presets out of Pixelmator Pro and onto the desktop or into a Finder window, then share the exported .adjustments file with someone else via email or any other way you like.
Redefine a color adjustment preset: If you’d like to overwrite or update an existing preset with new settings, you can redefine it. Apply and customize any number of color adjustments to a layer. In the list of presets, Control ⌃ – click a preset and choose Redefine "Preset".
Rename a color adjustment preset: In the list of presets, Control ⌃ – click a preset and choose Rename "Preset".
Delete a color adjustment preset: In the list of presets, Control ⌃ – click a preset and choose Remove "Preset".
Show or hide presets: Drag the line that separates presets from the ML Enhance button up to hide the presets, or drag it down to reveal or expand the presets section.
In the Tools sidebar, click Color Adjustments .
Click Add in any color adjustments collection to save the preset to that collection.
Click More next to the Collection pop-up menu and choose Add Preset.
In the Tools sidebar, click Color Adjustments .
Click More next to the Collection pop-up menu and choose New Collection.
Note: If you own Photomator, you can import the color adjustment presets you create in Pixelmator Pro to Photomator. You can share the preset via AirDrop or open it from iCloud Drive.
Share a collection of color adjustment presets: Click More next to the Collection pop-up menu and choose Export. Share the exported .adjustments file with someone else via email or any other way you like
Share your entire color adjustments library: Click More next to the Collection pop-up menu, then while pressing and holding the Option ⌥ key, choose Export All. Share the exported .adjustments file with someone else via email or any other way you like.
Rename a color adjustment presets collection: In the Collection pop-up, select the collection you want to rename. Click More next to the Collection pop-up menu and choose New Collection. Enter a new name and click Rename.
Reset all color adjustment presets to default: Click More next to the Collection pop-up menu, press and hold the Option ⌥ key and choose Reset All.
Important: Resetting all the color adjustment presets to default removes any custom presets and returns all the default presets that come with Pixelmator Pro.
Delete a color adjustment presets collection: In the Collection pop-up, select the collection you want to remove, then click More next to the Collection pop-up menu and choose Remove.
