Draw annotations on a frame

Web appMac appUpdated September 2, 20261 min read

Some notes are faster to draw than to describe. The comment box has a drawing layer that sits on top of the paused frame, and whatever you draw is saved with the comment.

Steps

  1. Pause on the frame you want to mark.
  2. Click Draw in the comment box. The video pauses and the tools strip opens.
  3. Pick a tool: Pen, Arrow, Rectangle or Circle.
  4. Pick a colour — red, green, blue, yellow or white.
  5. Draw on the frame. Undo removes the last stroke.
  6. Type the note that goes with the drawing and click Send.

Once you have drawn something, the comment box shows a Drawing chip. Click Remove drawing on that chip if you want to start over.

Reading a drawing later

In the comment list, a comment with a drawing carries a small preview of the strokes, labelled Click to show annotation. Clicking it puts the drawing back over the video; clicking again (Click to hide) takes it off. The same toggle sits on the comment itself as Show drawing / Hide drawing.

The frame underneath is untouched — annotations are stored with the comment, never burned into the video. Nothing you draw changes the file your editor gets back.

Note: A drawing belongs to one comment at one timecode. To mark a second frame, leave a second comment.

What’s next

If the note is easier to say than to draw, record it instead — see Record a video or audio comment.

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