3 Steps to Quickly Annotate a Screen Shot on a Mac
Submitted by mott on March 28, 2009 - 02:31
Three steps to creating an annotated image using a Mac. Something every teacher should have in their Mac arsenal of digital teaching techniques:
1) Take a screenshot of the image you would like. A standard keyboard shortcut is: option-command-shift-4, which will then save the image that you have captured in your crosshairs to your clipboard. Or, alternatively, open the Grab application to get the screen shot that you want. So many options, including which of the two option buttons to use. Remain calm.
2) Open Preview, and go File -> New From Clipboard. Or, for the lazy, the keyboard shortcut is apple-n.
3) In the Preview toolbar of the new document click and hold on "Annotate" to get the desired tool. (View -> Customize Toolbar if that command is not available in your window.) Create the annotation you would like, ideally, editorializing without the bitter, jaded sarcasm you're accustomed to using in the staff room.
Et voilà.
