![]() ![]() Want the line thicknesses of the arrows and boxes to be thicker at times? Nope! That’s the line thickness you get. Want another color, or a brighter, more bold color? Nope! That’s what you get. You can choose different colors for your annotations, but your choices are a pale red, pale orange/yellow, and pale green. This is a much more efficient method of annotating images. ![]() Remember how I am always annoyed at how Preview plops annotations in the middle of the screen instead of allowing you to draw them in place? Teampaper Snap let you draw arrows, lines, boxes, circles, and text at a location and direction/size of your choosing. No requirement to remember those pesky keystrokes, and already faster to get to the annotations. It’s ready to be annotated immediately, rather than having to run over to Preview for that part of your workflow. Once you capture an area of your screen, the screenshot immediately opens in a floating heads-up kind of window. Of you like keystrokes, you have the option to set one in the Preferences. Hit the space bar to select an entire window (just like with the built-in screen capture tools) and then click to capture. One tap on take screenshot and you’ve got crosshairs ready to capture a portion of the screen. Now let’s talk about Teampaper Snap from, a free menubar app. I do like the flexibility of colors and line thicknesses and font size though. So much more efficient to just draw a box, or click and drag an arrow. Same thing with an arrow, you have to drag the start and end points around. Then you have to drag the top, bottom, left and right independently to get it where you want it. When you hit the box icon, it just plops a box on the screenshot immediately. The main thing I don’t like about annotating in Preview/Markup is how you don’t get to just draw the shapes where you want them. It’s the same features that are available in Preview if you hit the little toolbox. ![]() In recent versions of macOS, you can also paste a screenshot directly into an email and hit the little disclosure triangle to open in Markup and annotate the image as required with shapes and text. Once in Preview, I tap on the toolbox to reveal the tools to annotate the image. Sometimes, if I’m feely frisky, I tap on the Touch Bar and select open in Preview first instead of doing ⌘-N. and that’s a bit of a sledge hammer for the single-shot need.įor my one-shot annotation needs, I usually do the command-control-shift-4 keystroke dance to capture an area to the clipboard, and then open Preview and hit ⌘-N for new window from clipboard and my screenshot opens. Most of the time, though, I only need one to get my point across. You know I’m a huge fan of Clarify from for doing a series of screenshots and annotating them. It’s a pretty useful tool with timed screenshots that’s handy for capturing a pulldown window.īut once a screen capture has been acquired, it’s often desirable to add some annotations. Apple has the built in Grab application (you’ll find it in Applications/Utilities) which might be easier for you. For some (many) people, remembering those keystrokes is a pain so they just don’t do it. I do so many screenshots that I’m pretty comfortable using the keystrokes built into macOS to capture a specific area, an application window, or even full screen. But first, let’s set up some problems to be solved. I’d like to tell you about a menu bar app called Teampaper Snap that might be a better tool for you than some of the built-in capabilities of macOS. I also use screenshots to demonstrate problem areas when communicating with software developers about their products. I like to include them when doing tech support in emails to my friends and family and also to listeners who write in with questions. I like to use them in my blog posts when I’m reviewing applications. With Teampaper your screenshots can become your voice.I take a lot os screenshots for quite a few different uses. The only restriction is your own imagination. Tell your girlfriend what exactly you like about her new photo. Using Teampaper Snap is like having a live discussion of what you see on the screen.ĭownload the app and start making your screenshots express your thoughts and feedbacks. Generate a picture that includes all your notes, upload it and send a direct link to anyone, anytime! Take a snapshot, highlight key areas and share your feedback in a matter of seconds. ![]()
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