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Annotation and shape drawing tools can be accessed by moving the mouse pointer to the bottom of either the left or right video panes, causing the tool palette to appear.

Drawing Tools Pallete[]

Tool palette

There are five tool type available:

  • Rectangular drawings
  • Circle drawings
  • Line drawings
  • Angle drawings
  • Magnifying

As the mouse is moved over each tool it will be temporarily highlighted. To select a tool click on the icon in the palette. A selected tool will remain highlighted to show it is ready to be used. Clicking on a tool multiple times cycles it through available variants including unselecting the tool (highlight disappears).

Rectangular drawings[]

Right rectangle[]

Rectangle tool

Draw an upright standard rectangle.

Drawing sequence: click : drag : click

Skewed rectangle[]

Skewed Rectangle tool

Draw a rotated and skewed rectangle.

Drawing sequence: click : drag second corner : click : drag final shape : click

Circle drawings[]

Circle[]

Circle tool

Draw a circle.

Drawing sequence: click center : drag : click

Circle with dot[]

Circle Dot tool

Draw a circle with a central dot.

Drawing sequence: click center : drag : click

Line drawings[]

Simple line[]

Line tool

Draw a simple line with no arrows.

Drawing sequence: click : drag : click

Single arrow[]

Single Arrow tool

Draw a simple line with one arrow.

Drawing sequence: click : drag : click

Double arrow[]

Double Arrow tool

Draw a simple line with two arrows.

Drawing sequence: click : drag : click

Angle drawings[]

Simple angle[]

Angle tool

Draw a simple angle with no arrows.

Drawing sequence: click : drag : click vertex : drag : click

Single arrow[]

Single Arrow Angle tool

Draw a simple angle with one arrow.

Drawing sequence: click : drag : click vertex : drag : click

Double arrow[]

Double Arrow Angle tool

Draw a simple angle with two arrows.

Drawing sequence: click : drag : click vertex : drag : click

Magnifying[]

2X zoom[]

Magnifying tool

Zoom in by a factor of two.

Zooming sequence: click : drag zoom rectangle : click

Click the highlighted magnifying glass tool again to unzoom.

Erasing Drawings[]

Right click on a pane with drawings to erase each shape one at a time in reverse order of creation.

Hold down the right mouse button for about 2 seconds to erase all drawings on the pane at once.