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GetPixit is an innovative screen capture, share and management software. It enables capturing screens and images in a variety of ways and facilitates sharing them with cloud and non-cloud applications seamlessly. It also comes with an editing tool for image annotations and modifications. This application lets user to capture high quality images, manage and organize them under different groupings such as Categories, Sub categories, Tags, etc., which will later on be helpful while searching for a particular image.

Just press a hotkey and GetPixit will take a screenshot of your screen or the entire window with extensive capture option support. Inbuilt app integration supports cloud sharing with Google Drive, OneDrive, OneNote, Box, DropBox, Facebook, Jira, and others. Application contains a single highly usable window with most of the functionality available through icon buttons, located around the border. Both capture and editing tools are in one place.

GetPixit Main Window

Figure 1: GetPixit Main Window

All features are available around the tool on four sides leaving the central area for image display. All features are grouped into meaningful sections. Home Bar on the left comprises of capture buttons on the top, management buttons with fly-out panels in the middle and user preferences in the bottom. Menu Bar on the top has File, Edit, Window and Help menus. Status Bar In the bottom displays captured image properties along with image navigation and drag me buttons. Tool Bar on the top, right below the menu bar, consists of common buttons for annotation editing and changing properties, in addition to grid view and smart pencil buttons on the top right. Image annotation and image editing tools are located on the right. These tools can be toggled using a toggle button on the right bottom. Each of these tools are explained in detail in detail in the following sections.

Home Bar (1)

Home bar, located on the left side, has options to capture images, manage the captured images and to set user preferences.

Button IconNameDescription
Capture Buttons
Region Capture

Region Capture

Captures a selected region of the screen. Press Escape or right click to cancel the operation. Press 'r' to retake the region again.

Full Screen Capture 

Captures full screen of current working window with taskbar.

Timed Capture

Captures a selected region of the screen after 10 seconds. This helps to interact with the window and select the required menu/submenu when timer is running.

Active Window Capture

Opens a grid view of all active windows. Full screen of a selected window is captured.

Scrolling Window Capture

Captures the browser page/application window content scrolling the page/panel content down and taking successive screenshots and stitching them together at the end. Overlapping and common areas can be clipped off by setting a configuration parameter.

Expand Additional Capture Options

Additional capture options can be opened in a pop-up menu. 

Management Fly-outs

Home

Displays a dashboard view with image counts for captured, imported, shared images along with the amount of space taken by them. An example view is presented below:

In addition to statistics, Get Started section in the Home fly-out with help links is available in the bottom section. These quick help links take user to online documentation and training videos.

Browse

Helps to view the images by category, sub-category and creation date.  Recently captured and modified images can also be quickly browsed.

Search

Opens a fly-out with image search panel to search images based on various image properties including Category, Sub-category, Tags, and Display name.

Export

Helps to export file(s) in different formats: Bmp, Gif, Jpeg, Png, and Tiff. Files can be saved in predefined folders: desktop, pictures, documents, and videos. In addition, files can be saved in Zip format with Category/Sub-category folder structure. Last 20 recent folders are stored in the system for saving images without requiring navigation every time.

Share

Shares the selected images to multiple cloud uploads, office exports, and into applications such as Jira, Facebook, etc.

Contacts

Helps to manage Contacts in this flyout. These contacts are used for contact email address auto-fill support in the email sender component. 

ImportImports files from local file system. Files to be imported can be selected and previewed before importing. Once files are imported, they are copied internally and are managed by the application. 
User Preferences

User Preferences

User can change preferences/options for various application components here. There is no explicit saving requirements. When a parameter value is changed, it is effective immediately, except in some cases where explicit save is required. For example, Capture Mouse Pointer option helps to include cursor in the captured image.

Menu Bar(2)

Menu bar has the operational menus providing a way to the features. However, almost all menu items have corresponding icon buttons in the main window. So, usually, users don't need to open menus for accessing application features. More than 95% of features are accessible through icon buttons in the main window.

Each of the menus and submenus are explained below.

