Viewing images

There are two modes in Pixelmator:
Standard mode
Full-screen mode

When you launch Pixelmator, it opens in standard mode. When you do not want to be distracted by your desktop or other open documents, you may want to use Full-screen mode.

Use F to cycle through screen modes.
For maximum working space use Tab ⇥ - to hide or show all palettes.

To use Full-screen mode, do one of the following:

To exit from Full-screen mode click on in Tools palette.

Hold down the Spacebar to temporarily use

Scrolling through image

Zoom in or out

Actual Pixels

opt ⌥ + cmd ⌘ + 0
Double-click the to show actual pixels.

The 100% view of an image displays an image as it will appear in a browser. To change the view to 100%:

Fit in Window
cmd ⌘ + 0
Double-click the to fit in window.

To change the view to fit in the document window: