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OT: Software to "draw on screen"?

XoechZXoechZ Posts: 1,102
edited January 2014 in The Commons

In many tutorial vidoes you can see the tutors writing and drawing on the screen to explain things, draw help lines or point out important spots. I am sure you have seen this many times already.

Now I thought that this could be useful when working in DAZ Studio. Like said, to draw help lines, write numbers, draw arrows for important directions and so on. Well, I am not sure if it is really useful, but I want to try it.

Does anyone know a program/software that lets you do this? It should be:
- easy to use
- work smooth and stable on Windows 7 64bit
- work with a tablet (Wacom Intuos 5 in my case)

Any opinions and suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks!

Post edited by XoechZ on

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,204
    edited December 1969

    I believe it is postworked into the video AFTER doing the screen capture,

  • XoechZXoechZ Posts: 1,102
    edited December 1969

    wendy♥catz said:
    I believe it is postworked into the video AFTER doing the screen capture,

    Yes, that was my first thought too :-)

    But I am curious if there is a possibility to do this "live" on the desktop, while you are working. And thats why I am asking. Maybe it is possible, maybe not. I really do not know.

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited January 2014

    Completely free: http://sourceforge.net/projects/epicpen/

    Video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWw5UH5rx7E

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  • XoechZXoechZ Posts: 1,102
    edited December 1969

    Wow, great!

    I will try this one. Thank you very much!

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited January 2014

    Np. :) Just found it myself actually when I saw your question. Let me know how it works out. If you're able to snap a screenshot right from the app I'd insta-download it. Would be much easier to just draw on my screen with my tablet, screenshot it, and upload it than having to go through Photoshop every time to ctrl-v my screen.

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  • XoechZXoechZ Posts: 1,102
    edited December 1969

    Yes, of course I will do that. But I am not at home in the moment, so it will take some time until I can try it.

  • StargazeyStargazey Posts: 249
    edited December 1969

    You could also checkout http://www.picpick.org/en/

    "PicPick is an all-in-one program that provides a full-featured screen capture tool, an intuitive image editor, a color picker, a color palette, a pixel- ruler, a protractor, a crosshair and even a whiteboard.

    This software is distributed as a freeware for personal use only. In this case, you are granted the right to use this program free of charge. Otherwise, you need to pay for a license for commercial use."

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,455
    edited January 2014

    PicPick looks really nice, but as noted on the downloads page http://www.picpick.org/en/download_free
    "Freeware version may include third-party (sponsored) advertisements."

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    Also look for 'screencasting' programs...some of them include some/all of those features, too.

  • kurisu2112kurisu2112 Posts: 198
    edited December 1969

    There is also ZoomIt available from Microsoft
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx

    It allows you to draw on the screen and save it to an image file.

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