 

MenuSubmenu Description
File

File menu has commands to Open, Capture, Save, Delete, Print, and Close images.


New Image

Creates a new image. This opens up a dialog to create new image. Both width and height are filled based on either the current application main window size or using values from the preferences. Background color can be changed as required. By default, it is white. Note that transparent background color is displayed as white in the screen. However, when it is exported, transparency is maintained. 


New Capture

Provides multiple options for capturing a screenshot.

Region:  Captures a selected region of the screen. Press Escape or right click to cancel the operation. Press 'r' to recapture the region again while dragging the cursor.

Region to Clipboard:  Captures a selected region of the screen. Instead of importing the image into application, it copies the image to clipboard directly. This is very helpful for adhoc screen captures that are not required to be saved after use.

Last Region: Recently captured region will be used to recapturing the screen. This is useful when a particular region is changing and it needs to be captured multiple times./

Region Text: Extract & capture text from any image or screenshot. This is available only on Windows 10 and above. If the text to be extracted is small, try to zoom into the image for better text extraction accuracy. Once text is captured, it can be edited and copied into clipboard. 

Full Screen: Captures full display screen. If there are multiple monitors, they are listed in Displays submenu. Primary screen is the default screen set for the system. This can be overridden in the user preferences. For example, if there are two monitors. Any of them can be set as primary screen in user preferences. When full screen capture is executed, it takes full screen image of the primary display, as set in the preferences.

Sub-options in the menu are outlined as below:

  1. Displays: It provides information of all displays.
  2. Primary with Taskbar: Captures the complete screen of primary display along with task bar.
  3. Primary without Taskbar: Captures the complete screen of primary display without task bar.
  4. All Displays with Taskbar: Captures full screen of connected displays with task bar.
  5. All Displays without Taskbar: Captures full screen of connected displays without task bar

Active Window: Captures full screen of selected active window. Corresponding application is opened and brought to front and the screenshot of the window is taken.                                                                                         

Timed: Captures a selected region of window after a time delay. Default timer value is 10 seconds and this can be modified in User preferences.

Continuous Region: Continuously captures a selected region at a specified interval selected by user and the first capture is displayed in the editor. Using the navigation buttons in the bottom middle section, rest of the captures can be viewed or opened in separate tabs. 

Window: Captures different portions of the most recent window as per user selection. Only recognizable windows in an application can be selected.

Web: Captures the web page of the Web URL provided by the user. Browser size and delay can be modified as per user requirement. In addition, URI can be opened in a browser for proper capturing of dynamically rendered components. This is highly recommended for web page capture to get high quality images.

Scrolling Window: Captures a scrolling web page/document/window completely from the first click to the end of page by automatically scrolling the content. There is a two second delay set in the preferences to pause after each page down to enable application render all components before taking a snapshot.

Scrolling Region: Captures a scrolling web page/document/window completely from the first click to the end of page by automatically scrolling the content. A region of interest for scrolling need to be selected before capturing. This helps to remove unnecessary common content from the scrolling page. Sometimes, pages contains left side area dedicated for navigation. For scrolling captures, these  regions are not required. There is a two second delay set in the preferences to pause after each page down to enable application render all components before taking a snapshot. This can be adjusted as required.

To cancel the scrolling in between clicks, use Windows or Alt button or press Escape button.

 Camera: Web camera of the system is used to capture the image. User can adjust camera settings and capture images.


New from Clipboard

Imports the image in clipboard and displays it in a tab. 


Open File (Ctrl+O)

Opens a selected image from file directory. Corresponding image is imported into application. Any changes to the imported image will not impact the original image. 


Close (Ctrl+W)

Closes the current opened tab.


Save (Ctrl+S)

 Saves image in a file from the active tab. 


Save As (Ctrl+Alt+S)

File will be saved with user specified name and format in a selected directory.


Delete(Ctrl+Alt+D)

Delete’s selected image.


Print(Cntl+P)

Print’s the images with a variety of settings.



