The many superpowers of Apple's Preview app: Part 1<article>
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Apple’s Preview app, preinstalled on every Mac for years, is one of the most underused programs ever. Far from being an image preview app, as its name implies, you can use it to convert file formats, grab a frame from a movie, learn the size of a web-based image, sort a folder of images, remove backgrounds, and more. In this first installment of a two-part series, you’ll begin to discover the many superpowers of Preview.</p><h2>Convert file formats</h2>
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To get a handle on Preview’s abilities, consider the file formats it can open and manipulate:</p><ul>
<li>AI - Adobe Illustrator Artwork files</li>
<li>BMP – Windows Bitmap files</li>
<li>DNG – Digital Negative files</li>
<li>DAE - Collada 3D files</li>
<li>EPS – Encapsulated PostScript files</li>
<li>FAX – faxes</li>
<li>FPX – FlashPix files</li>
<li>GIF – Graphics Interchange Format files</li>
<li>HDR – High Dynamic Range Image files</li>
<li>ICNS – Apple Icon Image files</li>
<li>ICO – Windows icon files</li>
<li>JPEG 2000 – JPEG 2000 files</li>
<li>JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group files</li>
<li>OpenEXR – OpenEXR files</li>
<li>PS – Adobe PostScript files</li>
<li>PSD – Adobe Photoshop files</li>
<li>PICT – QuickDraw image files</li>
<li>PDF – Portable Document Format files</li>
<li>PNG – Portable Network Graphics files</li>
<li>PNTG – MacPaint Bitmap Graphic files</li>
<li>QTIF – QuickTime image files</li>
<li>RAD – Radiance Scene Description files</li>
<li>RAW – Raw image files</li>
<li>SGI – Silicon Graphics Image files</li>
<li>TGA – TARGA image files</li>
<li>TIF, TIFF – Tagged Image File Format files</li>
<li>XBM – X BitMap files</li>
<li>PPT – PowerPoint files</li>
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How is this exciting? Let us count the ways. You can convert a PDF file to a pixel-based format for printing (say, if you’ve got a PDF that refuses to print) or for posting on the web (say, a JPEG, GIF or PNG). You can convert image files to PDF (say, for emailing a receipt to someone), or perhaps most amazingly, convert Adobe Illustrator or legacy EPS files to PDF format—without the need for Illustrator.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2863923/the-many-superpowers-of-apples-preview-app-part-1.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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The many superpowers of Apple's Preview app: Part 1
