I have several apps that I use to edit photo images; however, only a few show up in Photos editing feature. I am unclear about how to do this. Do I add them to extensions in system preferences? If so, how do I do that.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Jack
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13
There are two places in Photos that you can use to invoke an external editor. The most inclusive is "Image>Edit With," like this:
You can choose "Other" and then edit a picture with all manner of apps that you can find in your Applications folder.
The other method is to choose the 3 dots (ººº) from within the Edit window.
This gives a much more restricted selection of apps that have met Apple's requirements.
Have you tried both?
For the three dots thing, the app company must have an extension that is approved by Apple. For "Edit With" the app needs to cooperate with Photos transfer. These things are just up to the app maker.
Thank you. I was hoping to expand the 3 dots approach as it allows round-tripping. I have several Topaz apps but the 3 dots approach only recognizes 1 of them. As to the "edit with", I can't get it to behave properly, its as if I leave Photos and then have to import from Photos into the app -- seems clumsy to me -- no easy round trip.
Thank you.
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