If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
The three things anyone would need to annotate screenshots a
1) text boxes (placed anywhere, not just captions at the margins) 2) curved arrows (to point to specific objects in the screenshot) 3) open circles & boxes (to highlight objects in the screenshot) I'm new to the iPad, which I just bought yesterday. I downloaded the iPhoto freeware from Apple. It does all sorts of "things" but I can't find the three I need. So, my question is how do I do those three things above (circle things, point to them with arrows, and add a text box at the blunt end of the arrow) in iPhoto? Actually, as I think about it, the real first question is: QUESTION: Can those three basic things be done in iPhoto? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basictasks)
In article , Alina Popescu wrote:
The three things anyone would need to annotate screenshots a 1) text boxes (placed anywhere, not just captions at the margins) 2) curved arrows (to point to specific objects in the screenshot) 3) open circles & boxes (to highlight objects in the screenshot) I'm new to the iPad, which I just bought yesterday. I downloaded the iPhoto freeware from Apple. It does all sorts of "things" but I can't find the three I need. So, my question is how do I do those three things above (circle things, point to them with arrows, and add a text box at the blunt end of the arrow) in iPhoto? Actually, as I think about it, the real first question is: QUESTION: Can those three basic things be done in iPhoto? Nope. Download Skitch for iPad from Evernote. Also freeware, and does exactly what you want. -- Sandman[.net] |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
Alina Popescu wrote:
The three things anyone would need to annotate screenshots a 1) text boxes (placed anywhere, not just captions at the margins) 2) curved arrows (to point to specific objects in the screenshot) 3) open circles & boxes (to highlight objects in the screenshot) I'm new to the iPad, which I just bought yesterday. I downloaded the iPhoto freeware from Apple. It does all sorts of "things" but I can't find the three I need. So, my question is how do I do those three things above (circle things, point to them with arrows, and add a text box at the blunt end of the arrow) in iPhoto? Actually, as I think about it, the real first question is: QUESTION: Can those three basic things be done in iPhoto? There are assorted apps you can do that with, but if I want to, I usually move them to my laptop where I have more options. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
On 27 Mar 2014 10:49:52 GMT, Sandman wrote:
Download Skitch for iPad from Evernote. Also freeware, and does exactly what you want. Nice. Very nice this Skitch. Way better than iPhoto! The first thing I did was open up a snapshot of a car rental agreement in Skitch. On the right side of Skitch was a "crayon" icon, which, when selected, enabled me to circle the rental agreement reservation number (the default color was red). Then, hitting the "a" icon at the right of Skitch, I was able to annotate by clicking on a spot in the photo and a keyboard showed up, where I typed the annotation. Then, on the right of Skitch, I hit the "arrow" icon, and it allowed me to draw a straight arrow with my finger, from the annotation to the circled numbers. Pressing and holding on any of the three items allowed me to move them to a new position, if needed. I could even press on the "blur" icon, to blur out sensitive information in the car rental agreement (such as the credit card number) simply by drawing a blur box over the desired areas. About the only thing Skitch didn't do, that anyone wishing to annotate a screenshot or photo would want, is that the arrows are straight. I could find no way to curve the arrows. The other features I could easily see were the ability to draw a perfectly rectangular box (as opposed to my hand-drawn circle) and the ability to change colors. The only absolutely useless feature was the emoticon feature, which I found sophomoric and would be embarrassed to be seen using. One other feature was the annotated checkbox and annotated question-mark feature, which, if I had a need for, might be interesting, but, which I felt unnecessary (I'd prefer a curved arrow instead). Skitch allowed me to intuitively choose colors; but those colors were limited to red, green, orange, yellow, blue, pink, white, and black (which is quite enough for me). It wasn't at first intuitive (like all things Apple), but I was able to easily change the width of all drawn lines with the color menu, simply by changing the size of a big black dot (the size of which bore absolutely no resemblance to the size of the line drawn - but whose "relative" size made the lines drawn either pencil thin or paint-brush wide). All in all, Skitch is a wonderful application for performing three mandatory annotation tasks of: a) Drawing circles or boxes around desired objects b) Adding text annotations near those drawn boxes c) And, connecting the annotations to the boxes with an arrow The only flaw was the arrows are limited in shape to one shape and to a straight line, which is perfectly reasonable in a freeware app. Thanks again for finding and suggesting Skitch for annotations! |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:25:56 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote:
