Mark up a photo to show exactly where the problem is. Your marks appear wherever the photo is used, including reports, and you can change or remove them at any time. The original photo is always kept.
What it does
Draw on a photo with Freehand, Arrow, Rectangle and Ellipse, in red, yellow, blue or white.
Crop and rotate a photo without changing the original.
Marks show on the photo in Files, on the component's photos, in the Viewer and in reports.
Marks stay editable. A photo marked up in the mobile app can be changed on the web, and the other way around.
Lines are drawn in proportion to the photo, so they read the same on a small photo or a large one.
How to mark up a photo on the web
Open the study in the Study Editor and go to Files.
Hover over the photo and click the pencil icon (Edit / Markup).
Wait for the photo to appear. The tools turn on once it has loaded.
Pick a tool, then pick a color. The color applies to the next mark you draw.
Drag on the photo to draw. For an arrow, drag from the tail to the tip.
Click Save. The editor closes and the photo card shows an Edited badge.
How to move or resize a mark
Select the same tool the mark was drawn with: Arrow for an arrow, Rectangle for a rectangle, Ellipse for an ellipse. A mark you just drew is already selected.
Drag a white handle to resize it: a corner of a rectangle or ellipse, or either end of an arrow.
Drag the mark's line anywhere else to move it.
Freehand marks can't be moved or resized. Erase one and draw it again.
How to crop or rotate
Click the Crop icon.
Drag the corners of the frame to choose the part of the photo you want, or drag inside the frame to move it.
To turn the photo, click the rotate icon (Rotate 90° clockwise). Each click turns it a quarter turn.
Click Apply, then Save.
Cancel leaves crop without changing the frame.
Reset removes the crop and shows the whole photo.
Rotation stays when you click Cancel or Reset. To turn the photo back, click the rotate icon until it is upright.
How to fix a mistake
Undo reverses your last change: a new mark, an erase, a move or resize, or a Clear. It does not undo a crop or a rotation.
Eraser: choose it, then click on a mark's line to remove it. For a rectangle or ellipse, click its outline, not the inside.
Clear all markup removes every mark on the photo after you click Yes, Clear. On the web this saves straight away. The crop and rotation stay.
Clicked Clear by mistake? Click Undo to bring the marks back, then click Save.
How to mark up a photo in the mobile app
Take a photo. The markup screen opens straight after, unless Skip markup is on. To mark up a photo you already took, tap it on the component's Photos tab or on General Property.
Pick a tool along the bottom: Freehand, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse, Eraser or Crop.
Pick a color under the tools: red, yellow, blue or white.
Drag on the photo to draw. Move and resize marks the same way as on the web.
Tap Save. To save and take the next photo straight away, tap Take another.
Undo and Clear all markup are at the top right, beside the photo's title. In the app, Clear is not kept until you tap Save.
Crop works like the web: Cancel, Reset, the rotate icon, then Apply.
Update the app to the latest version to get Rectangle and Ellipse.
Good to know
The Edited badge on a photo card means the photo has marks, a crop or a rotation.
Close (the X) on the web leaves the editor without saving, and does not ask first. Click Save before you close.
Reports you have already generated keep the photo as it was. Generate a fresh copy to see your marks.
Photos edited with the earlier web editor keep their marks as part of the picture, and you can draw new marks on top. To get back the photo as it was uploaded, open it in the editor and click Revert to Original, then Yes, Revert. This removes the old and new marks and can't be undone.
Large photos can take a little while to open.
Edit / Markup appears on JPG, PNG, WebP and BMP photos. Other files, such as PDFs and spreadsheets, show View instead.