Close (Alt+F4)

Closes application window, but application runs in the background and appears in the tray. User can perform all capture options. Refer to Tray Options in this document.


Quit (Alt+F5)

Shutdowns the application.


Edit

Edit menu has commands to Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste etc...


Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Undoes the most recent action.


Redo (Ctrl+Y)

Redoes the most recent action that is undone. 


Cut (Ctrl+X)

Cuts any selected annotation/text. 


Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copies selected annotation/text. 


Paste (Ctrl+V)

Pastes the clipboard data on image or canvas if the clipboard content is compatible. In case of text in the clipboard, a text annotation is created and text is copied into the annotation. If the image is in the clipboard, an image annotation is created with the clipboard image.


Clear Clipboard

Clears the contents of clipboard.


Duplicate Annotations(Ctrl+D)

Duplicates the selected annotation(s).


Delete Annotation (Del) 

Deletes the selected annotations on image or canvas, if no annotation is selected, it deletes image in active tab.


Select All (Ctrl+A)

Selects all the annotations on image and canvas.



Flatten

Flattens annotations in 3 ways

1.       Selected annotations: Flattens only selected annotations.

2.       All annotations on the image: Flattens annotations on image after which they become a part of the image.

3.       All annotations on the canvas: Flattens annotations on image or canvas and image canvas will be resized to fit all annotations

Window

Window menu has commands to open Grid view, Home, Browse, etc. Options.


Grid View

Thumbnail view representations for all opened images in Pixit. User can Select/ Deselect images to Share multiple files at a time. To close more tabs at one click, select required images and click Close Tabs. Please refer to Thumbnail View  for more details.


HomeOpens Home fly-out from left

BrowseOpens Browse fly-out.

SearchOpens Search fly-out.

ExportOpens Export fly-out.

ShareOpens Share fly-out.

ContactsOpens Contact fly-out.

ImportOpens Import fly-out.

User PreferencesOpen user preferences window.
Help

Help menu has commands for registering and updating product.


Register GetPixitHelps to registers the product using the provided license key.

Check for UpdatesShows any pending product updates which are not yet installed. It is recommended to keep the product updated. There are monthly updates with bug fixes and quarterly updates with enhancements/new features.

About GetPixitProvides installed version number with a brief description.

Status Bar (3)

Status bar is located at the bottom of the application window that has options to set image properties such as category, sub category, rate an image, bookmark, add tags, view image details, zoom etc. Most importantly, it has buttons to navigate images in the sequence they were captured and also drag and drop the active image into any external application.

Status Bar


Button IconNameDescription

Category

Helps to categorize images for easy search. User can add, edit, and remove categories and sub-categories in the Category manager.

Click to open Category Manager window, where user can manage categories/sub categories.

Category helps user to group images according to their choice which helps with better organization and easy to search them.

RatingEnables providing a rating to the image. Rating range is 1-5. A rating stars pop-up shows up to select the rating. Depending on the rating, the color of star background changes.

FlagFlag helps to mark the image as important. If selected, it runs to red.

BookmarkVisual bookmark button is enabled if the image has a corresponding URL. This helps to find images that are bookmarked and corresponding websites can be opened using the 'Open in Browser' button on the top right.

Tags

Tags help to describe an image/capture. 

Manage Tags: Click to open Tag Editor window where user can add, edit, delete tags and view file count. Tags can be added simply by typing the tag name followed by ;. This will insert a new tag in the tag list and associates corresponding images to the tag.

Image Info

Image details such as size, dimension etc. are displayed. User can edit image name and add description to image.

HistoryGives the record of the all the user actions on the image with versions. User can revert back the changes of a particular version if required by selecting the row.

Zoom

User can Zoom in/out of an image.

To increase or decrease zoom value.

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Drop down to choose among the predefined zoom values provided.

   

Displays image to 100% Zoom.

    

Displays image with best fit zoom option.

NavigationNavigating and opening images based on the capture order.

First

Opens first image among all tabs.

Previous

Opens previous image of current tab.

