Marker, spotlight and framing
Set what every step’s picture shows: a box, ring or spot on the click, a spotlight that dims the rest, and a close-up or the whole screen. Change any one step on its own.
Mac appChrome
Where to find it
- Guide editor
- Simple
- On every step
On every step#
- Click marker
- Box around what was clicked, a Ring around the spot, a tinted Spot, or Off.
- Spotlight
- Dims everything around the click: Soft, Medium or Strong, or set by hand with Strength.
- Framing
- Close-up crops each picture around what was clicked, close enough to read. Whole screen shows the whole screen.
One step on its own#
- 1Open the step, and switch to Pro.
- 2Under This step, change its marker, spotlight or zoom.A tag marks the setting as this step’s own. Click it to follow the guide’s setting again.
Where the screenshot sits moves the picture within its frame, or centres it again.
Read next
Choose and mark up a step’s picturePick the exact moment a step’s picture is taken from, and add arrows, text and shapes to it with the screenshot editor’s tools.The guide’s look and documentSet the guide’s colour, its pictures’ background and frame, its typeface, text size and page, a title and an introduction, and your logo.Spotlight the pointerDim everything but a soft circle under the pointer, so the eye goes where you are working. Set its size, darkness, blur and edge. Works in Chrome and Mac takes.
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