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.
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 on the right of the Notes panel provides a pointer (select, move, scale or delete a drawn shape), freehand pen, box, circle, arrow, line and eraser, plus a color picker and a line-width slider for drawing directly on the viewport. The note’s thumbnail picks up the strokes.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl + Z | Undo stroke |
Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo stroke |
Esc | Cancel the stroke in progress |
Note thumbnails are captured through the active OCIO chain and marked OCIO; hover the mark to see the chain.
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 |
| 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.