Resize a picture with Preview.app?

I can't find the option to resize pictures in Preview.app :-/ And I mean the actual file/picture not just on screen zoom...
But on the other hand when you check automator, under the 'preview.app' category you have a re-scale option and it does work so the app can do it? But where's the option in the app itself? I can't imagine that I really need to load Photoshop just to make a picture smaller :-/

Well, im not sure that you can rescale pictures with preview app. However, there are nice free little apps you could install that will eat this job alive...And really easy to use.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/imagewell.html
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/jetphoto.html
For more hints and tips go to
http://www.mac-switch.com

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Scrolling problem with preview app

Since I use Mavericks I'm not able to scroll with 2 fingers in the preview app. Only the keyboard with the arrows works.
can anybody help me?

Hello Der_Chico,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with scrolling in Preview. I found a few resources that I think will help isolate and troubleshoot this issue.
First, try booting your computer into Safe Mode and test it here:
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
If the issue is not present in Safe Mode, it can mean that a third-party application set to automatically launch may be causing conflicts with Preview.
Additionally, you can further isolate the issue by creating a new user account and testing there:
Isolating an issue by using another user account
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4053
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Problem adjusting pictures with Preview

Not sure if this is the exactly the right spot for this question so apologies if in corrcet.
I am having a problem with Preview.
There is a small blemish on a scanned photo and I when I open Preview I am using adjust colour' and then copy a similar part of the photo and paste it to cover the blemish. All good so far. However,when I come to save my changes it saves with a horizontal black line across the middle of the photo about 4 mm thick. No matter the format I try JPEG, TIFF etc I get the same result. Would anyone have any suggestions as to what is going on and how to stop it?
Thank you in advance.

The solution is to not use Preview for this particular kind of task. Preview is generally not good for tiny "spot fixes" of a few pixels in jpegs -- it doesn't have nearly the kind of precision or built-in tools required. GraphicConverter is a little better, but also woefully insufficient for this procedure.
I am not an Adobe employee, but can attest that Photoshop is definitely what you need to fix blemishes in scanned images (or any kind of hyper-detailed photo repair/altering).
Either get Photoshop onto your computer, or bring your jpeg file to a computer that already had Photoshop on it, and open the jpeg in Photoshop. Then, in the "Windows" menu, choose the bottom selection, called "Tools," which will open a little floating toolbar window next to your image. In that Toolbar, chose the little icon that looks like a rubber stamp (ninth one down, called "Clone Stamp Tool"). Then, along the top-edge toolbar select the "brush" you want -- I recommend a fuzzy-edged circle, of medium size, to try out at first. Then zoom in on the blemish in your image so you can see it in detail. Then hold down the option key, click a nearby unblemished area of similar color, then release the option key, and click directly on top of the blemish -- the brush will paste the adjacent color on top of the blemish, essentially "erasing" it.
Experiment with this a few times on a backup "test" copy of your image, using different brush types and sizes, and different "sampling" areas. You'll be amazed how invisible the blemish removal can be if done properly!
People who are very good at this specific skill can earn big salaries in the design field; I'm just an amateur, but have taught myself to be pretty good at it just for fixing up family photos.
There may be less-expensive graphics programs with similar capabilities, but I don't know much about them. But I can say for sure that Preview is definitely the wrong application or this kind of image manipulation, while Photoshop is definitely the best solution.

Need help with Preview app on MacBook pro 2011 / Lion. Strange lockup followed by compounding issues

Began by not being able to close files when opened in preview. Only way to escape... Force quit of preview program.
Found help here. Tried multiple fixes - still acting very strange

OK - I kept on trying and reading everything I could find on the issue. Finally success!
moved to the trash -
ALL com.apple.preview *.* files in the Library directory
moved to the trash -
the directory for com.apple.preview inside the Containers directory
verified at library the permissions (cmd I) set to read/write
restarted.....
all trashed files rebuilt
all functionality of preview is back!!!
Hope this helps anyone else who is having trouble with preview!!

HT2506 I have a problem with preview app...

I can't open the preview PDF or IMAGE because said me that I don't have permissions
Could you help me with this?

Most of the people on these forums, including myself, are fellow users - you're not talking to iTunes Support here.
Are you able to connect to a wifi network - tapping the app should pause the download of the app and change it to 'waiting', so you should be able to pause the download until you have access to a wifi network.

Lumia 920 can take sharp pictures with an app

I have been thinking what to do with my brand new Lumia 920 because I am dissapointed with picture quality. They are simply not sharp, and I am not talking only daylight or night pictures. In my case MOST of the pictures are not sharp. However all Macro pictureas are sharp, and one of a hundred both daylight and low light ARE sharp.
My previous phone is Nokia N8 and wife have Iphone 4s so I know what to expect from a phone.
I have dowloaded app called Camera Easy and that app simply take SHARP pictures.
Here are two comparison, two sharp are of course taken with Camera Easy app, and two not so sharp pictures are taken with default Nokia Lumia 920 software. ( I have bought Camera Pro as well, but pictures have same quality as Nokia Lumia 920 default software, not sharp).
However there is one bug in Camera Easy app, it can save images in own folder somewhere on Lumia 920, but they are not listed on camera roll or albums???
(reason why I am covering my eye is because I took over hundred of pictures and looking in flash light that many times will hurt my eyes.... so some protection )
NOKIA, dowload this app and learn how to do things correctly
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HT201740 Spinning ball with Preview app

When I use the drop down menu to see the contact sheet I get the spinning ball. Finally it will give me the sheet, but then if I delete a page, I get the spinning ball and it takes forever for it to do it. This has been going on since I updated to 10.10.1. I deleted the preferences file but that didn't help. It is possible that I really didn't delete the correct one because I had a had time finding it. I even tried to download a new copy, but I can't find one anywhere. Please help, I use this feature a lot and it is really making me crazy. Also I have 8gb of memory not 4 that originally came with computer

Back up all data. Quit Preview if it's running.
Hold down the option key and select Go ▹ Library from the Finder menu bar. From the Library folder, delete the following items, if they exist:
          Containers/com.apple.Preview
          Group Containers/com.apple.Preview
          Preferences/com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist
          Preferences/com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist
          Saved Application State/com.apple.Preview.savedState
Log out and log back in. Launch the application and test.