Open in Tab/Place

Opens the images in separate tabs or in a single tab. To view each image in a separate tab, click “Open in Tab”. If an image is already opened in tab, it is highlighted.To open all the images in single tab, click “Open in place”.


Next

Opens next image of current tab.

Last

Opens the last image among all tabs.

Drag Me

Drags the current tab’s image to any application.

MessageMessageShows the current image dimensions and any active message corresponding the recent operation

Tool Bar (4)

Tool bar has icons to access tools for file operations and image annotation formatting and image manipulation. Draw Mode

Button Icon

Name

Description

New Image (Ctrl+N)

Creates a new Image. Image width and height are derived from the main application window size or preset values in user preferences.

Open File (Ctrl+O)

Opens a file from file directory and import the file into application.

Reload File

Reloads an image. This is helpful to restore the original file, in case the modifications made are no longer wanted.

Cut (Ctrl+X)

Cuts any selected annotation/text.

Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copies selected annotation/text.

Paste (Ctrl+V)

Pastes the clipboard data on image or canvas.

Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Undoes the most recent action.

Redo (Ctrl+Y)

Redoes the most recent action that is undone.

Fill Color

Fills background color to the selected annotation.

Outline Width

Provides outline width to the selected annotation.

Outline Color

Provides outline color to the selected annotation.

Font Size

Applies font size to the selected annotation.

Font Color

Applies font color to the selected annotation.

Highlighter Color

Applies highlighter color to the selected annotation.

Preset Colors

Applies preset colors available to the selected annotation. Preset colors change fill color, border color and text color. A set of preset colors are predefined for easier selection and proper look and feel. 

Arrange

Arranges annotations as per selection.

Bring Front: Moves selected annotation to front.

Bring Forward: Moves selected annotation on top of other annotations.

Send Back: Moves selected annotations back.

Send Backward: Moves selected annotations behind all other annotations.

(Un)Group: (Un)Groups selected annotations on canvas.

Group All: Groups all annotations on canvas.

Align


Aligns multiple annotations in user selected format.

Align Left: Aligns selected annotations to left.

Align Top: Aligns selected annotations to top.

Align Right: Aligns selected annotations to right.

Align Bottom: Aligns selected annotations to bottom.

Align Horizontal Center: Aligns selected annotations at centre, horizontally.

Align Vertical Center: Aligns selected annotations at centre, vertically.

Distribute Horizontally: Annotations will be distributed horizontally.

Distribute Vertically: Annotations will be distributed vertically.

Flatten Annotations (Alt+Ins)

Burns annotations on image or canvas. Opens a dialog with the following options:

  • Selected Annotation: Burns only selected annotations on canvas.
  • All annotations on the image: Burns all annotations available on image.
  • All annotations on the canvas: Burns all annotations available on canvas and  re-sizes canvas according to it.

Remove All Annotations (Alt+Delete)

Removes all annotations on canvas.

Hide All Annotations

Hides annotations on image and canvas. This is useful if there are large number of annotations and image manipulation is required.

View AnnotationsEnabling this button disables annotation editing. 

Crop Image

Crops a selected part of the image.

Copy Image Area

Enables selecting an area of the image and operate on the selection .Selection can be copied into clipboard, text can be extracted, and the area can be filled with a selected color.  After selecting the copy image area, right click to see the available options as shown below:


Magnifier

Magnifies any section or part of image for a much detailed view.

Image Area SelectorEnables to select an image area for applying image operations from image toolbox. This is enabled only when image toolbox is active.

Save (Ctrl+S)

Saves the image.

Delete (Del)

Deletes the selected annotations on image or canvas. If there are no annotations selected, it deletes the image.

Print (Ctrl+P)

Prints the image. Print manager is opened for formatting print output.

Thumbnail View

Shows the thumbnail view of all images in opened tabs. User can Select/ Deselect images to Share multiple files at a time. To close more tabs at one click, select required images and click Close Tabs. Refer to Thumbnail View for more details.

Smart Pencil

In Draw mode, enable Smart Pencil and use Free hand lines to draw any shape on image or canvas.The drawing will be converted to the nearest geometric shape and the shape information is available in the description on the bottom right side.     

