

It displays information like type, color space, EXIF, MakerNote, IPTC, GPS, and more.The great thing about Preview is that it is included for free in macOS so there’s no need to download anything.Īlthough Preview is often used to edit PDFs on a Mac, many Mac users don’t realize is that it also has a basic drawing tool which is similar to MS Paint. At the right, you’ll see the Inspector panel.

And the Strip view mode shows a tiny strip of thumbnails on the top with a viewer area. The List view mode shows the image thumbnail, detailed information, and metadata. The Map layout mode uses Apple Maps with GPS data to provide location information. The viewer displays the image with different view (Icon, Strip, List, Map), sort (name, date, color label, tags), and filter (name, extension, tags) options. The left sidebar displays your folders (including Smart Folders), photo libraries, devices, and mounted volumes. In the case of images you want to enlarge, look at different ways to upscale images without losing quality. With the built-in support of camera models and multi-threading, it can progressively scale high-resolution images. It supports TIFF, HEIF, TGA, WebP, GIF, and many non-standard, old, and RAW image formats. Create custom slideshows with parameters for setting up a timer (or keyboard press), screen size, transition effects, and background music.Integrates with XnConvert to convert images, resize batches of images, and apply adjustments like rotation, watermarks, filters, fancy effects, and more.

Navigate to View > Layout, or select Free to create a custom layout.

On the right side, you’ll see a preview panel. You can sort images by name, file size, EXIF date taken or modified, or even filter them by rating, comments, or tags. The center panel shows a thumbnail preview of each photo.
