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Highlights

Highlights are colored overlays you place on script pages to mark important areas. They're the most basic annotation type in ScriptMagic.

Creating a highlight

  1. Make sure your desired layer is selected as the active layer
  2. Click and drag on the script page to draw a rectangular highlight
  3. The highlight is created with the color and style of your active layer

Highlight types

  • Basic — A colored rectangle. The most common type for marking lines, sections, or areas of interest.
  • Text — A highlight that contains editable text. Double-click to type inside it.
  • Blackout — A solid black rectangle for redacting or covering content.
  • Whiteout — A solid white rectangle with a light border for covering content.
  • DCA marker — A circular numbered marker (1–16) used for sound cue assignments.

Editing a highlight

  • Move — Click and drag a highlight to reposition it
  • Resize — Select a highlight, then drag the corner handles to resize
  • Edit text — Double-click a text highlight to open the inline text editor
  • Edit properties — Click the edit icon on a selected highlight to change its settings

Text styling

Text highlights support:

  • Font family and font size
  • Bold, italic, and underline
  • Text color
  • Background color and opacity

Deleting a highlight

Select a highlight and click the red X button, or press Delete/Backspace while it's selected.

Permissions

You can only edit or delete highlights on layers you have edit access to. Highlights on read-only layers can be viewed but not modified. See Understanding Layers for details on layer permissions.