Pixelmator Ios Download This Portrait
To follow along with this tutorial, you can download this portrait photo if you wish. Alternatively, you could use a similar image of your own, e.g. But you could use these same techniques on any photo you wish.Here’s the original image that I’m going to start with. We’ll be using layer features in Pixelmator to apply a pattern to just certain parts of the image. With a wide range of professional-grade.For the purpose of this exercise we’re going to work on making a portrait photo more interesting.
At this point you don’t need to worry about the color of the pattern as you can change that later.Select any pattern that you like. Tap the Layers icon at the top of the screen – second icon shown highlighted in blue below.Swipe across until you find the patterns as shown in the middle screenshot above. Tap the “+” icon at the top left of the screen, then tap Photos to access your Camera Roll, and select the image you want to enhance.To add a pattern effect to your photo, tap the “+” icon next to the paint brush at the top of the screen. You should now see the “Pixelmator” title at the top of the screen as shown below.The first step is to open the image you want to work on. If you see an image that’s currently being worked on, tap the left-pointing arrow at the top left of the screen to go back to the main screen.
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But if it says “Soft Brush” you need to switch to the Eraser tool by tapping Soft Brush, then tapping the Erase option at the top of the screen – tap the blue arrow at the top right to return to your photo.When you can see the pink “Soft Eraser” title at the top of the screen, use your finger to start erasing portions of your photo that don’t need any pattern. I chose a warm yellow/red, but you can choose any color you like.Tap Apply when you have the color balance that you like, then tap Done to return to your photo.The next step is to erase the pattern from certain areas of the photo. Tap the paintbrush icon at the top of the screen, then select Paint and Erase from the menu.If you see the words “Soft Eraser” at the top of the screen, you’re good to go. You can erase that area of the pattern later. When you’re happy with the Opacity setting, tap Tools at the top of the menu to take you back to the main Tools menu.Tap the Add Effects option in the menu, then select Blur which is the first option at the bottom left of the screen.A cleverly designed circle will appear on the screen that allows you to dial in the amount of blur that you want applied to the blue pattern layer. The reason we add a slight blur is to soften the unrealistic hard edges of the pattern layer’s design.For this particular photo, you only need a blur of around 10%, but again the blur amount is subjective – feel free to experiment with the amount applied. When you’ve set the blur percentage, tap Apply at the top right of the screen.At the bottom of the screen you’ll see another effect option called Hue & Saturation (between Noise and Vintage).Tap on Hue & Saturation, then rotate the color dial to change the color of the pattern. The opacity percentage is largely trial and error, as each photo will have its own opacity sweet-spot.At this point, don’t worry that the pattern is covering your main subject. However, if you’re using your own photo you can experiment with the different Blending options until you find an effect you like.Go back to the main menu by tapping Style at the top left of the menu, then change the Opacity slider to around 50% – 60%.
To crop the photo, tap the paintbrush icon, then select Crop from the menu.Crop your photo as you like by dragging the corners with your finger. Pinch inwards to return to the full view.Tap Done at the top right when you’re happy with the image. At this point you should have your successful work of art looking back at you! Congratulations – you’ve now overcome the barrier of working with photo layers.The last editing step that I performed was to crop the image as I felt there was too much roadway in the composition. To zoom in on the image for detailed eraser work, pinch outwards with two fingers.
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