Copy/Paste Image Resizing

I am using preview to edit some images for a video I am amking, and I got stumpted on the new Preview 7.0 editing tools. Even though it is massivly improved(kudos to Apple), I have trouble resizing pasted images. Before, on Mountain Lion, pulling the side/top resires would not scale resize, but dispropotionately resize(unless holding shift). Now, there is no way to disproprtionatly scale it, even though I need it. How do I do this?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Dec 27, 2013 2:50 PM

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Dec 29, 2013 1:48 AM in response to BobRon

That sort of defeats the purpose of preview

What is the purpose of Preview? 😀 It is primarily an application to let you browse images and pdfs. Preview has become more powerful, recently. Originally it really could do no more than open an image to preview it. Now you do some basic editing or manage pdf documents, but it really does not claim to be a full photo editor and graphics program like Photoshop.

From the Preview Help:

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If you need an external editor for graphics compositing, use something like GIMP or any other program from this list: Re: Show text on a photo?


-- Léonie

Dec 27, 2013 4:28 PM in response to BobRon

I have trouble resizing pasted images.


Resize the pasted images before you paste them into the Preview document.


  • In Preview: Copy the rectangular selection you want to paste into your image to the clipboard.
  • Then first create a new image from the selection with the command:
    File > New from Clipboard.
  • Now scale your new image showing the clipped out selection with the command:
    Tools > Adjust Size
    You need to click the padlock icon to be able to set the sizes for the width and height independently.
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  • Finally select and copy the scaled image again to the clipboard to paste it into the destination image.

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