Annotate Images (JPEG, PNG, etc.) in Leopard Preview

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With the release of Leopard, something you've been able to do in Preview is annotate PDFs. That is, you can put in notes, arrows, ovals etc. However, if you wanted to annotate to pictures, (JPEGs, PNGs, etc.) then you had to use some other software. (I normally use keynote.)

Fortunately, MacOSXHints points out that you can annotate images, however, you'll need to use the toolbar instead of the menu bar. Here's how:

Step 1: Right click on the toolbar and select "Customize Toolbar..."

Step 2: Select the "Annotate" option and drag it to Preview's toolbar.

Step 3: Click on the "Done" button.

Step 4: Click and hold on the annotate button to pick other options such as line and note.

Step 5: Drag the cursor to where you want to shape or note to be. If you want to resize it, click on the shape or note and drag one of the grey circles.

You can change the color of a shape or note by selecting it and hitting Cmd-Shift-C. Then picking the color you want to change it to. In addition, you can change the size of a shape or note by selecting it and then hitting = and - to enlarge and shrink.

Finally, if you want to see this in action, watch the short video I made for this post.

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