Lighten or darken areas of an image in Pixelmator Pro on Mac

Use the Lighten and Darken tools to adjust the brightness of specific areas in an image. Both tools are particularly useful for isolating changes to a specific tonal range. For example, you can lighten shadows or darken highlights.

A photo with the Darken adjustment applied (before and after).

  1. In Pixelmator Pro on Mac, select a layer in the Layers sidebar.

  2. Choose Tools > Retouch > Lighten, or Darken.

    You can also select The Brighten button or the Darken button in the Tools sidebar.

  3. In the Lighten pane or Darken pane, adjust the settings:

    • Brush Size: Drag the slider to change brush size.

    • Softness: Drag the slider to soften brush edges for blending.

    • Strength: Drag the slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.

  4. In the Lighten pane or Darken pane, select which tones the tool will affect:

    • All: Affects shadows, midtones, and highlights equally.

    • Shadows: Affects only the darkest areas.

    • Midtones: Affects only the middle tones.

    • Highlights: Affects only the brightest areas.

  5. Drag in the canvas over the areas you want to lighten or darken.

Note: You can see a before-and-after comparison of the adjusted image. To remove the adjustments you just made, click Reset at the bottom of the Darken or Lighten pane.

See alsoAdjust exposure, brightness, and contrast in Pixelmator Pro on MacAdjust color saturation in areas of an image in Pixelmator Pro on Mac
Morty Proxy This is a proxified and sanitized view of the page, visit original site.
Užitečné?
Limit počtu znaků: 250
Limit maximálního počtu znaků je 250.
Děkujeme za zpětnou vazbu.
Morty Proxy This is a proxified and sanitized view of the page, visit original site.