Annotation Settings

Annotations are currently available on supported browsers in the classic session type.

Disappearing Ink is useful when you want to quickly draw something on the screen and have it fade away after a few seconds, so you don’t need to worry about clearing it. It’s also useful for rapidly pulling your participants’ eyes to key areas of the video without needing to keep pointing at it with the Shared Pointer.

To use Disappearing Ink, simply select it from the Annotations toolbar. You can also use the y keyboard shortcut.

As you can see below: I’m using Disappearing Ink on the right-hand side of the screen to highlight two key areas to the other participants in the session. On the left-hand side you can see the view for everyone else.

Clicking to draw again before the drawing fades out will cancel the fade, which allows you to draw continuously. As soon as you stop and let it fade out, it is gone forever.

You can change the color of your Disappearing Ink using the Color Picker.

With the Draw Tool, you can create permanent drawings for all in the session to see.
Your drawings will stay there until you clear them with one of the clear buttons.

To use the Draw Tool, simply select the Draw Tool from the Annotations toolbar or use
the d keyboard shortcut.

Once selected, you can click and hold to draw on the video.

You can change the color of your Draw Tool using the Color Picker.

Clear My Annotations

If you would like to clear your drawing, you can use the Clear My Annotations tool
by selecting it in the Annotations toolbar. You can also use the c keyboard shortcut.

This will clear any drawings made by yourself for all other participants.

Clear All Annotations

Alternatively, you can use the Clear All Annotations by selecting it in the
Annotations toolbar. You can also use the c keyboard shortcut.

This will clear all annotations for yourself and all other participants.

Shared pointers give you and your participants a simple way to show presence within a session and point things out. When you hover over the video, you won’t see your display name, but your pointer will show for all other participants along with your display name and auto-assigned color.

As you can see in the demonstration below: I’m on the right-hand side, pointing to various parts of the person’s face. The viewer on the left-hand side can see my pointer, along with my display name.

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The Stroke thickness selector will let you define the thickness of the annotation tools.
As long as you have either the Draw Tool or Disappearing Ink enabled, it will show in the annotations toolbar.

You can easily click the up or​down arrows on the stroke thickness selector to increase or decrease the weight. To quickly adjust, you can also hold the shift key when clicking which will increase/decrease in steps of 5.

You can also click the number to manually enter a specific number if you wish.

You can also adjust the stroke thickness with the alt + up/down keys, great for changing whilst in fullscreen mode.

When you adjust the thickness, you will notice that the Preview Circle on your cursor changes size. The size of the Preview Circle indicates how large your stroke will be when applied.

With Annotations, you can select from a wide array of colors using the Color Picker.
This color will be used for the following tools:

You can click the color you want using the color palette or you can specify exact color codes in HEX, RGB or HSL.

To switch between the color code types, simply click the arrow toggles on the right of the color code.

When you adjust the color, you will notice that the Preview Circle on your cursor changes color. The color of the Preview Circle indicates the color that will be applied when you draw.

The Eye Dropper allows you to easily pick colors from the video stream.

As long as you have either the Draw Tool or Disappearing Ink enabled, it will show in the annotations toolbar.

To use, simply select the Eye Dropper from the annotations toolbar.

Hover over the part of the video that you want to copy the color from and click it with your mouse. The selected color will now change and it will automatically revert to the tool you were using last.