Open in Browser

If a web capture is made, URL of that capture is remembered. Clicking this icon takes to that web page.

Slideshow

Displays screenshots in slide mode.


Draw Toolbox (5)

Toggle the button to switch between Draw (5) and Image mode (6) on right hand side of the editor. Draw mode has tools to annotate the image. These annotations include Text, Arrows, Lines, Counters and various shapes.


Button Icon

Name

Description

Cursor

Selects one or multiple objects, to move or resize the object.

 

Text

Adds any text annotation on the image and canvas area.

Text: Adds plain text without any box. This is useful for captions and titles. 

 

Textbox: Adds text in a text box. Text is aligned inside the box.

 

Rich Textbox: Adds RTF annotation. By double clicking the annotation, it opens RTF editor for adding the content.

Message Callout: Message is displayed in a box with a pointer to the message source.
Arrow Callout: Message is displayed in a box with an arrow pointer to the message source.
Multi-line Callout: Message is displayed in a box with a multi-line arrow pointer to the message source.
Round Left Callout: Message is displayed in an ellipse with a left side pointer to the message source.
Round Center Callout: Message is displayed in an ellipse with a center pointer to the message source.
Round Right Callout: Message is displayed in an ellipse with a right side pointer to the message source.
Text Ellipse: Adds text in an ellipse. Text is aligned inside the ellipse.
Cloud Callout: Adds text in a cloud shape. Text is aligned inside the shape.
Bam Callout: Adds text in an explosion shape. Text is aligned inside the shape.
Star Callout: Adds text in a star shape. Text is aligned inside the shape.

Arrow

Draws arrow on the image/canvas

Line Arrow: Draws a single/double pointed line arrow.

Edge Arrow: Draws an arrow with a pointed edge on one end. 
Arrow: Draws a broad arrow

Freehand Lines

Allows drawing freehand lines on an image. If the smart pencil option is enabled, application tries to convert drawn shapes into geometric shapes.

Geometric Shapes


Allows drawing different geometric shapes on the image.


Line: Draws a single line. Press 'Shift' button to align line either horizontally or vertically while drawing. This helps to draw perfect horizontal and vertical lines

   

Lines:  Draws multiple connected straight lines using the selected points. 

   

Lines with Interpolation:  Draws an interpolated curve through a set of points. 

Rectangle:  Draws a rectangle with cornered edges. Press 'Shift' button to draw a square while drawing.

Rounded Rectangle: Draws a rectangle with round edges. Press 'Shift' button to draw a square while drawing.

Ellipse: Draws an ellipse. Press 'Shift' button to draw a circle while drawing.

Polygon: Draws a filled polygon connecting the selected points.

Polygon with Interpolation:  Draws a filled interpolated smooth edged polygon through the selected points.

Freehand Polygon: Draws a filled freehand polygon. If the smart pencil is enabled, application tries to fit a geometric shape if possible.

Highlight

Highlights a region on image. Highlight color can be selected from top toolbar or from the properties.

Blur Rectangle

Blurs a portion of image. This is annotation and can be moved and resized as required. 

EraserErases a part of the image with white color. Width of the eraser can be selected from the outline width in the top tool bar.

Sticky Note

Adds a sticky note annotation. This annotation is usually used to add a note on the image.


Counter Rectangle

Adds continuous numbering on the image/canvas. Option to reset the numbering is also available.

Counter Circle:  Adds a non-editable circular counter.

Counter Rectangle:  Adds an editable rectangular counter that has options like cut, copy and paste on right click.

Embed Image

Embeds an image in an annotation from a selected image file. Annotation can be resized as required.

Timestamp

 Timestamp, Rubber stamp and Link annotations are grouped together.

  

Time stamp: Adds Timestamp along with image metadata like categories, creation time, dimensions etc.  User can modify the default template in user preferences. It is an editable textbox and is often used for adding image info to the image before sharing.

