Guide · 02 — Editor

After the capture: annotate, arrange and collage, all in one place

A four-zone interface with 12 annotation tools × properties — freely combine them to convey the message you want, or to build a prototype.

EDITOR · Click any tool or zone to see what it does.

VAS

Color

Thicknesspx

▭Rectangle⇧R

Drag to draw the outline
Shift + drag locks to a square / circle (works for the ellipse too)

Drag to export

50%1762 × 1194 px

Main tool menuThe vertical toolbar on the left. Click a tool to switch; the active tool is highlighted in blue.

Sub-property menuThe top bar, which changes with the selected tool — adjust color, thickness, opacity, line style and more.

Dynamic export buttonA floating button at the bottom right; drag it to reposition (for left- or right-handers), then drag it onto a target app to export.

Status bar & Snap toggleBottom left: current zoom, canvas size, and the toggle for Snap alignment smart guides.

The Complete Tool Dictionary

Annotation is the core of the editor, but it's not only annotation — selecting, viewing, cropping and arranging are what make editing complete. The interactive editor above is the main stage; to see every tool at once, expand the index below.

Show all tools23 tools · six groups

Select2

↖Select⇧V

⬚Box Select⇧M

Annotate12

✒Pen⇧P

╱Line⇧L

▭Rectangle⇧R

■Fill⇧B

TText⇧T

①Number⇧N

☺Stamp⇧U

⬜Mosaic/Blur⇧X

⊙Magnify Annotation⇧Y

◎Callout Bubble⇧Q

文OCR Text Recognition⇧G

文Privacy Mask⇧K

⊕Zoom In⌘=

⊖Zoom Out⌘-

⊡Fit to Window⌘0

Canvas3

✂Crop⇧C

↔Resize⇧S

⊞Extend Canvas⇧E

Import & Template2

⧉Overlay Image⇧O

◱Template—

History1

↩↪Undo / Redo⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z

Alchemy Recipes

VAS breaks its tools down into small pieces. Each one does a single thing — but properties can stack.

Text × background color → Highlighter
Text × transparent + border → Outlined text
Rectangle × dashed + thickness → Reviewer's red circle
Line × right-angle + dashed → Flow connector
Fill × gradient + low opacity → Fade mask
Callout bubble × mosaic → Comic-style meme

The recipes you combine become your own vocabulary of expression.

→ and also the Inside Language between you and VAS

Tauri onlyCustom Styles · Save your recipes

A recipe doesn't have to live in just this one screenshot. The moment you dial in the perfect one — tuck it into your cabinet, and next time a single right-click brings it back.

Add — right-click a tuned annotation and choose "Add as custom style". One click saves it, auto-named "Style X". It doesn't interrupt your flow; you can decide what to call it later.
Apply — right-click any existing annotation on the canvas to apply a saved style directly.
Replace — the other way around: tune the current annotation on the canvas until you're happy, then overwrite a saved style directly. This is how you change a style's contents — no separate editor, just tune and replace, letting your recipes evolve with you.
Edit — in the Custom Style dropdown choose "Edit styles", which keeps only rename and delete, to tidy your cabinet.

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