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Okay, how do you put 3 images next to each other and add a text on top of it on a Mac?

Let's say you are creating some variation of this meme: https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/American-Chopper-Argument



How does solving a random task make the software good? As I said it’s easy to use but it’s bad software. It’s non conformant to nearly all standards the encoders are decades old… it’s bad AND not maintained. Even Microsoft knows it that’s why it’s EOL.


I do this very frequently on Mac. Here’s how I do it. I paste all the images into Microsoft Word. You can paste anything into Microsoft Word. Then I take a screenshot and then I annotate it with Skitch.


Well, I don't have MS Word, I don't use it enough to pay for it. I also would like to do some small changes to the images(maybe laser eyes? maybe draw some lines to emphasise an emotion?).

I also recall Word being not very easy with alignments.


Well, I don't have MS Word, I don't use it enough to pay for it.

So use Pages. It came with your Mac.

I also would like to do some small changes to the images(maybe laser eyes? maybe draw some lines to emphasise an emotion?).

Preview. It also came with your Mac.


I can do it on Preview if I try hard enough, the idea is that it shouldn't be a hassle.

If you look at my original post, I say that Preview is very powerful but hard to use.


I find it pretty easy to use. Perhaps I just have more practice than you do.


You could also use LibreOffice or Google Docs. I just meant that for my use-case (arranging images, plain text log files, syntax-colored code, and tables together in one place, quickly) prior to final annotation (big red arrows connecting the dots)


You can do all of that in Preview. Preview has built-in editing tools including shapes, text, and more.


I originally mentioned it and explained what’s wrong with Preview.


It is actually built into the OS: +shift+4.


> +shift+4

Macintosh uses “⌘” as a command modifier key, not the Apple logo. The Apple II series used the Apple logo. The only reason Mac keyboards used to have the Apple logo on the command modifier keys is because Apple once made keyboards that worked on both the Mac and the Apple II GS.


That’s a screenshot


Click on it and it turns into a little ms paint type area




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