In article , Stijn De Jong
wrote:


We already tested Preview in detail for this exact purpose way back in 2014
and it failed to do simple screenshot editing tasks.

*you* failed. the app did not fail.

preview is a very capable tool to make simple edits (and even not so
simple), the types of things you've described. it's one of the more
underrated apps on a mac.

I'm not going to re-hash it out here since it's already well covered in
that thread

you won't rehash it because you don't want to be raked over the coals
yet again.

which anyone can read so they can form their own conclusions
from the vividly outlined and well described results.

indeed they can.

it doesn't get any easier than this:

https://www.cisdem.com/resource/atta...te-a-pdf-mac-p
review.jpg

http://tidbits.com/resources/2016-04/Shapes-button.png
http://tidbits.com/resources/2016-04/Preview-wild-text.png
http://tidbits.com/resources/2016-04/Shape-color.png