Features / Photo Annotation

Draw on jobsite photos — without destroying the original

CrewBox turns a raw jobsite photo into communication: circle the defect, arrow the leak, label the dimension, stamp the date. Markup is non-destructive vector annotation — the original photo is never altered.

The photo annotation editor in the CrewBox web console
CrewBox photo annotation editor on a phone

Six professional tools

Select, rectangle, circle, line, text, and timestamp. Lines take arrowheads at either or both ends; double-tap any text to edit it.

Measurements in your units

The text tool has imperial (feet/inches) and metric (meters/centimeters) modes for labeling dimensions right on the photo.

Precise, styled markup

A 12-color swatch picker, stroke-width slider, pinch-zoom to 6×, and a magnifier loupe for exact handle placement. Full undo and redo.

Never burned in

Annotations store as an editable vector layer. Toggle them in the viewer, re-edit anytime, and choose original, annotated, or both in PDF reports.

Everything included

  • Select, rectangle, circle, line, text, and timestamp tools
  • Arrowheads at the start, end, or both ends of lines
  • Imperial (feet/inches) and metric (m/cm) measurement text
  • 12-color swatch picker and stroke-width slider
  • Pinch-zoom up to 6× with pan
  • Magnifier loupe for precise handle placement
  • Double-tap any text to edit; date-format picker for timestamps
  • Undo, redo, and delete-selected
  • Stored as vector data — never burned into pixels
  • Show or hide annotations in the viewer
  • Original, annotated, or both in PDF reports
  • Jump straight into the editor after each shot
Top how-to guides:Annotate a photoDraw lines and arrowsDraw circles and rectanglesAdd text and measurementsAdd a timestamp

Try it on your next job

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