Set the Background Color of Preview to Match Your Blog

I often use the Instant Alpha tool in Preview to quickly extract transparent images for use on MacMembrane. Here is a quick way to make sure your images look as good on your blog as they do in Preview.

Reveal Image Boundaries in Preview

The MacTipper Blog: hold down Cmd + Ctrl in Preview to reveal the boundaries of a transparent image. I use the instant alpha feature in Preview often and this has been a trouble for me. -The MacTipper Blog is worthy of its name.

A Quicker Way to Extract Application Icons Using AppleScript

An AppleScript to make opening an application’s icon in Preview a one click affair.

Precision Screenshots of Moving Elements in OS X

There are lots of ways to take screen shots in OS X. Here’s how to use screen recording software to capture precise frames of an animation in motion.

Open Application Icons Images in Preview

An easy technique to open application icons in preview for whatever reason. Get info, copy to clipboard, open Preview and hit Cmd + N. A new document with all the application’s icon images will open. Save as a png with alpha. Quick and simple.

Create Icons Quickly with Preview and Img2icns

I like to customize my Mac, and one of the easiest ways to do so is to change the default icons for files and folders. And there are some great tools to do this. For instance, Panic’s CandyBar 3 lets you easily swap and restore systemwide icon mods, and even comes stocked with [...]