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# The Menu bar

When you need to accomplish a task, you can access just about any Pixelmator functions, commands, and more from the menu bar.

- Pixelmator
- About Pixelmator
- Preferences...
  Cmd ⌘ + comma ,
- License...
- Provide Feedback...
- Services
  ‣
- Hide Pixelmator
  Cmd ⌘ + H
- Hide Others
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + N
- Show All
- Quit Pixelmator
  Cmd ⌘ + Q

- File
- New...
  Cmd ⌘ + N
- Open...
  Cmd ⌘ + O
- Open Recent
  ‣
- Close
  Cmd ⌘ + W
- Save
  Cmd ⌘ + S
- Save as...
  Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + S
- Revert to Saved...
- Export...
- File info...
  Opt ⌥ + ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + I
- Page Setup...
  Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + P
- Print...
  Cmd ⌘ + P

- Edit
- Undo
  Cmd ⌘ + Z
- Redo
  Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + Z
- Cut
  Cmd ⌘ + X
- Copy
  Cmd ⌘ + C
- Paste
  Cmd ⌘ + V
- Clear
- Select All
  Cmd ⌘ + A
- Deselect
  Cmd ⌘ + D
- Reselect
  Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + D
- Inverse
  Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + I
- Refine Selection
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + R
- Load Selection
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + L
- Fill
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + F
- Stroke
  Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + O
- Transform
  ‣
  - Scale
  - Rotate
  - Skew
  - Distort
  - Perspective
  - Rotate 180°
  - Rotate 90° CW
  - Rotate 90° CCW
  - Flip Horizontal
  - Flip Vertical
- Find
  ‣
  - Find...
    Cmd ⌘ + F
  - Find Next
    Cmd ⌘ + G
  - Find Previous
    Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + G
  - Use Selection for Find
  - Jump to Selection
- Spelling
  ‣
  - Show Spelling and Grammar
  - Check Spelling
  - Check Spelling While Typing
- Special Characters...

- Image
- Levels...
  Shift ⇧ +Cmd ⌘ + L
- Auto Enhance
- Curves...
- Color Balance...
  Cmd ⌘ + B
- Brightness and Contrast...
- Hue/Saturation...
  Cmd ⌘ + U
- Desaturate
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + U
- Colorize...
- Replace Color...
- Channel Mixer...
- Exposure
- Invert
  Cmd ⌘ + I
- Equalize
- Treshold...
- Posterize...
- Rotate Canvas
  ‣
  - Rotate 180°
  - Rotate 90° CW
  - Rotate 90° CCW
  - Flip Horizontal
  - Flip Vertical
- Canvas Size...
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + C
- Image Size...
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + I
- Match to Profile...
- Assign Profile...

- Layer
- New Layer...
  Shift ⇧ +Cmd ⌘ + N
- New Layer from iSight...
- Duplicate Layer
- Delete layer
- Layer Name...
- Show Layer
- Preserve Transparency
- Create Clipping Mask
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + G
- Add Layer Mask
- Show Layer Mask
- Bring to Front
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + ]
- Bring Forward
  Cmd ⌘ + ]
- Send Backward
  Cmd ⌘ + [
- Send to Back
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + [
- Link Layers
  Cmd ⌘ + L
- Unlink Layers
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + L
- Select Linked Layers
- Rasterize Type Layer
- Merge Layers
  Cmd ⌘ + E
- Flatten Image

- Filter
- Last Filter
  Shift ⇧ +Cmd ⌘ + F
- Distortion
  ‣
  - Bump...
  - Linear Bump...
  - Circle Splash...
  - Circular Wrap...
  - Displacement...
  - Glass...
  - Glass Lozenge...
  - Hole...
  - Pinch...
  - Torus Lens...
  - Twirl...
  - Vortex...
- Blur
  ‣
  - Box Blur...
  - Disc Blur...
  - Gaussian Blur...
  - Motion Blur...
  - Noise Reduction...
  - Zoom Blur...
  - Median...
- Sharpen
  ‣
  - Sharpen Luminance...
  - Unsharp Mask...
- Stylize
  ‣
  - Bloom...
  - Crystallize...
  - Edge Work...
  - Edges...
  - Gloom...
  - Heihtfield...
  - Hexaganol Pixellate...
  - Line Overlay...
  - Pixellate...
  - Pointillize...
  - Shaded material...
  - Spot Color...
  - Spot Light...
  - Comic Effect
- Halftone
  ‣
  - CMYK Halftone...
  - Circular Screen...
  - Dot Screen...
  - Hatched Screen...
  - Line Screen...
  - Comic Effect...
- Tile
  ‣
  - Affine Camp...
  - Affine Tile...
  - Eightfold Reflected Tile...
  - Fourfold Reflected Tile...
  - Fourfold Rotated Tile...
  - Fourfold Translated Tile...
  - Glide Reflected Tile...
  - Kaleidoscope...
  - Op Tile...
  - Parallegram Tile...
  - Perspective Tile...
  - Sixfold Reflected Tile...
  - Sixfold Rotated Tile...
  - Triangle Tile...
  - Twelvefold Reflected Tile...
- Color
  ‣
  - Color Map...
  - Color Monochrome...
  - Gamma Adjust...
  - Sepia Tone...
  - False Color
  - Mask To Alpha
- Generator
  ‣
  - Checkboard...
  - Lenticular Halo...
  - Star Shine...
  - Stripes...
  - Sunbeams...
  - Constant Color
  - Random
- Transition
  ‣
  - Bars Swipe...
  - Copy Machine...
  - Flash...
  - Mod...
  - Page Curl...
  - Ripple...
  - Swipe...
- Quartz Compozer
  ‣

- Image
- Zoom In
  Cmd ⌘ + +
- Zoom Out
  Cmd ⌘ + -
- Actual Pixels
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + 0
- Fit in Window
  Cmd ⌘ + 0
- Show Tools
  Cmd ⌘ + 1
- Show Tool Options
  Cmd ⌘ + 2
- Show Layers
  Cmd ⌘ + 3
- Show Masks
  Cmd ⌘ + 4
- Show Fonts
  Cmd ⌘ + T
- Show Brushes
  Cmd ⌘ + 5
- Show Gradient
  Opt ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + 5
- Show Colors
  Shift ⇧ +Cmd ⌘ + C
- Show Swatches
  Cmd ⌘ + 6
- Show Scratch
  Cmd ⌘ + 7
- Show Photo Browser
  Cmd ⌘ + 8
- Full Screen
  F

- Window
- Minimize
  Cmd ⌘ + M
- Zoom
- Bring All to Front

- Help
- Pixelmator Help
  Cmd ⌘ + ?
- User Guide
- Get Support
- Acknowledgments
- Welcome Screen...