Annotations Properties

Annotations are used for drawing simple shapes in your screencast. Annotations are clip you can add to your timeline, and behave like image clip on the canvas. You can apply video properties and transitions to annotations clips.

When you create an annotation clip, you can optionally draw on the canvas. You can draw multiple shapes in the same annotation clip and format these shapes individually. However, any action applied to this clip apply to all shapes within the clip.

Figure 33. Annotations Properties

Annotations Properties Dropdown Menu

Add Annotations Clip. Select to add an annotations clip at the moment indicated by the scrubber.

Make Settings Default. Select to set all properties in this panel to default values.

Annotations Properties Controls

Shapes. Choose from the four types of annotations indicated in the icon bar:
Circle | Square | Line | Arrow.

Color. Click to select the color of the annotation. Select the color, brightness, and opacity of objects in the annotation.

Thickness. Use the slider or manually enter the value to specify the thickness (in pixels) of annotation lines (range: 2 to 300). Default: 50.

Shadow. Check to create a shadow on objects in the annotation. Use the slider or manually enter the value (in pixels) to specify the opacity of the shadow (range: 1 to 60). Default: 25. The value creates a gradual loss in opacity as the shadow spreads from the center.

Outline. Check to create an outline around objects in the annotation. Use the slider or manually enter the value (in pixels) to specify the thickness of the outline (range: 1 to 60). Default: 25.

Color. Click to select the color of the outline. Select the color, brightness, and opacity of objects in the annotation.

Endpoints. Select a shape to affix to the end of a line segment. The first and second field represent the starting and finishing point of the line segment, respectively.