Deleting part of a pre-made shape in Pixelmator



Deleting part of a pre-made shape in Pixelmator


Question

Is it possible to delete part of one of Pixelmator's premade shapes? I tried cropping part of the shape, but that just creates a new window where the cropped portion is shown on the canvas and the rest of the shape is offscreen.

Before

enter image description here

Intermediary

enter image description here

After

enter image description here

What I want

enter image description here

2014/04/28
1
1
4/28/2014 2:32:00 PM

Accepted Answer

The first simple option: Right Click->Convert to Pixels and work as usual (selections and manipulation).

The second option:

Select the shape, evoke right click menu as on the picture, and choose Make Editable: enter image description here

Next, you delete the part you want (select 1 anchor point and press delete - the anchor point and its surrounding points will be deleted if you press the delete button repeatedly):

enter image description here

UPDATE: how to create the "arc" in question.

This is my way to create your shape, probably there are others.

  • Choose pen tool and make a 4-clicks shape as on the picture: to leave the shape "open" you click escape after 4th click.

enter image description here

  • Create 4 additional anchor points by double clicking on the path -

enter image description here

  • Choose 2 lower angle anchor points and press Delete -

enter image description here

  • Select the shape and Open the Shapes panel -> click on the options button enter image description here

the button is on the right lower corner.

  • Choose Add Shape - enter image description here

You have this shape available - enter image description here

Now, work with this shape us usual, but set the fill to NONE:

enter image description here

2014/04/28
2
4/28/2014 5:03:00 PM