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If you want a simple and streamlined drawing utility on Mac OS X, Paintbrush can meet your demands.The great thing about Preview is that it is included for free in macOS so there’s no need to download anything.Īlthough Preview is often used to edit PDFs on a Mac, many Mac users don’t realize is that it also has a basic drawing tool which is similar to MS Paint. Paintbrush provides other useful options and it supports various image formats.įor a basic drawing tool, Paintbrush does not present any serious functionality gaps. It allows you to draw on a blank canvas, but you can also import images and make annotations. The application brings a series of basic drawing tools to Mac OS X. Drawings or annotated pictures can be saved in JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF or TIFF format. You can use them to rotate, flip and crop images, spell check your text, insert special characters and much more.

Additionally, you can look through the menus, on the upper edge of the screen, to find various options. It is also possible to increase or decrease the stroke size, use a magnifying glass to zoom in and out and pick colors with an eye-drop tool.īesides drawing a picture from scratch, you can also import images from your local folder and use the same drawing tools to make annotations. Obviously, if you make a mistake, you can use an eraser. You can start drawing right away, with a standard paint brush or spray paint can, draw circles and polygons and insert text. Options for selecting colors and font settings will show up on the screen, when you select the appropriate tools. The main user interface consists of nothing more than a blank canvas and a small set of drawing tools can be found on a separate panel, which you can move anywhere on the screen. You can spend as much time as you want with this application, because it is offered completely free of charge. It is an excellent solution if you need to crop a picture, add text or just kill some time by doodling on a canvas. Its purpose is to bring a series of basic drawing tools back to the Mac's operating system. If you wish to express your creativity or just relax and draw something simple, then Paintbrush is for you. Sometimes, drawing a picture is all you can do to explain something, but a simple paint utility is just a memory on Mac OS X.