A Look at Leopard's Preview 4.0
Appleinsider gives us a close up look at Leopard's Preview application.
Beyond the basic PDF and image file viewing, Preview 4.0 adds new tools to annotate PDFs with ovals, rectangle, text notes and hyperlinks. (Oval and text annotation are available in the current version of Preview) Apple also added underline, strikeout, or highlight a text selection in the Acrobat compatible format. These additional tools, however, are not available in the default Preview toolbar. Users must customize the toolbar to have access to the new tools.
Image editing tools are also provided, including image correction, size adjustment, instant alpha, and extract shape, giving Preview an interesting subset of editing tools.
Preview 4.0 will ship with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which is expected to be released later this month.
Beyond the basic PDF and image file viewing, Preview 4.0 adds new tools to annotate PDFs with ovals, rectangle, text notes and hyperlinks. (Oval and text annotation are available in the current version of Preview) Apple also added underline, strikeout, or highlight a text selection in the Acrobat compatible format. These additional tools, however, are not available in the default Preview toolbar. Users must customize the toolbar to have access to the new tools.
Image editing tools are also provided, including image correction, size adjustment, instant alpha, and extract shape, giving Preview an interesting subset of editing tools.
Preview 4.0 will ship with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which is expected to be released later this month.
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57 months ago
I love the additional PDF annotation. I just want a few more image editing tools though. :(
The adjust color and size panels are a step in the right direction though!
The adjust color and size panels are a step in the right direction though!
57 months ago
This sounds like excellent functionality for Preview. Can you do most or any of things in Acrobat Reader? This would be a hoot if Apple gave us these tools for free and Adobe does not.
57 months ago
This is excellent. It is quite often that I want to make a quick change to a picture or something before I email it to someone. I usually have to open up Photoshop Elements or something, and the hassle isn't worth what I get from it. Having some simple tools in Preview would be great for me.
P-Worm
P-Worm
57 months ago
It's a welcomed thing you can now resize pictures.. This is a common action that the current Preview.app doesn't have (well to my knowledge)
57 months ago
This is one leopard feature I'm really looking forward to using. Going to be extremely useful for me
57 months ago
Awesome! I've been waiting for decent PDF annotations and the ability to resize an image without firing up Photoshop for a long time...
57 months ago
This sounds like excellent functionality for Preview. Can you do most or any of things in Acrobat Reader? This would be a hoot if Apple gave us these tools for free and Adobe does not.
Apart from the free Acrobat Reader - which allows no file modification at all –all we get from Adobe these days is Acrobat Professional, which is a whopping £459 here in the UK ($900?). Windows users get a cheaper version with fewer unnecessary functions.
Looks like Apple is kindly filling the gap.
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