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Doing more with Preview
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Power on the side. View-->Show Sidebar (Command+Shift+D) or click the Sidebar icon in the toolbar.
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Thumbnail view is easiest for me to work with, but it also offers a Contact Sheet, Table of Contents, and Annotations view.
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Getting stuff in
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Beyond open and drag and drop.
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File-->
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New from Clipboard (default foe Command+N)
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Import from Camera…
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iPhone, iPod Touch, Camera, Card readers
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Import from Scanner…
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Take Screenshot…
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From selection, Window, or Entire Screen
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Sidebar tricks
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Move pages to rearrange them.
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Drag pages from one PDF to another.
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Select a page and press delete to remove it.
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Multiple select (Shift+Click or Command+Click) to move or delete groups of pages
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Destructive editing for the most part.
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Need to use "Save As..." or start with a copy. Save or Save All will overwrite the originals asking fro confirmation (be careful)
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Working with PDFs
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Clip stuff into new documents with selection tool
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View--> Show Annotations Toolbar… Appears at bottom.
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Arrow, Oval, and Rectangle Shapes
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Text, Notes
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Control color, line weights, and Fonts
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Links (using the "Inspector" Tools-->Show Inspector…)
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Within a PDF or go to a URL
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Highlight, Strikethrough, and underline.
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Working with images
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Open multiples into a single document
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Preferences-->General and set the Open All Files in One Window option
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Images appear like pages in the side bar. You can mix images and PDFs
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Select multiple in sidebar and batch process
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rotate, flip, or resize.
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Tools-->Adjust Color…
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exposure, contrast, sharpness, etc.
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Can also annotate photos
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Select Tool->Smart Lasso and Instant Alpha
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Mixed results for both
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Smart Lasso should "snap" to edges
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Instant alpha, click and drag to contact or expand a red "mask" area. When you let go the red portions will be selected.
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Can use to try and "knockout" images
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Use Smart Lasso to make a "rough" selection of your subject. Then copy and do File-->New from Clipboard.
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Then use Instant Alpha to knock out most of the extra background area and finish up by zooming in and using the lasso tool.
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Control+Click and image in the sidebar
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Send to Mail…
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Send to iPhoto…
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Send to Aperture…
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Saving and Printing
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Convert to a number of formats. JPEG, PNG, GIF PDF, TIFF, PSD
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Print a contact sheet or X-up
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Select the pages or images from the sidebar
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File-->Print Selected Images…
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Make sure Auto Rotate is selected
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Set 'Scale to Fit' and 'Print Entire Image'
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Adjust the 'images per page' drop down to up to 16 images
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You can also have multiple of the same images per page by setting the 'Print X copies per page' option
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Your an icon
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Select the item in the finder that you want the icon image for and choose File-->Copy (Command+C)
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In Preview… File-->New from Clipboard
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You will get a document with all available sizes of that icon from the ICN file.
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Closing
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ideas for topics, subjects you'd like covered, etc.
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