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Software to add arrows and text to photos
What software are you guys using here to enhance posted photos with arrows and text. The only thing I've figured out how to do is draw in boxes using Microsoft Paint.....and they're pretty lame. I'd like to kick it up a notch.
Thanks!
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I use Adobe Photoshop.
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Dude, don't even bother with photoshop for adding arrows and illustrations. I use, snagit. Its available from www.techsmith.com. Trust me, super simple very easy.
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I use MS PowerPoint
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I use Photoshop because I have it. But it is total overkill for what you want. I'm not aware of a way to edit photos in Powerpoint, so I'd recommend doing a search for freeware photo editors such as....
http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/imageediting/tp/freephotoedw.htm
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PowerPoint has all kinds of drawing tools. All you need to do is import the photo...do any drawing/text and then copy and paste the entire image into paint to save.
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OpenOffice. Free, works great. www.openoffice.org
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Windows People:
(1) Hit the print screen button (2) paste into paintbrush and crop selection (3) paste cropped image into Word document and add text boxes, arrows, etc., with the drawing toolbar (4) hit the print screen button again (5) paste into paintbrush and crop selection (6) save Mac People: (1) Open Grab (2) make selection, and save (3) use photoshop to add text boxes, arrows (4) save Last edited by Shuie; 12-30-2006 at 05:42 PM.. |
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(1) ALT+print screen to grab the current window (2) Paste into Powerpoint (3) Add your annotations (4) Save |
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