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How to annotate TIFF document?

Questions:
How to add annotation to TIFF file?
How to view and edit imaging annotations?
I have a need to combine the annotations along with the TIFF image and merge them into one image.

TIFF annotations: highlight, line, box, ellipse, image, text, ruler, polyline (open polygon), free hand painting, an angle measurement, memo -- a multi-line text, text object with the date and/or time, stamp, signature

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annotations are vector objects that can
be placed on pages of your document as
remarks or comments in a separate layer
above the image
they can be modified controlled and
saved independently of the main image
annotations allow you to annotate
documents without altering the document
itself you can create new annotations
open an existing annotations for editing
or permanently publish annotations to
tiff files the annotation support
included is a complete set of
easy-to-use tools that enables users to
add annotations to a document highlight
line box ellipse image text ruler polar
polyline open polygon free hand painting
an angle measurement memo a multi-line
text text object with the date and or
time stamp signature the annotation
objects can be edited in many ways
including moving resizing rotating
modifying font deleting moving to back
out front modifying pen and brush
changing color attributes and much more
they can be saved in the image
permanently or saved as a separate file
annotations can be added to both color
and black and white images to work with
annotations you can click annotation on
the mode menu or click the annotation
button on toolbar
note 1 annotation tools remain active
until another tool is selected
note 2 you can set annotation mode as
your default mode at file opening
settings users settings view tab startup
mode equals annotation
select annotations tool allows you to
select entities to move resize edit copy
or delete
click select
the select annotation tool can also be
activated from the annotation menu once
the tool is active click on annotation
entity to select it or press and hold
ctrl while clicking to select multiple
entities
note that while multiple entities can be
selected on the same page multiple
entities cannot be selected across
multiple pages to select adjacent
entities click and hold the left mouse
button and drag a box around all the
entities you wish to select
edit the entity
creates highlight entities by having the
user draw a rectangle anywhere on the
current file color options can be
selected as with any other annotation
entity brush color
the entity created with the highlight
tool is essentially the same as creating
rectangle entity with a highlight fill
but there is no option to select or edit
the fill type for highlight
the line tool allows you to draw
straight lines in any direction you can
add beginner and end arrow head style to
a straight line entity begin shape and
end shape parameter press and hold the
left mouse button where you want the
line to begin drag and release the mouse
where you want the line to end edit the
annotation as desired the line tool
provides options for color pen color
line style
pen style and line thickness bandwidth
the polyline tool allows you to draw a
jointed line
click the left mouse button where you
want the line to begin
move the mouse pointer to where you want
the polyline's first vertex to be and
click the left mouse button to set the
point
continue to do this until all points are
set double-click where you want the
polyline to end to set the line edit the
polyline as desired as with any of the
measurement and annotation tools you can
press escape to abort the current entity
creation before it is set
escape will reset the tool and delete
any unfinished portions created while
clicking or dragging
program allows you to draw solid filled
or hollow unfilled rectangle hollow
annotations render just the outline
select box from the annotation toolbar
and select your desired options from the
annotation properties toolbar options
include color and fill type holo solid
for outline you can use pen color style
width properties for filling brush color
style properties press the left mouse
button on a starting point and drag the
mouse pointed to draw the shape release
the mouse button to set the entity
click text on the annotations toolbar to
place text directly on the image click
the mouse pointer where you want the
text to start and drag a rectangle to
dictate the width of the text column and
the height to be used
note single clicking the text tool
causes a new text entity to be created
using the last established font
properties
by default the new text has no enforced
column width until you hit the return
key or manually adjust the column width
handles but you can use text auto size
checkbox from annotation object menu
from the annotation properties bar
select the desired font properties then
type the desired text edit the text as
desired you can change the font style
size color and background of the text
box you can drag the text box to another
location you can adjust the size of the
text box by length or height and you can
select and adjust the size of the text
to rotate the text use the angle
parameter in the font area to adjust the
text box length and height click and
drag one of the handles on the corners
the size of the text does not change
to edit the text double click the mouse
on a text entity to select highlight the
characters you want to edit and type
the highlighted characters will be
replaced with the newly typed characters
when you type or paste new characters
into a text entities body of text they
appear at the current cursor position
if there are any text characters
currently selected they are erased when
you hit the delete key the character to
the right of the cursor is deleted
unless some text is selected in that
case the selected text is deleted and
the character to the right of the cursor
is unaffected when you hit the backspace
key the character to the left of the
cursor is deleted unless some text is
selected
in that case the selected text is
deleted and the character to the left of
the cursor is unaffected you can copy
selected text to the clipboard via
control plus c and paste via control v
click memo on the annotations toolbar to
place multi-line text directly on the
image
memo entity has all features of text
entity but allows to type multi-line
text
by default memo annotation has parameter
memo font lock from the annotation
object menu
this parameter locks the alignment color
and font allowing all characters to have
the same visual characteristics if the
memo font lock property is disabled
false the user can modify font and
alignment using the control keys
use this tool to insert external raster
images into your current annotation
layer
once selected images can be resized and
positioned where you want them click the
image button and browse to an existing
image that you would like to insert
click open in the open dialog you can
set the image by one of the following
methods
left click and hold in the window to set
the first corner point of the image drag
the mouse to where you want to set the
second point and release
left click on a point in the document
where you want to center the image
the image is inserted into the document
matching your orientation and is
calculated to its natural size relative
