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Doing more with Preview
  Power on the side. View-->Show Sidebar (Command+Shift+D) or click the Sidebar icon in the toolbar.
  Thumbnail view is easiest for me to work with, but it also offers a Contact Sheet, Table of Contents, and Annotations view.
Getting stuff in
  Beyond open and drag and drop.
  File-->
    New from Clipboard (default foe Command+N)
    Import from Camera…
      iPhone, iPod Touch, Camera, Card readers
    Import from Scanner…
    Take Screenshot…
      From selection, Window, or Entire Screen
Sidebar tricks
  Move pages to rearrange them.
  Drag pages from one PDF to another.
  Select a page and press delete to remove it.
  Multiple select (Shift+Click or Command+Click) to move or delete groups of pages
  Destructive editing for the most part.
  Need to use "Save As..." or start with a copy. Save or Save All will overwrite the originals asking fro confirmation (be careful)
Working with PDFs
  Clip stuff into new documents with selection tool
  View--> Show Annotations Toolbar… Appears at bottom.
    Arrow, Oval, and Rectangle Shapes
    Text, Notes
    Control color, line weights, and Fonts
    Links (using the "Inspector" Tools-->Show Inspector…)
      Within a PDF or go to a URL
    Highlight, Strikethrough, and underline.
Working with images
  Open multiples into a single document
    Preferences-->General and set the Open All Files in One Window option
    Images appear like pages in the side bar. You can mix images and PDFs
  Select multiple in sidebar and batch process
    rotate, flip, or resize.
  Tools-->Adjust Color…
    exposure, contrast, sharpness, etc.
  Can also annotate photos
  Select Tool->Smart Lasso and Instant Alpha
    Mixed results for both
    Smart Lasso should "snap" to edges
    Instant alpha, click and drag to contact or expand a red "mask" area. When you let go the red portions will be selected.
      Can use to try and "knockout" images
      Use Smart Lasso to make a "rough" selection of your subject. Then copy and do File-->New from Clipboard.
      Then use Instant Alpha to knock out most of the extra background area and finish up by zooming in and using the lasso tool.
  Control+Click and image in the sidebar
    Send to Mail…
    Send to iPhoto…
    Send to Aperture…
Saving and Printing
  Convert to a number of formats. JPEG, PNG, GIF PDF, TIFF, PSD
  Print a contact sheet or X-up
    Select the pages or images from the sidebar
    File-->Print Selected Images…
    Make sure Auto Rotate is selected
    Set 'Scale to Fit' and 'Print Entire Image'
    Adjust the 'images per page' drop down to up to 16 images
    You can also have multiple of the same images per page by setting the 'Print X copies per page' option
Your an icon
  Select the item in the finder that you want the icon image for and choose File-->Copy (Command+C)
  In Preview… File-->New from Clipboard
  You will get a document with all available sizes of that icon from the ICN file.
Closing
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