Unable to take deposit picture with Chase app

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HT2506 How can I insert a link within a PDF document with preview.app in Mavericks

Would like to create a selfmade table of contents that links to the right place in the pdf document
Thanks for the support!

Preview is not really a PDF editor. You can do basic stuff such as add annotations, insert pages, but you cannot add hyperlinks.

Operating Mac OS X with Preview.app, Adobe Flash is unnecessary software!

Must I install Adobe Flash when I am using a Mac. Mac operating system is self-contained and works better without all the PC add-ons.

Follow these instructions: How to perform a "clean install" of Flash Player in Mac OS X to the letter. You'lll perform an "offline" install and be up to date.
Adobe updates are released on average about every six weeks, not once a week. In fact, the most often they've been this year was in March when a security issue was addressed and an additional Windows update was released ten days after the regular update, but that wouldn't have affected you on a Mac.

When I try to open my pictures with Preview it says I don't have permission to view it? How do I fix that and why is it doing that in the first place?

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Select one of the problem files in the Finder and open the Info window. Do you have read & write access?

Cannot change size of picture (in Ko) when saving with Preview

Hello all,
I need your help please.
When I modify a picture with Preview, like resize it for example, then I want to save the picture, I cannot change the size in Ko like I used to be able to with Snow Leopard.
Before, in the "Save as" menu, there was an arrow to decrease or increase the "weight" in Ko of the picture. This arrow is still there, but it does not show the number of the actual weight of the picture anymore (is it 400 ko, or 500 ko, or 600 ko, etc...).
Anyone has the same problem ?

I tried the steps you mentioned and found that this issue is also present in Previous versions as in PSE 10 also.
I will suggest you to check "Convert Files to" check box and then select "JPEG Max Quality" from corresponding drop down in order to maintain the quality of your JPEG image.
You can do it specially in case you are processing JPEG files and your image quality will remain same.
Hope this will help you.

Can't open jpg, preview.app does nothing

Hi,
I am attempting to troubleshoot a minimac 10.4.10
I cannot open .jpg with preview.app (or tiff/gif ect.), which i assume is the default pic viewer.
when d-clicking on a jpg (whether downloaded or uploaded from a camera) the picture will not open.
the only thing it does is the very brief animation quick flash from icon to full screen like it will open except it doesn't.
i opened the task manager (or whatever its called in apple) and preview.app is not running.
it is only possible to view a pic with firefox, quicktime, or safari.
HELP! i have basic to moderate user knowledge of mac

thanks for the responses!
i did a 'get info' on a pic and it does show the preview correctly (no thumnails anywhere is another problems as well)
it already has preview.app listed as the default app. i selected a different program and did a open with, and then switched the default back to preview.app and same problem.
*preview.app will not open period*. launching it by itself does nothing. i went to the applications folder and tried launching it from there and nothing. *It is still installed*. I did a 'get info' on it and it shows March 07 as the last time its been launched (approximate time of update to 10.4.10)
so i'm confident the problem is from the app not from the jpg files. It just won't launch.
is there anyway to reinstall it or something? uninstall/reinstall? dunno how to do this...

Mavericks and Preview app problem

Hi!
Yesterday I updated my iMac 27" (Intel i5, 4Gb RAM) and MacBook Air (2010) to Mavericks and noticed significant slowdown working with Preview app and RAW photos.
Preview loads photos very slowly partly covering photos with black color. This problem is on both my Macs.
I even reinstalled Mavericks completely on my Mac. Also I tried to remove Preview preferences. This didn't work. I installed Camera Raw update - no use.
In the latest 10.8 everything worked smoothly and fast. In Mavericks... it is not. I'm very upset...
Does anyone have such problems?
If there is no solution at the moment how to downgrade back to 10.8?
By the way, I noticed that Mavericks uses all of my RAM all the time. Is it normal?

Interestingly, when you go to Feedback, when you get to OS X applications, Preview isn't even listed!! Maybe it's because the changes under Mavericks have turned a previously easy application to use into a disaster area. Perhaps they don't want to hear the feedback?
1. No more crop button for the edit toolbar.
2. No more save as, or save all options under File drop down menu.
3. Some genius changed save as to export... only took me a week to figure that out!
4. When opening 7-10 jpg's to edit, various problems occur:
     a. cropping and then adjusting picture size often results in adjusting size change not being saved.
     b. after this happens on one picture, trying to adjust size on another picture doesn't work.
     c. repeated attempts causes Preview to freeze up and you have to quit the application.
     d. when reopening the same pics after reopening preview they appear in 2 or 3 windows instead of the                    original 1 window.
     e. the same problems may repeat themselves trying to edit all 10 pictures.
What used to take 4-5 minutes to do before Mavericks, now can take 10 minutes or more. Did anyone test Preview 7.0 before it was released???

Spinning ball with Preview in Yosemite

Every since update to 10.10.1 when try to open picture (.png or .jpg) with preview app, get spinning ball and never opens.

Do a backup.
Quit Preview.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Remove the following. You may not find them all.
Containers/com.apple.Preview
Preferences/com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist
Preferences/com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist
Saved Application State/com.apple.Preview.savedState
Credit Linc Davis for this solution.

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