Thursday, November 27, 2014; 12:06:04 PM Eastern
A hidden Mac paint program
- I didn't know that every Mac comes with a simple paint program built-in, until I asked for advice on getting a new one. It's part of the Preview application. Here's how to access it.
- #### How to
- 1. Copy an image to the clipboard.
- 2. Launch the Preview app.
- 3. Choose New from Clipboard from the File menu.
- 4. When the image window opens, click on the toolbox icon to enable the editing features. Screen shot.
- 5. You should see a row of icons.
- #### What I was looking for
- I use a paint program basically to edit small sidebar images for my blog and for screen shots to document my software. These are the features I need.
- 1. Resize an image, usually scaling.
- 2. Make the background transparent.
- 3. Draw an arrow on the image.
- 4. Save as either GIF, JPG or PNG.
- The Preview app can do all this and more. And the other features don't seem to get in the way.
- I'm still figuring out how to fit it into my workflow.