Markup in the Preview app is one of the most useful tools on Mac that lets you edit pictures meticulously. Having plenty of editing options in Mac’s own toolbox means that you don’t need a third-party application to modify your images. Right after taking a screenshot, sometimes you may want to edit it to specify something on the screen, and that is where Markup tools come in handy. If you haven’t used it, here is our guide on how to use markup to edit screenshots on Mac.

How to Markup a Screenshot on Mac

1. Open the screenshot you want to markup in the Preview app.
2. Click on the top-right option – Show Markup Toolbar.

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A dropdown menu with all editing tools will appear.

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Wide Range of Markup Tools to Edit a Screenshot on Mac

Selection Tools

These tools are distributed into four shapes, Each of them allowing you to select an area in the image, then crop, copy, or delete it according to your preferences. You can select an area in the following patterns.

1. Rectangular Selection
2. Elliptical Selection
3. Lasso Selection
4. Smart Lasso

Instant Alpha

With this tool, you can select the background in the image and remove it.

Sketch

The feature lets you sketch shapes using a single stroke. If you haven’t drawn a standard shape, it will be automatically replaced by one.

Draw

You can draw on the image with a single stroke. However, this option is only available in computers using Force Touch trackpads. If you own one, you need to press heavily on the trackpad to draw a darker line.

Shapes

Click and drag shapes on the image. When you insert a shape, it will be surrounded by blue handles that let you resize it. With the green handle, you can modify its appearance.

Apart from various shapes, including arrow and rectangular, this tool carries two additional features.

• Loupe: It helps you to magnify an area in the image. You can also adjust the magnifier’s size using the blue handles, while the green dot lets you customize its intensity.
  
• Highlight: You can highlight a particular area in the image using this tool. Adjust its size using the blue handles. Place your cursor on the edge of the highlighter to click and drag it anywhere.

Add Text

It lets you write on the image, then drag the text field anywhere you want.

Add a Signature

If you’ve previously added a signature, then click and drag it anywhere on the image. Blue dots can help you to resize it. If not added, you can create new using a trackpad, iSight camera, or your iOS device.

Adjust Color

Adjust the screenshot’s contrast, exposure, saturation, tint, and more. To adjust them automatically, click Auto Levels. To reset to the default, hit Reset all.

Adjust Size

Alter your screenshot’s size and resolution.

Shape Styles

Modify the thickness of lines in shapes and personalize them.

Border Color

Click on a line of a shape to change its color from the available palette.

Fill Color

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Select a shape to change the color within its edges.

Adjst Text Style and Size

From various font styles and sizes to text formation, use this tool to adjust the text you’ve written on your image.

Annotate

The annotate tool on the preview screen turns blue when your computer is connected with an iOS device that will let you customize your screenshot further.

Signing Off…

These are offered by Apple to personalize your screenshot in the Preview app. Aren’t they? Do you think that there are still some features missing in the markup toolbox? If yes, then which are they? Drop their names in the comment section below! You can also markup screenshots on your iPhone and iPad. Pick up our detailed guide on the same.

7.7 2021-04-28

• Scheduled Voice Chats
• Schedule voice chats to let participants know about them in advance.
• View a countdown to the voice chat and get notified when it starts.
• Who is Who in Voice Chats
• Browse full-sized profile pictures and expanded bios directly in the list of participants.
• Update your profile pic and bio from the voice chat window.
• Payments 2.0
• Offer real goods and services for sale in any group, channel or bot – Telegram doesn't charge a commission.
• Pay for goods directly using one of 8 integrated payment providers – Telegram doesn't see your payment info.

7.6 2021-03-19

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• VOICE CHATS 2.0: CHANNELS, MILLIONS OF LISTENERS, RECORDED CHATS, ADMIN TOOLS
• Millions of Concurrent Listeners
• Start limitless Voice Chats in Groups and Channels.
• Host discussions that can be listened to by millions of people simultaneously.
• Voice Chat Recordings
• Record voice chats to share or publish in Channels later.
• See that a chat is being recorded from the red dot next to its title.
• Improved List of Participants
• See user bio texts right from the list of participants.
• Raise your hand to show admins you want to speak.
• Management Tools
• Create separate Voice Chat Invite Links for listeners or speakers.
• Change the title of your Voice Chat to give people an idea of the current topic.
• Join Voice Chats as one of your Channels to hide your personal account.

7.5.1 2021-03-05

• AUTO-DELETE, INVITE LINKS 2.0 AND MORE
• Auto-Delete Messages
• Set messages to auto-delete for everyone 24 hours or 7 days after sending.
• Control auto-delete settings in any of your chats, as well as in groups and channels where you are an admin.
• To enable auto-delete, press and hold on any message > Select > Clear Chat in the top left corner.
• New Invite Links for Groups and Channels
• Create invite links that work for a limited time or a limited number of uses.
• See which users joined using your, or your admins’, invite links.
• To manage invite links, open your group or channel Profile > Edit > Invite Links.
• Groups with Unlimited Members
• Convert groups that are approaching the member limit into unlimited Broadcast Groups.

7.4 2021-01-29

• Adjust volume for individual participants of a voice chat.
• Report fake groups or channels impersonating famous people or organizations by opening their Profile > More > Report.
• Bug fixes and minor improvements.

7.3 2020-12-24

• Voice Chats Done Right
• Voice Chats in Groups
• Turn any of your group chats into a hop-on, hop-off conference call.
• Choose 'Start Voice Chat' under in the profile of any group where you are an admin to create a voice chat.
• Get up to several thousand participants in each voice chat.
• Control the number of speakers with flexible admin tools.
• Sticker Outlines
• Download stickers faster and watch shimmering outlines as they load.

