ScreenBrush 4+
Teach and show using draw
Elena Drozhzhina
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Screenshots
Description
Draw over the entire screen
Quick and useful way to demonstrate something on the screen by drawing. It helps to concentrate attention on significant points
- Use ScreenBrush like a laser pointer
- Use ScreenBrush Remote as a "clicker" for Keynote or Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to change slides
- Using Touch & Pen Pressure option Brush Tool will use thickness depending on pressure when your device support variable pressure
- You can take a quick tour to explore the app more effectively and quickly
- Flashlight tool to highlight limited area of the screen. Use Shift to toggle that tool
- Hand Tool - Move. Copy. Select.
Hold Command key to Move
Hold Command-Option keys to Copy
Double Click while Command key pressed to Select
- Scissors Tool - Delete drawings selectively
Use Control key to activate Scissors
Remove multiple drawings with Scissors Tool by selecting a part of the screen
- Eraser Tool
Use it by the reverse side of a tablet pen or draw while holding Control-Option keys
Change eraser size by scrolling up and down when the eraser circle is shown
- Move figures during draw process on the fly by holding Command key
- Snapshots
Create a snapshot of drawings that currently exists on the screen using Cmd-S shortcut
Later you can apply that snapshot to canvas by double clicking on it
Snapshot might be exported in a graphic formats such as PSD, PNG or PDF
Export selected snapshots by drag and drop
Snapshots saves even after you quit ScreenBrush
- Ghost Mode to temporary disable drawing and keep ScreenBrush on top of the screen
- Magnifying Flashlight. Use it to enlarge the area highlighted by Flashlight
Double-tap with two fingers or press Alt-Z to turn on/off zoom
Pinch with two fingers or Alt-Scroll to zoom in and zoom out
- Whiteboard allows you to draw over opaque overlay. Press Cmd-W to turn it on
- Copy all drawings to Clipboard by pressing Cmd-C shortcut
- Duplicate drawings by holding Alt key and dragging selected object
Features:
• Drawing over windows
• Change slides of presentations
• Paint over a fullscreen app
• Simple and useful toolbar
• Click through the app by holding Fn key
• Clear Screen with Cmd-Delete shortcut
• Repeat last drawing
• Color Wheel to adjust color
• Semi Transparent Drawing
• Shortcuts assignable
• Statusbar app
• Snapshots
• Quick Tour
• Multiple screens support
• Support for the Touch Bar
• Retina display support
• ScreenBrush Remote for iOS
ScreenBrush Plus:
• Freeze Mode
• Arrow
• Line
• Rectangle
• Ellipse
• Text
• Undo and Redo
What’s New
Version 1.8.10
• Export and Import Settings
Save settings as a preset and load it later easily
• Select single layer for editing using a double click while holding Command key
Change a color or an order of layers
• Editable Shapes
Edit shapes such as Arrow, Line, Rectangle and Ellipse after creation by selecting a layer
• Lower Third
Show customized titles by pressing Cmd-L shortcut
Adjust Lower Third in Settings
• Custom Clear Screen
Allows you to preserve selected type of drawings when clearing screen using Option-Delete shortcut
• Snapshots saves even after you quit ScreenBrush
Save snapshot as a file. Load it later to snapshots panel
• Numeral Badges
Create badges with numbers near the cursor by shortcuts Ctrl-1, Ctrl-2... Ctrl-0
Edit text for badges in Shortcuts section
Create badge with increased number by clicking with Text Tool while holding Option key
• Selective Flashlight.
Show an area on the screen by selecting a screen portion while using Flashlight tool
Take a shot of selected part on the screen to clipboard
• Eraser Tool
Use it by the reverse side of a tablet pen or draw while holding Control-Option keys
Change eraser size by scrolling up and down when the eraser circle is shown
• Timers in Text Tool
Activate it by typing text similar to timer format (e.g. type 15:00 and press Return)
• Drag and drop shortcuts to swap them
• Highlight cursor using Cursor Halo option
• Copy multiple drawings by selecting them while holding Command-Option keys
• Glue selected drawings by Cmd-G shortcut
• Emoji Support in Text Tool
• Start text typing by Option-T shortcut
• Activate Color Picker by Cmd-I shortcut
• Remembering a color for each tool or tool groups
• Custom color option for Whiteboard
• Overall shadow option to apply shadow to all drawings
• Stability improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Awesome but sad can't share
Works beautifully but a bit disappointed it lacks Family sharing.
I didn't realize this before buying, but you can't share the in-app purchase upgrade with members of your Apple Family. This was actually particularly important because that other member is myself with an Apple account I use for work....which is actually why I bought this in the first place. Now I can't use it on my work Mac because it doesn't share. Bummed. Wish I could have just bought a Pro version on this app I could share instead.
Fantastic app
I have a presentation to do soon that would greatly benefit from on-screen annotations. This is fantastic. Downloaded and played with it during a long boring meeting and am now fluent. You do need to mostly memorize the keys you want to use for a fluid presentation, but if you're sharing just a window, the toolbar is easily out of view if you need help. Very well done. Re-applying previously saved screens easily is an unexpectedly nice feature.
If I had one request it would be that the whiteboard have a 'float' option that defaults to the middle of the screen but has a resize handle and lets me move it. Why? Because when sharing a window, that window isn't necessarily slammed up against the side of the monitor so it's a bit awkward. Allowing the background of it to be a little transparent (same O hotkey?) would make it nicer.
Exactly What I Needed
I run web meetings and just need a simple and unabtrusive way to highlight and draw things during the meeting. I've tried several others but this is by far the best.
I can easily invoke and dismiss it with a simple keyboard shortcut and no distracting toolbar appears. I can then draw with click and hold and when I finish explaining I let go and it gently fades out. I can continue focusing on what I'm saying without getting flustered trying to remember how to clear the screen.
The detailed control of keyboard shortcuts is a game changer for me. Even things like toggling between my two most-used tools is just hitting tab. I can do everything I need and only have to remember two keyboard shortcuts.
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Information
- Seller
- Elena Drozhzhina
- Size
- 6 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.11 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Pavel Veretennikov & Elena Drozhzhina, 2017-2023
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- ScreenBrush Plus $4.99
- 7-day Trial $0.00
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.