I usually move them to my laptop where I have more options. Actually, my big problem is I don't know how to easily move my photos from the iPad over to my Windows 7 machine. So, I'm pretty much stuck with annotating my photos and screenshots on the iPad itself because I can't get them off the iPad easily. If you know of freeware to get photos and screenshots OFF the iPad onto Windows or Linux, that would be helpful. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:33:10 -0700, Alina Popescu wrote:
Nice. Very nice this Skitch. Way better than iPhoto! In addition, I noticed that it asked me to save with a caption, when I tried to send it out (which is a nice feature). Then it immediately allowed me to send via email, where it automatically put the caption into the subject line of the email (which again, is a nice feature of Skitch). So, overall, other than the fact Skitch doesn't draw nicer arrows, everything else about it was fine for my purposes. So it gets about a 4 out of 5 or a 9 out of 10 for my purposes. That's a nice program, and I very much appreciate you suggesting it. It beat iPhoto by a kilometer for the purpose of annotating a screenshot or photo! |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
"Alina Popescu" wrote in message
... On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:25:56 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: I usually move them to my laptop where I have more options. If you know of freeware to get photos and screenshots OFF the iPad onto Windows or Linux, that would be helpful. Set up the same free gmail [yahoo - MSM, whatever ] throwaway account on the iPad and the laptop.. send the jpgs to yourself :-) Voila The alternative is to install iTunes on your laptop ?? Or ---- PS there is a gizmo that plugs into the ipad - for cameras, http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC...connection-kit Check the Apple forum to see if this will work in reverse (ie ipad to memory card/stick) Cheers Tommy |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
Alina Popescu wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:33:10 -0700, Alina Popescu wrote: Nice. Very nice this Skitch. Way better than iPhoto! In addition, I noticed that it asked me to save with a caption, when I tried to send it out (which is a nice feature). Then it immediately allowed me to send via email, where it automatically put the caption into the subject line of the email (which again, is a nice feature of Skitch). So, overall, other than the fact Skitch doesn't draw nicer arrows, everything else about it was fine for my purposes. So it gets about a 4 out of 5 or a 9 out of 10 for my purposes. That's a nice program, and I very much appreciate you suggesting it. It beat iPhoto by a kilometer for the purpose of annotating a screenshot or photo! I just downloaded it to play with later 8-). Sometimes it's useful to edit on the iPad. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
Alina Popescu wrote:
On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:25:56 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: I usually move them to my laptop where I have more options. Actually, my big problem is I don't know how to easily move my photos from the iPad over to my Windows 7 machine. So, I'm pretty much stuck with annotating my photos and screenshots on the iPad itself because I can't get them off the iPad easily. If you know of freeware to get photos and screenshots OFF the iPad onto Windows or Linux, that would be helpful. Dropbox is useful. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
How to annotate screenshot using iPhoto freeware (three basic tasks)
"Erilar" wrote in message
... Alina Popescu wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:25:56 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: If you know of freeware to get photos and screenshots OFF the iPad onto Windows or Linux, that would be helpful. Dropbox is useful. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad Frigging frick, I'm worse - "iCloud" - I never thought of it till you mentioned Dropbox Tommy |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Which freeware does the three most basic editing tasks (shrink,text, redeye)? | Uni | Digital Photography | 0 | February 14th 06 12:52 AM |
Which freeware does the three most basic editing tasks (shrink, text, redeye)? | Gordon reeder | Digital Photography | 0 | February 13th 06 11:06 PM |
Which freeware does the three most basic editing tasks (shrink, text, redeye)? | J. David Boyd | Digital Photography | 0 | February 13th 06 07:52 PM |
Which freeware does the three most basic editing tasks (shrink, text, redeye)? | Bob Ward | Digital Photography | 2 | February 13th 06 04:40 PM |
Which freeware does the three most basic editing tasks (shrink, text, redeye)? | lord derfel cadarn | Digital Photography | 0 | February 13th 06 04:23 PM |