7.2.4 2020-11-29

• Added support for new ARM processors. Entering Hyperspace.

7.2.3 2020-11-18

• Fixed a wisdom tooth.
• Say 'bug fixes' again. Say 'bug fixes' again, I dare you. I DOUBLE DARE YOU!
• The sun is shining, the icon is sweet.

7.2.1 2020-11-09

• PINNED MESSAGES 2.0, PLAYLISTS AND MORE
• Multiple Pinned Messages
• Pin several messages in any chat, including one-on-one chats.
• Jump between pinned messages or open them all on a separate page via the top bar.
• Playlists and More
• Send several music tracks as a playlist.
• View detailed statistics about the performance of individual posts in your channels.
• Send a :slot_machine: emoji to any chat to try your luck.

7.1 2020-10-02

• ANONYMOUS GROUP ADMINS, CHANNEL COMMENTS AND MORE
• Anonymous Group Admins
• Turn on 'Remain Anonymous' in an admin's Permissions to let them post on behalf of the group and become invisible in the list of members.
• Channel Comments
• Comment on posts in channels that have a discussion group.
• Get notified about replies to your comments via the new Replies chat (if you are not a member in the discussion group).
• Silent Messages, now in Secret Chats
• Send messages silently in Secret Chats by holding the Send button.

7.0.1 2020-09-07

• Yes, Video Calls (alpha version)
• Telegram turns 7 years old!
• Thank you for your support over all these years. Because of you, this year Telegram reached 400 million active users and is now one of the top 10 most downloaded apps in the world.
• To celebrate our 7th anniversary together, we are launching the first version of the feature you’ve been asking for – ultra secure and fast Video Calls.

6.3.1 2020-07-31

• PROFILE VIDEOS, 2 GB FILE SHARING, AND MORE
• Telegram is now among the top 10 most downloaded and most used apps in the world.
• Increased limits for sending files
• Share and store unlimited files of any type, now up to 2 GB each.
• Profile Videos
• Set a Profile Video instead of a static picture.
• Quickly change back to a previous profile photo or video by tapping ‘Set as Main’.
• Mini-thumbnails, Group Stats and More
• See what media is in a message thanks to new mini-thumbnails in the chat list, message search and notifications.
• View detailed statistics for the large groups you own.
• If you're getting too much attention, flip a switch in Privacy and Security settings to automatically archive and mute all new chats from non-contacts.
• Send a single football emoji to see if you score a goal.

6.2.5 2020-07-22

• Bug fixes and minor improvements.

6.2.3 2020-06-18

• Better GIFs
• Enjoy greatly enhanced loading times for GIFs.
• Quickly find GIFs in emoji-based sections covering the most popular emotions.
• Check the Trending Tab for the top reactions of the day.
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

6.1.4 2020-05-07

• Bug fixes and other improvements.

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6.1.2 2020-04-30

• 400 MILLION USERS, QUIZZES 2.0 AND €400K FOR QUIZ CREATORS.
• Access Shared Media faster from fully redesigned profile pages.
• Use the new brush tools in the photo editor to draw on photos when sending or editing.
• If you have too many folders, try the alternative mode with folder tabs on the left.
• Send a single dart emoji to see if you hit the bullseye.
• Add explanations that appear after users respond to a quiz question.
• See how much time you have left to answer a question from @QuizBot with the new countdown animation.
• Quiz Creator Contest
• Participate in Telegram's €400,000 contest by using @QuizBot to create and publish an educational test on any subject.

6.0 2020-03-30

• Chat Folders and More
• Organize chats into Chat Folders if you have too many chats.
• Create custom folders with flexible settings, or use default recommendations.
• Pin an unlimited number of chats in each folder.
• Archive chats to hide them from 'All chats'. Muted chats will always stay in the Archive.
• View detailed statistics about the growth of your large channels and the performance of their posts.
• Send to any chat to try your luck and get a random number from the animated dice.
• Send , , , , , , , , , or to try out the new animated emoji.

5.9.3 2020-02-23

• Bug fixes and minor improvements.

5.9.2 2020-02-20

• Increased stability, optimized memory usage.
• Bug fixes and minor improvements.
• The oracle would like to know what you think of the color blue.

5.9.1 2020-01-23

• Polls 2.0: Open Polls, Multiple Answers, and Quiz Mode
• Create three new kinds of polls.
• See who voted in Open Polls with non-anonymous results.
• Vote for several options in polls that allow Multiple Answers.
• Try to guess the correct answer in Quiz-style polls.
• Explore various ways of combining the different poll options.
• Just like before, you can add polls from the attachment menu in any group or channel.

5.8.1 2019-10-30

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• Mute chats for a specific time.
• Switch between accounts from the improved status bar menu.
• Enjoy improved design and animations (e.g. try clicking and holding on a sticker to preview).
• Look for new bugs that were introduced while we were fixing the old ones.

5.8 2019-10-22

• Enhanced design and other improvements.
• Bug fixes.

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5.8 2019-10-21

• Enhanced design and other improvements.

5.7 2019-09-09

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• SCHEDULED MESSAGES
• Hold the 'Send' button and select 'Schedule Message' to automatically send something at a specified time.
• Schedule reminders for yourself in the 'Saved Messages' chat.
• Get a notification when any of your scheduled messages are sent.
• CUSTOM CLOUD THEMES
• Choose a custom accent color and quickly create a new theme in Settings > Appearance.
• Share your themes with other users on Telegram across platforms.
• Update your theme for all its users when you change something.
• NEW PRIVACY SETTINGS AND MORE
• Choose who can find you on Telegram when they add your number to their phone contacts.
• Share documents to Telegram from your favorite apps using the Share Extension.
• Send a single , , , , or to check out what's new in the animated emoji department.