# Picmal in June 2026: New Sidebar, PDF Tools, Metadata

> June's Picmal releases: a new sidebar with Images to PDF and Combine PDFs, copyright stamping, a Custom metadata mode, faster video, and 17 new formats.

Source: https://picmal.app/blog/picmal-june-2026

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Hello!

I hope you're enjoying the summer if you're in the same part of the world as me (or the winter if you're not).

## Picmal isn't just a converter and compressor anymore

A user suggested this, and it had been rattling around in my head for a while anyway. From now on you'll see a sidebar with more options than before. The idea is to turn Picmal into something more complete, a kind of media toolkit for your Mac.

For now, on top of what was already there, you can turn several images into a PDF and merge multiple PDFs into one. If you have needs like these, write to me and I'll happily add them.

![The new sidebar with Combine PDFs open, three PDFs queued to merge](/images/changelog/1.6.8/combine_pdf_picmal.png)

![Images to PDF: a batch of images ready to become a single document](/images/docs/images_to_pdf.png)

## Metadata improvements

You can now stamp your own copyright and ownership onto every image.

There's also custom metadata control. On top of strip-all, keep-essential, and keep-all, a new Custom mode lets you pick exactly which categories to keep: location (GPS), camera and exposure, date and time, copyright and author, color profile, orientation, serial and owner IDs, and the embedded thumbnail, each toggled on its own.

## Other small improvements

- Added support for EAC3, MKA, APE, MPC, TAK, DSF, SHN, AMR, GSM, 3G2, RM, RMVB, BIK, FLI, FLC, NSV, and DAV formats.
- Video conversions should be faster now.
- The video speed control is clearer. Custom speed now takes a plain multiplier (type 5 for 5×, up to 8×) instead of a confusing percentage.
- More tiny fixes to make the app more reliable.

If you are a Raycast user, you will soon be able to use Picmal there. The review process is taking a while, but three weeks ago I sent a pull request to include Picmal in Raycast. Everything will be included from the beginning: convert, compress, and the PDF tools (combine and merge).

I will send another email once it's ready :)

If you want every detail, the full changelog is [here](/changelog).

And if you'd like to know how any of this works, the docs are [here](/docs).

As always, if something feels off or you have a use case I haven't thought of, write to me at support@picmal.app. I read all of it.

Talk to you soon,
Alberto