In exactly the same way but now in add mode again. Use the Option key and the Shift key at the same time while dragging, to make sure we keep the circular proportions and decrease the size of our shape from all sides at the same time. Now we make the subtraction shape smaller by dragging the handles inwards. Switch to Subtract Mode and place the shape over the other circular shape.
You'll see that the copy of the shape gets placed on the same layer. We do this by pressing Command-C on our keyboard to copy, followed by Command-V to paste. We continue with our lens by copying the circular shape we've just created. Making it easy to move our circle in place right away. When you release the mouse button you'll notice that the Move Tool gets activated automatically. In order to create a perfect circle you can hold the shift key while dragging. This will be become the outline of the camera lens. Make sure that you are in Add Mode and draw a circle over the camera body. By clicking on the little gear icon in the Tool Options Bar and choosing Show Outline, we get to see the outline of each shape on the layer, making it much easier to work. When adding shapes to an existing shape layer you'll sooner or later find out that it is hard to distinguish the different shapes on the layer.
Select the Add to Shape mode, when the add and subtract modes get visible. It might be that not the whole Tool Options Bar is visible, so in order to see the add and subtraction modes, you might need to enlarge the document window. As with selections we can also add, subtract and intersect shapes that are on the same layer. Use a small radius for the corner.įrom the Custom Shape Tool select the Ellipse Shape. In the Tool Options Bar, we set the Fill to Color and choose a dark grey almost black color from the swatches palette. In the same way as with step 3 from the last section we draw a rounded rectangle with the Custom Shape Tool. For our document I've set the radius to 60. Adjusting this radius is done by dragging the little blue dot in the top left corner to the right or left. The Rounded Rectangle Shape has a nifty feature that lets us adjust the radius of the corners. In the Tool Options Bar, we set the Fill to Color and choose a light grey color from the swatches palette as shown in the figure below. For this document I used a Gridline every 10 percent with 5 Subdivisions.ĭraw a rounded rectangle with the Custom Shape Tool. The grid settings can be adjusted in the Pixelmator Preferences in the Rulers section. Using a grid is a great help with making images from scratch and therefore a welcome companion when using Pixelmator's shapes functions. Select the Rounded Rectangle Shape.įrom the View menu, choose Show Grid. A drop down menu will appear letting us choose from several pre-defined shapes. Click on the Custom Shape Tool and hold the mouse button. Step 1ĭelete all layers except for the standard background layer. The Custom Shape Tool consists of several standard defined shapes that we can easily add to our document. Also notice that by default each new shape gets added on a new layer. When we Ctrl-Click on the shape and choose Make Editable or double click on the shape to make it editable, we'll see the same red handles appear for editing and we can adjust the shape further. Releasing the mouse button closes the shape. So click with the mouse on the document window and hold the mouse button. The only difference is that we need to click and draw to create a shape. This tool is almost the same as the Pen Tool we used in the previous steps. Select the Freeform Pen Tool from the Tools Palette. This is the basic method for editing all types of vector shapes in Pixelmator. Releasing the mouse button finalises the shape. Double clicking without closing the shape will leave you with a line. Note that you can close your shape by clicking on the starting point again. Then, click on another point in the document window to create the next point of the shape. Click inside the document window on the point where we want to start drawing.
Step 1Ĭreate a new image (File > New…) of 600 x 600 pixels and select the Pen Tool from the Tools Palette. The two pen tools are ideal for drawing by hand or for tracing existing images.
In Pixelmator, there are three tools that can be used to create and manipulate vector objects.
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