Open the App

After installing from the App Store, open the app from Launchpad or your Applications folder.

Tips

You can also drag an image or file directly onto the app icon in the Dock to open it.

Tips

To keep the app easily accessible, right-click its icon in the Dock and choose Options > Keep in Dock.

When you launch the app, you will see the menu bar and the Open panel.

Menu Bar

The menu bar provides access to all app features and commands.

App Menu

• About: View the app version and information.
• Settings… (⌘,): Configure app preferences. See Settings.
• Upgrade to Full-featured Version: Upgrade to the full-featured version. After upgrading, this item shows Full-featured Version and displays your license status.
• Restore Purchase: Restore a previous purchase on this Mac, if needed. See Restore Purchase.
• Quit (⌘Q): Exit the app.

File Menu

• New (⌘N): Create a blank image. See Create New Image.
• New from Clipboard (⌘⇧N): Create an image from copied content.
• Open… (⌘O): Open an existing image. See Open File.
• Open Recent: Quickly open recently used files.
• Close (⌘W): Close the current document.
• Save (⌘S) / Export… (⌘E): Save your work. See Save and Export.
• Save As…: Save a copy under a new name or format. This item is hidden by default—hold Option in the File menu to reveal it.
• Duplicate (⇧⌘S): Create a copy of the current document.
• Revert to Saved: Restore a previously saved version of your document. This browses the automatic saves, so it requires the full-featured version with the Autosave option enabled. See Settings.
• Page Setup… (⇧⌘P): Configure page settings for printing.
• Print… (⌘P): Print your image. See Print.

Edit Menu

Standard editing commands including Undo (⌘Z), Redo (⇧⌘Z), Cut (⌘X), Copy (⌘C), and Paste (⌘V).

• Select All (⌘A): Select the entire canvas.
• Select All Objects (⇧⌘A): Select all objects and layers.
• Paste Drawing Style (⇧⌘V): Apply the copied style (fill, stroke, shadow, etc.) to selected objects. See Copy and Paste Drawing Style.

Tips

When an area of the canvas is selected, Cut, Copy, and Delete apply to that area. Otherwise, they apply to the selected objects.

Tool Menu

Select drawing and editing tools. Each tool has a keyboard shortcut based on the Option (⌥) key:

Tool	Shortcut	Tool	Shortcut
Eyedropper	⌥D	Ellipse	⌥O
Gradient	⌥G	Shape, Icon, Emoji…	⌥N
Airbrush	⌥A	Vector Pen	⌥V
Fill	⌥F	Pen	⌥P
Line	⌥L	Eraser	⌥E
Polyline	⌥B	Text	⌥T
Curve	⌥C	Crop	⌥K
Rectangle	⌥W	Magic Selection	⌥Q
Round Rectangle	⌥R	Select and Move	⌥M

Tips

Only the Rectangular Selection has its own shortcut (⌥S); the other selection variants are chosen from the Selection submenu or the Attributes panel. See Tools.

Image Menu

Commands in this menu apply to the entire image:

• Crop (⌘K): Crop the canvas. See Crop Tool.
• Resize Canvas… (⌃S): Resize the canvas and adjust resolution. See Resize Canvas.
• Adjust Colors… (⌃C): Modify image colors. See Adjust Colors.
• Invert Colors (⌃V): Invert the colors of the image.
• Straighten (⌃T): Straighten the image.
• Adjust Image Opacity… (⌃O): Adjust the overall image opacity.
• Replace Selected Colors… (⌃R): Replace the colors found in your selection. Requires a selection. See Replace Colors.
• Remove Background (⌃B): Automatically remove the image background. See Remove Background.
• Rotate Canvas Left / Rotate Canvas Right: Rotate the canvas left or right by 90 degrees.
• Flip Canvas Horizontally (⌃⌘H) / Flip Canvas Vertically (⌃⌘E): Flip the canvas horizontally or vertically.

Tips

Most Image menu commands use the Control (⌃) key alone, without Command.

Object Menu

Commands in this menu apply to selected objects or layers. Use these to manage, arrange, and edit specific elements on your canvas. See Manage Layers.

Key shortcuts: Transform… (⌘T), Rotate & Resize… (⌘R), Rename (⌃R), Flip Horizontally (⌥H) / Flip Vertically (⌥V), Import Image… (⌥I), Group Selected Objects (⌃G) / Ungroup Selected Groups (⌃⇧G), Hide Selected Objects (⌃H) / Unhide Selected Objects (⌃⇧H), Lock All Objects (⌃L) / Unlock All Objects (⌃⇧L), Merge All Objects (⌃M), Add Curved Text… (⌃A), Export Selected Objects as Image… (⌥⌘E), and Bring Forward (⌘]), Send Backward (⌘[), Bring to Front (⌥]), Send to Back (⌥[) for stacking order.

View Menu

Control your workspace and canvas display:

• Zoom: Zoom In (⌘=), Zoom Out (⌘-), Actual Size (⌘0), or Zoom to Fit (⌘9).
• Rulers: Change the ruler Ruler Units or Ruler Start Point.
• Show Sidebar (⌘L): Show or hide the layer list. Checked while the sidebar is visible.
• Grid: Show Canvas Grid (⌘D), hide, or Configure Canvas Grid….

  Tips

  If the grid is too fine, it may not display. Zoom in to see it.

• Enter Full Screen (⌃⌘F): Fill your screen with the document window.

Window Menu

Standard macOS window management commands.

Help Menu

• Export Favorite Colors… / Import Favorite Colors…: Sync your saved colors across devices.
• Contact Us: Get support via email.
• Home Page: Visit the app's website.
• Online Help: Open this user manual.
• Frequently Asked Questions: View frequently asked questions.
• Feedback issues: Export app logs to help troubleshoot problems.

Open Panel

The Open panel appears when no documents are open.

• Open Recent: Double-click a recent file to open it, or select it and press Return.

  Tips

  To change the number of recent items shown, adjust your macOS System Settings. See Apple Support.

• Open Other…: Browse your Mac to open an existing image.
• Create New: Start a new blank document.
• New from Clipboard: Create a document using an image currently copied to your clipboard.