How to Use the Annotate Tool in Blender 3D

[@Pesto-64]

Simple, straightforward, and thorough. Nice job!

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you! That’s how I hoped it would come across! Take care!!

[@ManLikeKitch]

Thank you, Brandon. Saving this to my commonly referred to Blender videos.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!! 🙏

[@rgsmess]

This is indeed very helpful. I've often wanted to make a note in Blender when things are going wrong (as they usually do) or when I've discovered something.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thanks! You can also create a text file in your Blender file for more documentation on the file. I cover it somewhere in my 50 Blender tips video.

[@NotSoMuchFrankly]

Thank you much! I did not know about notebooks. I usually use "Left click + D" to draw and "right click + D" to erase with the N-panel, View tab rather than the toolbar, but I learned some stuff. Also fun, you can make the eraser bigger in the Preferences->Editing->Annotations section. It's too hard to erase otherwise.

[@Brandon-3D]

Yes those are some great points I should have included, especially the eraser size. Thanks!

[@cas_sim]

There are a few more useful features regarding the Annotation tool. The Stabilize Stroke settings are nice for creating smooth strokes. You can hold Ctrl to Erase. The Annotation settings can be found in the Sidebar under the View Tab. The strokes are Frame-dependent so they can be used for planning animations. In the sidebar, there is a setting for Onion Skinning, which enables different dimmed colors for previous frame and next frame strokes. And then finally there's the Frame lock button. Which will show the current frame's annotations, no matter which frame you move the timeline to. Pretty cool stuff, but I wonder if it may become deprecated because Grease Pencil now does all of these things and obviously has way more functionality. I suppose annotations are still quicker for doing simple things like drawing an arrow or circling something, by holding D and drawing with left-click.

[@Brandon-3D]

Yes. Wish I’d included them now. Thanks for the info!

[@Frenzi]

Pretty useful for team projects

[@Brandon-3D]

Absolutely! Thank you.

[@LandoverseCreates]

next, could you do a video explaining applicable uses for annotations? I'm intrigued, though I've never found a use for them. 🤔

[@AM-yk5yd]

I wish you could move them. I think it's not possible Switching to Grease pencil for some reason takes several seconds on my computer, while no problem with annotations