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How to Annotate a Photo in CrewBox

Turn a raw jobsite photo into communication — circle the defect, arrow the leak, label the measurement.

Steps

1. Open the photo and click Annotate

Open the photo in the detail viewer and click Annotate in the Quick Actions. (Annotation is for photos — videos don't offer it.) The full-screen annotation editor opens.

2. Pick a tool

The toolbar offers:

  • Select — move, resize, rotate, or delete existing annotations
  • Rectangle and Circle — box or ring an area
  • Line — draw lines and arrows
  • Text — free text or measurement labels
  • Timestamp — stamp the photo's capture date
The annotation editor toolbar: shapes, lines, text, timestamp, color, and stroke width.
The annotation editor toolbar: shapes, lines, text, timestamp, color, and stroke width.

3. Style it

Set the color (red by default) with the color picker and the stroke width (1–50 px) with the slider.

4. Save & Close

Click Save & Close to keep your markup, or Cancel to throw the session away.

5. Toggle annotations in the viewer

Annotations are non-destructive vector overlays — never burned into the pixels. Use Show/Hide annotations in the viewer's Quick Actions to flip between the marked-up and original photo, and reports can render Original, Annotated, or Both.