Re: Telestrator software

On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 08:36:46 -0500, "Tom Del Rosso"
<fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:47:14 -0500, "Tom Del Rosso"
<fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
>

Running under Windows, I want to mark up the screen sometimes but
can't find a utility that does this one simple thing?

>
I use "whiteboard" software for doing this.  Plenty to choose from:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=whiteboard%20software>
Basically, I screen grab whatever I want to scribble upon.  Then, I
capture or save the result to a file.  How this is done depends on
which whiteboard software you're using.  Some offer a "canvas" that is
larger than the screen allowing you to scribble between the screen
grab image and "canvas" margin.  A nice feature is that all whiteboard
software will accept scribbling from multiple users.  Unfortunately,
whiteboard software doesn't work with video which will probably
require video editing software.

>
I think I did that search. I can grab the screen with the printscreen
key and paste it into Irfanview, which is fast and allows drawing. But
sometimes I need to do it often in a session so it would be better to
make it one step. Like press a hotkey and start drawing. Then it would
even work over video although I don't need it for that. It would also
work with any remote software (and I have to use various) and also work
in person like if I just want to mark some objects for a moment.

I usually do the same thing you describe, also using Irfanview.
However, for annotation, Irfanview is very minimalist.  It's lacking
in many ways mostly as a result of having only in text buffer
(clipboard) and the inability to edit any added graphics on the
screen.  I can somewhat edit recent lines and arrows, but only with
the undo feature.  Irfanview was originally a photo editor, which it
does quite well.  However, for markup, highlighting, graphics, text,
format conversion, etc, it's quite horrible compared to even the
simplest whiteboard software.

After I posted my scribbling example, I dug a little deeper into MS
Snip and Sketch.  I soon discovered I had a whiteboard annotation
program from MS Snip and Sketch as well was something similar that
came with the Wacom pad.  Both programs would appear at inconvenient
and random times.  Both had pop-up hot keys (Win-Shift-S for Wacom).
They were similar enough that I was totally confused.

Anyway, I think I answered your question.  Good luck.



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