Youll find Preview in your Applications folder.
It might interest you to learn the software is older than the OS inside today’s Macs.
Preview was part of theNeXTSTEP operating systemthat became the base of what we now call macOS.
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When part of NeXT it displayed and printed PostScript andTIFFfiles.
Apple began weaving a range of useful editing tools inside Preview when it launchedMac OS X Leopardin 2007.
What Image Formats Does Preview Support?
Here is a goodMacworldarticle thatexplains the differencesbetween image formats.
What Are the Different Tools in Preview?
When you open an image or PDF in Preview youll see a range of icons populating the app bar.
From left to right the default set includes:
What Are the Different Markup Tools in Preview?
Preview has two different Markup toolbars, one for working with and editing PDFs, the other for images.
Youll find tools for text, shape creation, annotation, color adjustments and more.
These let you select a specific part of your image, so you could crop the rest.
Preview lets you perform a simple image edit like this.
The image will be pasted on top of the background picture you chose.
Depending on the true dimensions of both images you may need to resize your pasted item.
You do so by adjusting the blue size adjustment toggles that appear around the pasted item.
Go Back in Time
Preview has a fantastic tool that lets you navigate your image edits.
Its also incredibly simple to use.
The display brightness will reduce and youll see all the saved versions of your image.
you’re able to use this to remove items or to copy them for use in other images.
What Is Invert Selection?
If you explore Previews Edit Menu you may have come across theInvert Selectioncommand.
It also includes a histogram with three active sliders you’re able to use to adjust color balance.
you could also use these tools to adjust the white point within your image.
To explore these just hold down the Option key when you smack the drop-down format item.
