Annotations

The Notes panel manages text notes and drawn annotations for loaded media. Annotations are saved in a .qcview folder alongside the media file, so they’re accessible to anyone with file-system access and load automatically with the media.

Open the Notes panel with Ctrl + 4.

Notes panel with annotation tools


Creating Notes

Click Add Note to create a note at the current playhead position. A diamond marker appears on the timeline. Type in the text field.

Drawing Tools

The annotation toolbar provides shapes (freehand, box, circle, arrow), a line-width slider, and color selection for drawing directly on the viewport.

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y Redo

If the Notes panel is open, screenshots are captured with embedded annotations.


Exporting Notes

Export annotations from the Notes panel’s Export menu:

Format Details
Markdown Creates a folder with the note text + exported images
HTML Single file with embedded images
PDF Single file with embedded images
DOCX Single file with embedded images–combatible with Google docs

PDFs and DOCX exports will split the content into pages.


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