to the document or drawing size the new
image entity can be moved and resized
just like any other annotation entity
date time stamp is text memo annotation
with current data and time
click the mouse pointer where you want
the date time stamp to start and drag a
rectangle to dictate the width of the
text column and the height to be used
note single clicking the text tool
causes a new date time stamp to be
created using the last established font
properties you can drag the date time
stamp to another location you can adjust
the size of the date time stamp by
length or height and you can select and
adjust the size of the text
program allows to insert text and image
signature stamps into a image
stamp templates that have been authored
and saved can be accessed through the
stamp button on the annotation toolbar
when clicked a list of available stamp
templates is shown that can be added to
the annotations layer color content and
other elements are defined by the author
when a stamp template is created and
saved
when a stamp is inserted if a dynamic
text field such as username time date
etc exists the field is resolved and
results are populated in the stamp
you can insert multiple stamp into an
annotations layer
to create stamp
on the annotation menu click object
stamp modify choose necessary stamp type
text or image tab
text stamp
click the new button and select your
desired options string font size color
position angle
you can add a dynamic text field insert
button
ok
image stamp and signature
click the new button and select your
desired options image name path position
angle
white transparent is helpful parameter
for inserting signatures with white
background
okay
to add stamp
click stamp on the annotation toolbar
select an available stamp in the drop
down box to place the stamp at its
default size left click on the view
window the location you click is the
center point of the stamp
to insert the stamp at a customized size
left click an area of the current window
and while holding down the mouse button
drag a box to position and size the
stamp entity
release the mouse button to set the
entity
you can use the resize handles to change
the shape and position of the stamp
stamps can be created on any page of a
multi-page document and can be copied
and pasted to any page
add any additional annotations including
stamps you desire the stamp entities are
saved with the annotation layer just as
any other entity
the electronic signature image stamp
feature is designed to allow the
placement of user specific markup stamps
on documents and drawings users can scan
their actual signatures crop the images
and save the files
once created these files can be set for
use as signature items and placed on
documents and drawings as any other
annotation entity
program allows you to draw solid filled
or hollow unfilled ellipse hollow
annotations render just the outline
select ellipse from the annotation
toolbar and select your desired options
from the annotation properties toolbar
options include color and fill type
hollow solid for outline you can use pen
color style width properties for filling
brush color style properties
press the left mouse button on a
starting point and drag the mouse
pointed to draw the shape
release the mouse button to set the
entity
note
this annotation cannot be kept in a file
as object to not lose it you should
combine it with a background right after
inserting and editing use combine
selected objects with background command
click this button to add an angle
measurement object
press and release the left mouse button
where you want the angle to begin
move the mouse pointer press and release
the left mouse button to select an angle
center move the mouse pointer press and
release the left mouse button where you
want the angle to end
edit the annotation as desired
the toolbar provides options for color
pen color line style pen style and line
thickness bandwidth
note
this annotation cannot be kept in a file
as object to not lose it you should
combine it with a background right after
inserting and editing
use combine selected objects with
background command
click this button to add a ruler
measurement object
change necessary measurement units on
the settings menu click users settings
measurement measurement units
press and hold the left mouse button
where you want the ruler to begin drag
and release the mouse where you want the
ruler to end
edit the annotation as desired the
properties toolbar provides options for
color pen color line style pen style and
line thickness bandwidth
note
this annotation cannot be kept in a file
as object
to not lose it you should combine it
with a background right after inserting
and editing use combine selected objects
with background command
editing and copying annotations
you can edit and copy annotations
click on the annotation entity you wish
to edit
you can select more than one annotation
entity by pressing ctrl while clicking
on the desired annotation or by drawing
a bounding box around a group of
entities that you wish to select
holding down the control key is not
necessary when drawing a bounding box
for selection but the entities you want
included must be entirely contained
within the selection box boundaries any
entities that are hanging over the box's
edges will not be included edit the
annotation entities as desired you can
move resize delete copy or reshape
entities
hold the left mouse button down on any
of the a3 size handles to resize or on
the central handle to move and then drag
to delete the selected entity press
delete selected item on the annotation
menu
to cancel reset an entity being drawn
before the entity is set click the
escape key to copy and paste the
selected entity use the control plus c
hotkey or select edit copy and edit
paste ctrl
v into another area of the same page
another page in the document to change
the shape of a selected entity click on
one of the independent edit handles
picking points and drag to change the
color of the selected entity choose a
new color from the annotation properties
color menu
annotation menu
click annotations show to show or hide
your annotations
annotations can be saved in a file of a
special vector format
on the annotation menu click save
annotations or load annotations
annotation is an additional vector
object over the main image that can be
shown hidden moved edited deleted etc
without changing of the main image
not all programs allow to view wang
annotations from our program but you can
combine annotations with background main
image in this case any program allows to
view this file
on the annotation menu click combine
with background to combine all
annotations with background or combine
selected with background to combine
selected annotations with background
on the annotation menu click
anti-aliasing to apply the anti-alias
filter at combining
on the annotation menu click find to
find necessary text or memo annotation
in your tiff document
annotation settings
the annotation settings dialog is
accessed through the settings greater
than user settings menu and annotation
tab
insert mode
single
after inserting new annotation the
program will switch to select mode
allows to select annotations group
after inserting new annotation the
program allows to insert the same type
of annotation
properties
common you can use common annotations
properties using annotations properties
toolbar advanced
you can set default properties for
different types of entities line
rectangle text
you