Crop presets

Pixelmator Pro comes with a number of pre-made presets you can use to quickly crop your image to a number of popular formats. You can also easily create your own presets to use in future projects.

Apply a crop preset#

  1. Choose the Crop tool by doing one of the following:
    • Choose Crop in the Pixelmator Pro Tools sidebar.
    • Choose Tools > Crop from the Tools menu at the top of your screen.
    • Press the C key on your keyboard.
  2. Click the Constrain pop-up menu.
  3. Select one of the crop Ratio or Size presets.

Customize the crop presets#

  1. Choose the Crop tool by doing one of the following:
    • Choose Crop in the Pixelmator Pro toolbar.
    • Choose Tools > Crop from the Tools menu at the top of your screen.
    • Press the C key on your keyboard.
  2. In the Constrain pop-up menu, make sure the Custom Aspect Ratio is selected.
  3. Do any of the following:
    • Save a new crop preset: Constrain the crop box to your required aspect ratio manually or by entering width and height values into the designated fields. In the Tool Options pane, click the Constrain pop-up menu and click Add at the top.
    • Rename a crop preset: Click the disclosure triangle next to the preset you'd like to rename and choose Rename. Enter a new name for your preset and press the Return ↵ key on your keyboard to confirm.
    • Delete a crop preset: Click the disclosure triangle next to the preset you'd like to delete and choose Delete.
    • Reset all crop presets: Click the disclosure button next to any preset, press and hold the Option ⌥ key, and choose Reset All. This deletes any custom crop presets and recovers default ones.