About
Black Out allows you to quickly hide important parts of an image.
This can be useful when you want to post a screenshot or photo online that contains information you don't want to reveal.
It also removes all metadata, such as when and where the photo was taken.
Black Out is intentionally simple. There is no way to resize or rotate the black boxes. It is intended to quickly remove sensitive information, not to enhance the image.
NOTE: Black Out does not and will not support multi-page PDF files. You can open such a PDF, but only the first page will be used.
Getting started
Either:
- Drag the image to the window
- Drag the image to the Dock icon.
- Click the Open button and select an image
- Right-click the image in Finder and select Black Out from the Open With menu.
- Paste an image from another application or Finder (click "Paste" in the "Edit" menu or press Command+V).
Then click and drag to create black borders over the parts of the image you want to hide. You can move frames by dragging them. When you're happy with the result, click the "Export" button to save your new edited image. You can also copy the edited image (click Copy from the Edit menu or Command+C) for use in another application, or paste it into a directory in the Finder.
You can export the image to PNG, JPEG or HEIC.
Tip: The Black Out feature comes with quick action. To use it, right-click the image in the Finder, select Quick Action 'Customize...', enable the Black Out extension, and then return to the Quick Action menu option.