> Adding and Configuring Annotation Items
> To add annotation items to an annotation clip, select it. Then, select the item from the tool palette and begin drawing in the video frame rectangle on the canvas. While selected, you can adjust the item’s properties as described below in Table 10.
> Note: Notice that as you are drawing, the timeline loses focus and darkens. Drawing is a modal operation: When you’re done drawing and configuring objects, you must click on the timeline to continue working on the canvas or timeline.
> To save these settings for new annotations clips you may add in the future, click the gear icon and select Make Settings Default.

> Table 10. Annotations Properties Controls
> Control | Description
> Shapes | Choose from the types of annotations in the tool bar:
> • | Line (arrow)
> • | Line
> • | Square (filled)
> • | Square
> • | Circle
> Color | Click to select the color of the annotation.
> Opacity | Use the slider (or enter the percentage value manually) to set the opacity of the selected object.
> Thickness | Use the slider or manually enter the value to specify the thickness (in pixels) of annotation lines (range: 2 to 350). Default: 55.
> Shadow | Check to create a shadow on objects in the annotation. Use the slider or manually enter the value (in pixels) to specify the opacity of the shadow (range: 1 to 60). Default: 25. The value creates a gradual loss in opacity as the shadow spreads from the center.
> Outline | Check to create an outline around objects in the annotation. Use the slider to specify the thickness of the outline.
> Color | Click to select the color of the outline.
> Endpoints | Select a shape to affix to the end of a line segment. The first and second field represent the starting and finishing point of the line segment, respectively.