Did you know you can easily convert your website's favicon to all the necessary formats with just one tool?
- PNG, Portable Network Graphics (.png) PNG files (which are commonly called 'ping') are a format that contains bitmapped or raster images. Originally, the PNG image format was created to take over from the GIF format since they both.
- Go to File and choose 'Export' Select 'PNG' from the pulldown menu, and check the box next to 'Alpha' to insure the image maintains it's transparency Save as usual, maintain the.png file extension Saving as Transparent GIF.
That's right, Preview (an app bundled into Mac OS) is more than an image and PDF viewer. It's actually capable of performing some basic editing operations and saving in different formats.
Typically, you want to provide both PNG, ICO (Windows Icon) and ICNS (Apple Icon) files. You don't really need a favicon.gif
nowadays. Mac mouse how to use.
At the Command prompt, enter PNGOUT. In the Create Raster File dialog box, select a folder and enter a file name. Png extension is appended to.
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Create Png File In Word
If you already know what you need to create proper favicons and just want to know where the heck the ICO and ICNS formats are hiding when saving/exporting images in Preview I'll save you the – not so long – read: hold ⌥ (the option / alt key) while clicking on the Format dropdown in the save or export dialog.
If this explanation wasn't clear for you just continue reading ;-)
Target result
You will probably want to end up having something like this in your HTML page:
For readability's sake I've spaced the lines. As you may have noticed there are a bunch of resolutions and formats you need to cover. Don't panic, this is easier than you are thinking.
Alright, let's get to it!
Start by creating a 72dpi, 144x144 PNG version of your favicon. In the example above this would be favicon-apple-touch-144.png
.
Taking that as the starting point you can create all the resolutions needed:
- PNG: 144x144, 114x114 and 32x32 (for the last one,
favicon.png
) - ICNS: 128x128
- ICO: 32x32
You can, of course, use different versions of your logo, specially for small resolutions. Mac media player.
How to resize an image
Create Png File On Mac
In Preview, open the Tools menu, then Adjust Size.. and choose the desired size. Remember to always use 72 pixels/inch.
How to save in different formats
When saving or exporting the image you will see a Format dropdown, but its options are limited to JPEG, OpenEXR, PDF, PNG and TIFF.
So.. where are ICO and ICNS??
Here's the trick: hold ⌥ (the option / alt key) while clicking on the dropdown and voilà, you have a handful of new formats showing up, including ICNS and ICO!
QuickTime Player User Guide
You can convert an image sequence—a set of sequentially numbered or named images—to a movie or time-lapse video in QuickTime Player.
How To Edit Png Files
In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, choose File > Open Image Sequence.
Select the image sequence folder in the Finder, then click 'Choose media.'
You can choose to select specific images and not the entire folder.
Set the movie quality.
To keep or change the quality of the image sequence, choose any of the following options in the image sequence pop-up menu:
Resolution: Choose the frame size.
Depending on the video format, some frame sizes may not be available.
Frame Rate: Choose the number of frames per second (fps).
Encode For: Choose from Greater Compatibility (H.264), Better Compression (HEVC), and Higher Quality (ProRes).
Click Open.
The movie or time-lapse video opens in a new window.