Editing Preview (macOS) (section)

==Supported file types==
Preview can open the following file types.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Snider|first=Lesa|date=2014-12-30|title=The many superpowers of Apple's Preview app: Part 1|language=en|work=Macworld|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|url=http://www.macworld.com/article/2863923/the-many-superpowers-of-apples-preview-app-part-1.html|access-date=2017-11-18}}</ref>
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* [[Adobe Illustrator Artwork|AI]] – Adobe Illustrator artwork files (if PDF content included in file)
* [[BMP file format|BMP]] – Windows bitmap files
* [[Raw image format|CR2]] – Raw image file used by Canon cameras
* [[COLLADA|DAE]] – Collada 3D files
* [[Digital Negative (file format)|DNG]] – Digital negative files
* [[Fax|FAX]] – Faxes
* [[FlashPix|FPX]] – FlashPix files
* [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]] – Graphics Interchange Format files
* [[High-dynamic-range imaging|HDR]] – High-dynamic-range image files
* [[Apple Icon Image|ICNS]] – Apple Icon Image files
* [[ICO (icon image file format)|ICO]] – Windows icon files
* [[JPEG]] – Joint Photographic Experts Group files
* [[JPEG 2000]] – JPEG 2000 files
* [[Wavefront .obj file|OBJ]] – Wavefront 3D file
* [[OpenEXR]] – OpenEXR files
* [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] – Portable Document Format version 1.5 + some additional features
* [[PICT]] – [[QuickDraw]] image files
* [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] – Portable Network Graphics files
* [[Netpbm format|PPM]] – Netpbm Color Image files
* [[MacPaint|PNTG]] – MacPaint Bitmap Graphic files
* [[Microsoft PowerPoint|PPT]] – PowerPoint files
* [[Adobe Photoshop|PSD]] – Adobe Photoshop files
* [[QuickTime|QTIF]] – QuickTime image files
* [[Radiance (software)|RAD]] – Radiance 3D Scene Description files
* [[Raw image format|RAW]] – Raw image files
* [[Silicon Graphics Image|SGI]] – Silicon Graphics Image files
* [[STL (file format)|STL]] – STereoLithography 3D format
* [[Truevision TGA|TGA]] – TARGA image files
* [[Tagged Image File Format|TIF]] (TIFF) – Tagged Image File Format files
* [[X BitMap|XBM]] – X BitMap files
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In [[macOS Monterey]] and earlier, Preview supported the display of [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] and [[PostScript]] documents using on-the-fly conversion to PDF format. However, this functionality was removed in [[macOS Ventura]], although users can continue to print {{mono|.eps}} and {{mono|.ps}} files by dragging them into the printer queue.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213250
| title = View .ps and .eps files on Mac
| date = 2022-10-24
| website = Apple Support
| publisher = Apple
| quote = The Preview app included with your Mac supports PostScript (.ps) and Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files in macOS Monterey or earlier. Starting with macOS Ventura, Preview no longer supports these files.
| access-date = 2022-11-25
}}</ref>

The version of Preview included with [[Mac OS X Panther|OS X 10.3]] (''Panther'') could play animated GIF images, for which an optional button could be added to the toolbar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030406072752940 |title=Use Preview to play animated GIFs |website=Mac OS X Hints |publisher=IDG |date=2003-04-08 |access-date=2021-05-19 |archive-date=2020-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806114641/http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030406072752940}}</ref> As of [[Mac OS X Tiger|OS X 10.4]] (''Tiger''), Preview lost playback functionality and animated GIF files are displayed as individual frames in a numbered sequence.<ref>[https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/preview/prvw1016/10.1/mac/10.13 "View an animated GIF's frames"]. ''Preview Help.'' Apple. Retrieved 2021-05-19.</ref>