Rubber Stamp: Helps to add stamp on the image E.g. Approved by <User-name>. User can modify the default template in user preferences. Stamp is editable. 
Link: Helps to add an URL on image which when clicked directs to web browser in view only interaction mode.

Clipart/Images

Displays a list of defined web URLs. Click on the links to open images in a browser. Drag and drop Clip art/Images from browser to the canvas. These images will be converted into embedded image annotations. They can also be dropped on toolbar to import and open as a new image in a tab.

Vector Icons

Adds a selected vector icon on image and canvas. Recently selected icons along with a set of predefined icons are presented in a popup for selection. These are font icons. In order to change the color of an icon, font color needs to be changed. It acts as foreground color for icons. 

Vector Icon browser

A large collection of vector icons are displayed in Icon browser. Icons can be copied or dragged and dropped to the image/canvas. 

Image Toolbox (6)

Image toolbox provides options for image manipulation including Resize, Rotate, Flip, adjust Brightness & Contrast and apply Effects etc. on the image. This toolbox can be selected by clicking on the toggle button below right hand toolbox.                                                  

 

Button Icon

Name

Description

Resize Image

Re-sizes the image with the provided dimensions.

Resize Canvas

Re-sizes the canvas position, width, height, color etc. with values provided.

Rotate

Rotates the image clockwise in 90° increments.

Flip Vertical

Flips the selected image and any annotations that are burnt on image or canvas vertically. Unflattened annotations are not rotated.

Flip Horizontal

Flips the selected image and any annotations that are burnt on image or canvas horizontally. Unflattened  annotations are not rotated.

Image BorderEnables setting image border. A dialog is presented to select border settings. They can be saved as default for reuse.

Image Auto Level

Auto levels (Automatically sets) the brightness and contrast of the image.

Image Auto Color Correction

Auto corrects the image colors

 

Brightness & Contrast

Helps to adjust the brightness and contrast of the image.

 

Image Formats

Supports converting into different image formats such as Grey Scale 8 bits/pixel.

 

Color Effects

Supports a series of color effects like Invert color, Black & White etc.

 

Filters

Applies the selected filters such as eroding, blurring, and sharpening 

Image Effects

Applies the selected image effect on a loaded image.

Annotation Properties

Right click on annotation; a property window will be opened. Style, Text, Effects, Size, Presets options are available under “Properties” window. 

Tab name

Description

  Style

Options to change properties of Outline, Fill and Arrows are present.

  Text

Text, URL and Font style options are available. Font icon color can be changed from here as well.

  Effects

Shadow Effect options are available

  Size

Size, Location and Rotation properties can be modified.

  Presets

Shape properties like Preset and Opacity can be modified.

 

Tab Bar (7)

Application unlike any other screen capturing tools supports multi-tabbed interface. Multi-tabbed interface allows to open and operate on multiple images at the same time similar to Internet browser tabs.

User can have the same experience as browser without requiring them to open one image at a time to review the content. User can drag and drop, arrange, rename, duplicate, copy the tabs. The maximum tab limit can be adjusted in user preferences. Any opened document not visible in the tab-row can be viewed in tab drop down.

Please see the tab bar options in the following screenshots:

Tab Context Menu: Right click on a tab header to see the context menu

Tab List in a Drop Down: Click on the drop down button at the end of tabs to see list of all tabs.Maximum Open Tab Limit setting in User preferences


Canvas

The work space to do all operations on image is Canvas. Application supports two types of canvas, one is Image Canvas and the other is Virtual Canvas. Image Canvas is a region to view and edit images imported or captured in the application. Region around the image canvas after importing/embedding the image is the Virtual canvas.

Application supports adding annotations in both canvases. Virtual canvas helps the user not to worry about expanding the image canvas to add annotations. Tool will take care of auto canvas expansion when copied into external applications.

                    

In above Figure, region within the blue border that has the image is Image Canvas and region outside blue border, but inside orange border is Virtual Canvas.

