Draw on your screen, build whiteboards, and organize ideas visually
Draw on your screen, build whiteboards, and organize ideas visually. ScreenAnnotations is a native macOS menu bar app for screen annotation, whiteboarding, presentations, and AI-assisted diagramming. Use it as a transparent overlay on top of any app, or switch to a dedicated whiteboard workspace for diagrams, lessons, demos, notes, and visual explanations. NEW IN 1.6.1 - toolbar and gallery controls now respond on press and reveal on hover - tool selection springs into place, and color pickers slide between swatches - board cards lift on hover, and the toolbar materializes in when a session starts - full Reduce Motion support: animations become gentle cross-fades - Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast make panels solid with a defined edge DRAW ON YOUR SCREEN Screen Overlay mode lets you draw directly over your desktop, browser, design tool, IDE, or presentation: - Pen, Highlighter, Arrow, Line, Shape, Text, Formula, Image, Eraser, Laser Pointer, Select, and Hand tools - keyboard shortcuts for fast tool switching - color, width, stroke, and fill controls - straight, curved, and elbow arrows WHITEBOARD WORKSPACE Use fullscreen or windowed whiteboard mode when you want a clean canvas: - infinite pan and zoom - multiple boards with an All Boards gallery - save, rename, organize, import, and reopen boards - background patterns including Blank, Dots, Grid, and Lines DIAGRAM AND LAYOUT TOOLS Clean up ideas without leaving the canvas: - automatic AI layout with smart connector routing - live alignment guides and spacing measurements - align left, center, right, top, middle, and bottom - distribute horizontally or vertically - arrange items into rows, columns, or a grid - graph-aware layered, tree, and grid layouts - connected arrows stay attached as nodes move WHITEBOARD CONTENT Whiteboard mode supports more than freehand drawing: - sticky notes with editable text and colors - editable tables with add row/add column, autogrow, fill, and text color - rich link cards with preview image, icon, title, and host DIAGRAMS, STEM, AND TEACHING ScreenAnnotations includes a broad shape library for visual explanation: - general drawing and flowchart symbols - architecture and computer science shapes - science and lab shapes - math, physics, electronics, vectors, matrices, and graphing tools - LaTeX-style formula rendering PRESENTATION MODE Turn whiteboards into scene-based presentations: - create scenes from the current view or selection - manage scenes in a dedicated Scene Manager - rename, duplicate, reorder, update, switch, and delete scenes - use scene thumbnails and multi-select cleanup - animate transitions between scenes, including Fade and Dip to Black BOARD HISTORY Whiteboards include local history tools: - save manual snapshots - automatic snapshots while you work - restore an earlier board state - duplicate a snapshot as a new board - configure snapshot retention KEYBOARD CONTROL - command palette for running common actions - board switcher for jumping between whiteboards - configurable hotkeys for annotation, whiteboard, cursor highlight, and spotlight LOCAL AI / MCP ScreenAnnotations includes local MCP support for AI-assisted whiteboard and screen drawing, compatible with Claude, Codex, and other MCP clients: - generate full diagrams from nodes and edges, laid out and routed automatically - layered, tree, and grid layouts with themes and Mermaid input - align, distribute, grid-arrange, tidy, and lint the layout - draw shapes, arrows, formulas, text, academic objects, and batches - create and manage boards; create, present, and transition scenes - save, list, restore, and duplicate snapshots SAVE, EXPORT, AND WORK LOCALLY - save as `.screenannotation` files - export transparent PNGs - multi-display support - menu bar app plus optional Dock icon - no cloud, no analytics, no tracking, no account - no Input Monitoring or Accessibility permission request macOS 15.0 or later.
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| 1 | Item | ¥ 98 | CNY | 中国 |
