The Preview app even lets you annotate the images with ease. To add text to a photo:. Click the Text icon from the Markup Toolbar , drag the side handles to adjust the width of the text frame, and use the mouse to drag and reposition the entire frame to your preferred location on the photo.
Select the text, click the Text Style icon from the Markup Toolbar , and change font, size, color, etc. As it is with some of the advanced image manipulation programs, even the Preview app allows you to remove background from a photo, and that too pretty easily. To get this done:. Click the Instant Alpha icon from the left area of the Markup Toolbar , click anywhere on the unwanted background on the image, and slowly drag the mouse.
Notice the red colored coating that the image starts getting covered with. This is the portion that Preview will consider background and will remove. While dragging the mouse, if any section of the image that you want to keep gets red, drag the pointer to the opposite direction to deselect the area. Once the background portion of the image gets selected colored in red , without releasing the mouse button, press Delete on the keyboard.
Note: Removing background requires the image to be in PNG format. You must allow this conversion in order to proceed with the background removal process.
Note: Usually, not entire background could be selected in a single go, especially when there are multiple objects in the photo. This process is generally used to place an object present in one image over the background of the other photo. A good example could be to place a picture of a fish on to a second photo that has a sea or river. The Preview app lets you do this easily using the following steps:. Drag mouse over both the images you want to participate in the process, right-click any one of the selected photos, go to Open With , and click Preview default from the submenu.
Ensure that Preview opens with both the images listed in the sidebar in the left. From the sidebar, select first image, and use the Instant Alpha tool as explained earlier to remove the background. Additionally, you can drag the pasted object or move its side handles to reposition or resize it respectively. The Preview app has a built-in image converter as well.
To convert an image to a different format with Preview, you must:. After opening an image, click File from the menu bar at the top, and click Export from the menu that appears next. If you use this feature, your home folder — the one with the house icon and user name — is less important than in the past, but it remains that some important folders remain housed there — one of which is Downloads. The Downloads folder is aptly named. Most people, though, stick with the default. Browsers typically make it easy to quickly get to downloaded files.
Clicking the magnifying glass button next to an item reveals the downloaded file in Finder. Clicking the Clear button hides the Downloads button until you download something new. The Downloads folder can become a messy mix of semi-abandoned cruft and items you actually need.
You might download music from the likes of Bandcamp or Amazon, but then import it into the Music app, making the original downloads redundant. Sorting items by size can help you quickly discover — and potentially trash — large items.
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