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Mac OS — Edit image in clipboard directly with Preview

Mac OS — Edit image in clipboard directly with Preview

Copy a image to clipboard

For example

Command + Shift + Control to start screen short mode and copy to clipboard.

Example image

When this image in clipboard.

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Doodle — Some creature sees straight – Yuma Inaura ( 稲浦悠馬 ) – Medium

Use Preview App

image

File > New From Clipboard ( or shortcut Command + N )

image

Editing

image

Copy edited image

Edit > Copy ( or shortcut Command + C )

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Now you can paste edited image

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Usage

For example attach image file in Gist comment with paste shortcut Command + V.

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Mac App

And now ( in 2024 )

Mac App "CleanShotX" is good tool ( Easy to Edit Image of Screenshot )

but its not Free

Other titles

  • Edit picture in clipboard immediately

Versions

  • Max OS X High Sierra

Links

@brendanmatkin
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Thanks!!

@danielzhou82
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very useful tip, thanks.

maybe there's some way to automate the whole process

@YumaInaura
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@danielzhou82

Yes and now

CleanShotX is good tool
( Easy to Edit Image of Screenshot )
but its not Free

https://cleanshot.com/

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