Bug 498286 - Option for an annotation that colorizes portions of the screenshot, with the rest made grayscale
Summary: Option for an annotation that colorizes portions of the screenshot, with the ...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: 24.12.0
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Noah Davis
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Reported: 2025-01-05 16:24 UTC by tnemeth
Modified: 2025-01-08 16:41 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description tnemeth 2025-01-05 16:24:57 UTC
Hi.

I think it would be really useful to be able to have screenshots in grayscale in order to put some parts in evidence using colored annotations.

Thanks in advance.
Comment 1 Noah Davis 2025-01-06 00:02:11 UTC
Evidence? Like actual evidence to be used in a court of law?
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-01-06 17:56:22 UTC
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Comment 3 tnemeth 2025-01-06 18:41:20 UTC
(In reply to Noah Davis from comment #1)
> Evidence? Like actual evidence to be used in a court of law?

Sorry -_- wrong translation. "highlight".
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-01-06 21:17:52 UTC
I get it now, thanks.

What would be the advantage of this style of annotation over something else like drawing a circle or arrow, or using the highlighter marker tool? What's your use case for this?
Comment 5 tnemeth 2025-01-07 17:02:05 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> I get it now, thanks.

    It was may fault for using the wrong word :) Thanks to you.


> What would be the advantage of this style of annotation over something else
> like drawing a circle or arrow, or using the highlighter marker tool? What's
> your use case for this?

    I'll take some of my uses as an example. I often send screenshots of webpages
    to my children. Colorful webpages. To highlight the parts I want them to put their
    attention on, I use the rectangle tool. Sometimes with text. Almost always in red :)
    However, depending on the screenshot, I sometimes find myself with a low visibility
    highlight making it almost blend in the colorful page.

    Having a tool to make the screenshot into grayscale would put more highlight on
    the parts I want them to notice. Old photograph-style :) (no, sepia is not needed ;) )
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2025-01-08 16:41:30 UTC
Interesting idea, and thanks for clarifying. I'll let Noah decide.