Photoshop

Add notes and audio annotations

You can add notes and audio annotations anywhere on a Photoshop image canvas. When you create a note, a resizable window appears for typing text. When you record an audio annotation, you must have a microphone plugged into the audio‑in port of your computer.

You can also import both kinds of annotations from Photoshop documents saved in PDF or from Acrobat documents saved in PDF or Form Data Format (FDF).

If you need to delete the annotations in your document, select either the Notes or the Audio Annotation tool and click Clear All in the tool options bar. All notes and audio annotations are deleted from your document.

Create a note

When adding a note to your document, you can use the standard editing commands for your system (Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Select All) to edit the text. (Windows) Right-click the text area and choose the commands from the context menu. (Mac OS) Choose the commands from the Edit and Select menus. You can also use standard keyboard shortcuts for these editing commands.

  1. Select the Notes tool .
  2. In the options bar, enter or specify the following as needed:
    Author
    Specifies the author’s name, which appears in the title bar of the notes window.

    Size
    Chooses the size for the note text.

    Color
    Selects a color for the note icon and the title bar of note windows. Clicking the color box opens the Adobe Color Picker so you can select a color.

  3. Click where you want to place the note, or drag to create a custom-sized window.
  4. Click inside the window, and type the text. If you type more text than fits in the note window, the scroll bar becomes active. Edit the text as needed:

    If you have the required software for different script systems (for example, Roman, Japanese, or Cyrillic) installed on your computer, you can switch between the script systems. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) to display the context menu, and then choose a script system.

  5. To close the note to an icon, click the close box.

Create an audio annotation

  1. Make sure your computer has a built‑in microphone, or attach a microphone.
  2. Select the Audio Annotation tool .
  3. In the options bar, enter or specify the following as needed:
    Author
    Specifies the author’s name, which appears in the tool tip when you place the pointer over the audio annotation icon in your document.

    Color
    Selects a color for the audio annotation icon. Clicking the color box opens the Adobe Color Picker, from which you select a color.

  4. Click where you want to place the annotation icon.
  5. Click Start and then speak into the microphone. When you finish, click Stop.

Import annotations

  1. Choose File > Import > Annotations.
  2. Select a PDF or FDF file that contains annotations, and then click Load. The annotations appear in the locations where they were saved in the source document.