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Image Annotator

Draw arrows, boxes, text, highlights and numbered steps on a screenshot, blur or pixelate anything private, crop the result and add a watermark. Undo works as you expect, and the finished image downloads as PNG or JPG or goes straight to your clipboard.

Everything runs locally in your browser. Your data never leaves your device.

Image

Drop a screenshot or image here

PNG, JPG, WebP… Click to choose a file, or press Ctrl+V to paste a screenshot.

It never leaves your browser.

Next steps

Send this tool's output straight into another tool.

About the Image Annotator

This tool lets you draw on a screenshot or any other image. Load a picture, or just paste it with Ctrl+V, then point things out with arrows, boxes, circles, text labels and numbered step badges, run a highlighter over the important part, and blur or pixelate anything you don't want others to read.

It is built for the pictures you share every day: a bug report, a quick how-to, a screenshot with an email address that needs hiding. When you are done, download the result as PNG or JPG, or copy it straight to the clipboard and paste it into your chat.

What you can do

  • Add arrows, rectangles, circles, lines and freehand strokes to a screenshot.
  • Blur or pixelate part of an image to hide private information.
  • Put numbered step badges on a screenshot for a walkthrough.
  • Add text labels, with an optional backdrop so they stay readable.
  • Highlight a region like a marker pen.
  • Crop the image to just the part that matters.
  • Add a text watermark with a position, size, color and opacity of your choice.
  • Frame the export on a gradient or solid background with rounded corners.
  • Copy the finished image to the clipboard, or download it as PNG or JPG.

How to use the Image Annotator

  1. 1Drop an image in, pick one from disk, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V.
  2. 2Pick a tool from the toolbar and draw directly on the image. New shapes use the selected color, red with no fill by default.
  3. 3Switch to the select tool to move, resize, restyle or delete anything you added. Ctrl+Z undoes any step.
  4. 4Blur or pixelate sensitive spots, crop if needed, and add a watermark if you want one.
  5. 5Choose PNG or JPG, optionally add a background frame, then download or copy the result.

Hiding sensitive information properly

The blur and pixelate boxes change the actual pixels of the exported image, they are not a see-through layer that could be removed later. Pixelation is the safer choice for text like names, emails or account numbers, since heavy pixel blocks destroy more of the original detail than a soft blur.

Both effects also cover any annotations drawn under them, so the order you stack things in matters. You can bring objects forward or send them back from the toolbar.

Made for screenshots

The fastest way in is paste: take a screenshot, open this page and press Ctrl+V. Numbered badges count up on their own, so clicking out a 1, 2, 3 walkthrough takes seconds. The crop is applied at export, so you can change your mind about it at any time, and the export always uses the image's full resolution no matter how far you zoomed while editing.

If the file needs to be smaller before you share it, send the result to the JPG Image Compressor, or change its format with the Image Converter.