With Instant Markup on iPhone and iPad, you may annotate or quickly edit screenshots right after taking them. You can do things like add text and vector shapes to your screenshots, doodle anything with your finger or Apple Pencil, zoom in on a part of a screenshot to emphasize it, and much more. Let’s show you how.
How to edit screenshots with Instant Markup
To take and edit a screenshot quickly without needing to open the Photos app, do this:
1)Capture what’s on the screen of your iOS device.
2)Access your Instant Markup tools by tapping the thumbnail that appears for a few seconds in the lower-left corner of the screen right after taking a screenshot.
Tip:If you took multiple screenshots, tap on their preview bundle in the lower-left corner to open them all in Instant Markup. From there, you may swipe between the individual images to make changes to a particular screenshot.
3)Use Markup’s built-in tools to sketch, create text, crop, zoom in, add a signature, and more.
Markup includes other annotation and editing tools as well.
For example, there’s a handy lasso tool for selecting multiple objects at once. You also get some useful built-in vector shapes like a circle, square, rectangle, speech bubble, and pointing arrow that can be solid-colored or outlined.
4)TapDonein the upper-left corner to save or delete your screenshot.
Tip:If you’d like toannotate a screenshot after it’s been saved to Photos, launch the Photos app and open the image you’d like to annotate. TapEdit, then tap theMarkupicon.
Edits you make using Markup in Photos are revertible. For instance, you may use Markup in Photos to add a speech bubble along with some text to a screenshot. The next time you open that screenshot in Markup through the Photos app, you’ll be able to relocate the speech bubble, edit the text, and so forth.
Saving, deleting, and sharing screenshots from Instant Markup
The Markup interface includes options for saving screenshots to the Photos app. You can also delete one or more screenshots taken in a single session and share your screenshots.
Saving or deleting screenshots in Instant Markup
To save or delete one or more annotated screenshots, tapDonein the upper-left corner after making your edits and choose the appropriate option from the popup menu:
If you accidentally deleted a screenshot, undelete it with just a few taps: Go to theAlbumstab within the Photos app, choose the section titledRecently Deleted, select the image you’d like to undelete, and then tapRecoverin the lower-right corner.
Sharing screenshots in Instant Markup
To share screenshots from the Instant Markup interface, tap theShareicon and choose where you’d like to share the images.
Your annotated screenshots are shared as flattened JPEG files.
For those wondering, the Markup tools in iOS also make it easy toannotate photos you take with your iPhone or iPadandemail attachmentsand documents stored in PDF format.
