From c33be1a0faf22022cb3b07b703d736ac2852a47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DarkSun Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:31 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98[tech]:=2020211019=20Annotato?= =?UTF-8?q?r:=20Open-Source=20App=20for=20Linux=20to=20Easily=20Add=20Esse?= =?UTF-8?q?ntial=20Annotations=20to=20Your=20Images?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit sources/tech/20211019 Annotator- Open-Source App for Linux to Easily Add Essential Annotations to Your Images.md --- ...dd Essential Annotations to Your Images.md | 95 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20211019 Annotator- Open-Source App for Linux to Easily Add Essential Annotations to Your Images.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20211019 Annotator- Open-Source App for Linux to Easily Add Essential Annotations to Your Images.md b/sources/tech/20211019 Annotator- Open-Source App for Linux to Easily Add Essential Annotations to Your Images.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5b0ab80344 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20211019 Annotator- Open-Source App for Linux to Easily Add Essential Annotations to Your Images.md @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +[#]: subject: "Annotator: Open-Source App for Linux to Easily Add Essential Annotations to Your Images" +[#]: via: "https://itsfoss.com/annotator/" +[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/" +[#]: collector: "lujun9972" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +Annotator: Open-Source App for Linux to Easily Add Essential Annotations to Your Images +====== + +_**Brief:**_ _An exciting and useful annotation tool with additional features for Linux systems._ + +When it comes to image manipulation and editing, there are many tools available. However, options like GIMP are not necessarily the solution to everything. + +Yes, GIMP offers plenty of features for beginners and advanced users, but it could be time-consuming to learn something and apply visual enhancements to any image you want. + +Annotator is an impressive open-source tool that lets you do a lot of things in a couple of clicks. + +### Annotator: Open-Source Image Annotation Tool + +![][1] + +Annotator lets you quickly add shapes, texts, and other visual elements. This is useful for a variety of use-cases. + +The tool is easy to use and offers a simple user interface. And, you also get a variety of features to enhance the images you want. + +### Features of Annotator + +![Adding icons to images][2] + +Not just limited to adding enhancements to an image, but you also get some other functionalities with Annotator. Some of the key features are: + + * Ability to add a text + * Customize the text color, adjust the size, tweak the highlight color, and more + * Use magnifying tool to focus on a particular point in image + * Tweak the magnifier to change the angle, and size + * Add visual icons to express something + * Use pencil to write, useful for trackpad users + * Blur tool to obfuscate important or unnecessary details + * Counter icons to highlight important any sort of order in an image + * Supports multiple fonts + * Adjust the border width and lines for shapes and texts + * Various shapes like arrow, circle, and star available + * Ability to resize and crop images + + + +![][3] + +### Installing Annotator in Linux + +Primarily, Annotator is available on AppCenter for elementaryOS. But, fortunately, it is a Flatpak package, so that you can install it on any Linux distribution. + +All you need to do is head to the AppCenter store’s link and then download/open the **Flatpak ref** file using the software installer. We have more information on this in our [Flatpak guide][4], if you need help. + +[Annotator][5] + +To build from the source or explore more about it, you can check out its [GitHub page][6]. + +### Thoughts on Using Annotator + +I find it useful for my work, considering we need to deal with various screenshots every day. And, the more descriptive, the better the images for our readers to understand. + +Usually, I use Flameshot as my screenshot tool and add annotations available through it. There are other [screenshot tools available for Linux][7], but I prefer Flameshot for its quick annotation features. + +However, you cannot use Flameshot or any other screenshot tool to add annotations to existing images. + +Hence, Annotator came in handy to edit existing screenshots or any other images needed. + +All of its features worked well in my brief usage, but I’d want to edit and re-size the text to be more intuitive. Other than that, I have no complaints. + +I’d recommend you give this a try if you need to add highlights/annotations to the images on your system. Let me know your thoughts in the comments down below. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://itsfoss.com/annotator/ + +作者：[Ankush Das][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/annotator.png?resize=800%2C573&ssl=1 +[2]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/annotator-screenshot.png?resize=800%2C410&ssl=1 +[3]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/annotator-resize.png?resize=800%2C490&ssl=1 +[4]: https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/ +[5]: https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.phase1geo.annotator/ +[6]: https://github.com/phase1geo/Annotator +[7]: https://itsfoss.com/take-screenshot-linux/