Thumbnail View

  • To open Thumbnail view choose  icon from the Toolbar or navigate to “Window” -> “Grid view”.
  • This gives the thumbnail view of all the images opened in the editor. It helps user to select or deselect required images that can be exported to any of the "Share" options.

Thumbnail View

Tray Options

When the application is closed, application will be in a minimized state running in the background. All capture operations available in the tray can be performed with Shortcuts or menu options. Shortcuts can be modified in user preferences. Editor can be opened by double clicking the icon when it is closed.


Image Properties

GetPixit users typically manage thousands of images. In order to find specific image(s), any of the image properties, (sub)category, tags, create/modified dates, rating and flag can be used.

Categories help to identify the appropriate images. Rating and flag are used to further differentiate images. Tags are helpful to associate keywords with the images. Details of image such as name, file type, size etc. are available in Image info panel. Image properties can be changed in the bottom status bar.

Category:

User can add category and sub-category to images for better organization. These properties are used in searching for relevant images and also for sharing. By default, the category and sub-category are set to pre-defined default values (Default-Default). Any new capture taken will be initialized with default values. These can be easily changed. Each category can have any number of sub-categories. For example, Marketing category can have Events and Presentations as sub categories.


               

Click  button  to open Category Manager for adding, updating and removing categories and associated subcategories. Please see the category manager in the following figure.

        


Select sub-category tab, choose a parent Category from the drop down for managing sub-categories. Please see the following figure.

Rating:


Rating helps user to give a relative weight to an image. Rating is in the range 1-5. 

Hover on the stars and select the stars to rate an image. After the image is rated, the main star background color intensity changes appropriately.

Flag:

Click Flag icon, , to flag the image.

Visual Bookmark:

For captures made from the web, visual bookmark,, enables to bookmark the image for retrieval. 

Tags:

Click on, , to enter tags or select from the listed tags for the active image. Each tag must be followed by ';' to add the tag. All new tags are stored in the repository and can be reused. These tags make it easier to search images.

Click on Manage Tags button to open tag manager interface for managing tags for all images.

Image Info:

Image details are available by clicking Image info, button. The image details are saved as image properties, which can later be used to organize and search images.

Both image name and description can be edited directly using the edit button in this pop-up. Description is used in exporting images to word format. 'Application' property is used to identify the main application that contains this capture and 'Window Title' corresponds to the title of the window or title of the web page. For images captured from web, application stores the URL of capture, which when clicked will open the web-page in browser.

  • Annotations: For all the annotations added on the image, the corresponding details such as 'Annotation Type', 'Creation Time', 'Created By', and 'Location' are maintained. They will be helpful to design wire frame drawings in future product updates.

  • Histogram

    Color histograms for Luminosity, Red, Green, and Blue can be obtained by clicking on the Histogram button in the Image Info panel.

Context Menu Options

Any image captured or imported has following options available on the right click:

   

IconMenu Item NameDescription

Bring Forward

Brings forward, the selected embedded images, annotations on an image.

Send Backward

Sends backward, the selected embedded images, annotations on an image.

Open In

Opens the image in MS Paint, MS Picture Manager, and System viewers.

Set as Background

Sets the image that is opened as desktop background.

Copy image to clipboard

Copies the image to Clipboard (Ctrl+C).

Copy Scaled Image to ClipboardCopies the scales image into clipboard based on zoom settings. For example, if the zoom is set to 50%, image is scaled down to 50% in size and copied into clipboard. This helps to copy images of different sizes very easily without requiring explicit resizing when dealing with large images.

Copy Canvas to Clipboard

Copies image along with annotations (e.g. Text, Icons) on the canvas to Clipboard.

Extract Text from Image

Extracts text from image which can be copied in any location by clicking Copy Text.

   

           Figure 16: Extract Text from Image                             

Flatten Annotations

Flattens annotations on image or canvas.

Selected Annotation: Flattens only selected annotations on canvas.

All annotations on the image: Flattens all annotations available on image and the burnt annotations now become part of image.

All annotations on the canvas: Flattens all annotations available on canvas and re-sizes canvas to fit all annotations in it.






























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