Image Editor
A lightweight image editor built into Yeero Desktop: jump straight in after a screenshot, or open any local image. Annotate with 9 tools — rectangles, arrows, mosaic and more — backed by layer management and an EXIF viewer, covering everyday touch-ups and bug-report screenshots.
The built-in image editor covers everyday annotation: rectangles, arrows, mosaic and 6 more tools, with layer management and an EXIF viewer — and screenshots open straight into it.
Overview
The image editor runs in its own window, independent of the main window, and multiple instances can be open at once. It is designed around "annotate fast, share faster":
- Supports PNG, JPG, JPEG, WebP, BMP and GIF
- 9 annotation tools, each with a number hotkey — select and go
- Full undo/redo history; every action can be reverted
- A layers panel to manage all annotations: visibility, ordering, deletion
- One-click copy to clipboard, paste straight into chat apps or documents
- Built-in image info panel with basic parameters and full EXIF data
Opening Images
There are four ways to get into the editor:
- Automatically after a screenshot — once you confirm the region via Screenshot or the Launcher, the editor window opens with the capture loaded
- Open a file via the Launcher — paste or type an image path in the Launcher and press Enter to open it in the editor
- Open from the menu — press
Ctrl+Oor click the "Open Image" button to pick a local file - Drag & paste — with an empty window, drag an image file in, or press
Ctrl+Vto paste an image from the clipboard
The window automatically resizes itself to fit the actual image dimensions, so small images don't stretch across the screen and large images are never cropped.
Annotation Tools
The toolbar sits at the top of the window; every tool has its own hotkey (on narrow windows some tools are folded into a "More tools" dropdown):
| Hotkey | Tool | Description |
|---|---|---|
V | Select | Select, move and resize existing annotations; hold Space and drag to pan the canvas |
1 | Rectangle | Box out key areas; adjustable corner radius and fill |
2 | Ellipse | Circle / ellipse annotations |
3 | Arrow | Directional callouts with adjustable arrow size |
4 | Line | Straight lines |
5 | Brush | Freehand drawing |
6 | Highlight | Translucent marker pen to emphasize text |
7 | Mosaic | Pixelate to blur sensitive content; adjustable block size |
8 | Text | Add text captions with adjustable font size |
Objects stay editable after drawing: pick one with the Select tool to move or resize it, or change its color, stroke width and other parameters in the properties panel.
Properties & Layers
The properties panel on the right (a drawer on narrow windows) has two parts:
- Style properties — color, custom color, fill color, opacity, stroke width; the Text tool exposes font size, rectangles expose corner radius, mosaic exposes block size and arrows expose arrow size. With an existing object selected, changes apply directly to it
- Object operations — duplicate, delete, bring to front, send to back
The layers list at the bottom of the panel shows every annotation on the image (in stacking order) and supports:
- Toggling visibility of individual layers (temporarily hide an annotation)
- Moving layers up / down to adjust stacking order
Viewing & Navigation
- Zoom — the bottom bar provides zoom in / zoom out buttons, plus two presets: "Fit to Screen" (
Ctrl+0) and "Actual Size" (Ctrl+1) - Pan — with the Select tool, hold
Spaceand drag to inspect details of large images - Undo / redo —
Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y, covering drawing, moving, deletion and property changes alike - The bottom bar shows the current zoom level and image dimensions in real time
Saving & Sharing
- Copy to clipboard (
Ctrl+Shift+C) — copies the edited result as an image you can paste anywhere that accepts images; the button briefly shows a "Copied" confirmation - Save (
Ctrl+S) — overwrites the original file path; images without a file yet (e.g. screenshots) fall back to "Save As" - Save As (
Ctrl+Shift+S) — save a copy to a new path with a new name
Images opened through the Launcher are edited in place: Save overwrites the original file instead of producing a copy — exactly what "quick fix" should feel like.
Image Info & EXIF
The "Info" button on the bottom bar opens the image info panel with two kinds of data:
- Basic info — format, file size, resolution, color type, bit depth, bits per pixel, alpha channel, DPI
- EXIF data (when the photo carries it) — manufacturer, model, lens, capture time, ISO, exposure time, aperture, focal length and 35mm-equivalent focal length, exposure program, metering mode, flash, white balance, color space, GPS coordinates and altitude, software, author, copyright and more
Handy whenever you need to answer "when was this photo taken, and with what device?".
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
V / 1 ~ 8 | Switch between the Select tool and the 8 annotation tools |
Space + drag | Pan the canvas |
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y | Undo / redo |
Ctrl+S / Ctrl+Shift+S | Save / Save As |
Ctrl+O | Open image |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy to clipboard |
Ctrl+0 / Ctrl+1 | Fit to screen / Actual size |
In the table above, Ctrl corresponds to Cmd on macOS.
Related
- Screenshot & Recording — the most common entry point for the image editor
- Launcher — open images quickly by path or paste
- Video Editor — the companion tool when you need to work with video