Apple's OS X 10.10 Yosemite software introduced so many new features that users will still be trying to learn them several months after installing the update. But OS X also has some old features that you might not know about. In fact, there's a hidden paint program on your Mac computer that has been sitting right under your nose this whole time, and a recent pose will show you how easy it is to find.
There's a neat tool buried deep in your Mac's Utilities folder that you may have never heard of, but it will allow you to find the color value (RGB, hexadecimal, or percentage) of anything on your screen.
- The hidden paint on Mac with its limited numbers of paint tools, it not meant for complex tasks that need a moderately feature-rich app. If simple tools for quick edits and markups are not enough, use a more professional paint app like MyBrushes, instead. Called as a professional paint app, it is actually the best in class to paint on Mac.
- Download Sketchbook or another free sketch/paint app from the Mac App Store. If you want a more sophisticated app for sketching/drawing/painting specifically, the Mac App Store offers numerous free apps for this (as well as paid ones). One of the best free drawing apps on the Mac App Store is Sketchbook, pictured below.
- Since it's primarily designed for comics, MediBang Paint also offers 20 different fonts. On top of that, there is cross-platform integration via the cloud. This means you can start your sketch on a Mac and pick up where you left off on your iPad or iPhone.
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Mac Paint Software
As Dave Winer recently pointed out on Scripting News (via The Loop), Apple's Preview app has somewhat hidden paint function that most users have no idea is there.
Winer's instructions for accessing the paint functions in Apple's Preview app include a few extra steps, wo we'll amend them here.
Winer's instructions for accessing the paint functions in Apple's Preview app include a few extra steps, wo we'll amend them here.
All you have to do is open any image file on your computer in Preview (if Preview isn't your default app for image files, simply right-click on a file, hover over 'Open With,' and then select 'Preview.app').
Then in the top menu in Preview, you'll see a toolbox icon. Just click it and you're ready to go.
Mac Paint Tool
The paint functions in Preview aren't exactly on par with something like Photoshop, but there are plenty of simple tools for quick edits and markups. There is even a nifty signature function that lets you digitally sign documents using your laptop's trackpad or a Magic Trackpad.
