Who says keyboard shortcuts, says improved productivity! Here is just a lot of 12 shortcuts to know about the MacOS Preview app, allowing editing of images and photos.
We strive to know a maximum of keyboard shortcuts to be more effective in our work on Mac, or even in our less professional activities.
12 Keyboard Shortcuts To Know For The App Preview On macOS
For this new episode, in our series of “keyboard shortcuts to know”, here is a lot of 12 key combinations that can be used in the preview app. This one, very often neglected for its appearance a little dilapidated, makes it possible to modify photos and images, but also to add annotations and even to sign documents. These keyboard shortcuts make it a very useful tool:
Select the whole image
CMD + A: select the entire image. The selection can be moved entirely with the mouse
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Rotate an image
CMD + R: rotate image to the right (for Right)
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CMD + L: rotate the image to the left (for Left in English)
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Reduce an image
CMD + K: allows to perform a “trim”, which removes everything that is outside the selection
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View the markup toolbar
CMD + SHIFT + A: to bring up the markup toolbar to add text, arrows, a signature, among others
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View color adjustment tools
CMD + ALT + C
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Zoom in and out
CMD + and CMD –
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Insert objects on the image
CMD + CTRL + T: to insert text
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CMD + CTRL + O: to insert an oval
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CMD + CTRL + R: to insert a rectangle
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CMD + CTRL + A: to insert an arrow
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CMD + CTRL + I: to insert a line
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CMD + CTRL + L: to insert a magnifying effect
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So much for these 12 shortcuts of the Preview app on macOS, which make the image editing app more efficient.
