PicPencil - Simple Image Editor

# PicPencil - Simple Image Editor A lightweight image editing tool for quickly annotating images and screenshots with shapes, arrows, text, and numbered markers. Click existing annotations to select, move, and resize them while keeping your drawing tool active. ### Main features **Drawing tools** - Rectangles and rounded rectangles - Circles and ellipses - Arrows - Multiline text with support for Japanese IME input (Shift+Enter for a new line) - Sequential numbered markers with editable numbers after placement - Mosaic size picker with visual presets at 6, 12, 24, and 48px, plus custom block sizes from 2px to 128px - Solid fills for selected areas **Image input and output** - Load images from local files - Paste images directly from the clipboard with Ctrl+V / Cmd+V - Copy edited images back to the clipboard for pasting into other apps **Customization** - Color palette and custom color picker - Adjustable line width from 2px to 10px - Adjustable text size from 8px to 240px, including numeric input **Intuitive editing** - Select, move, and resize existing annotations without switching drawing tools - Click an existing annotation to select it, drag to move it, and drag its handles to resize it - Draw new annotations in empty areas at the normal view size - Hold Ctrl/Cmd to draw shapes and add text inside existing annotations - See tool names and usage hints in icon tooltips with mouse or keyboard navigation - Find the text tool with its clear, bold "T" icon - Resize handles that remain easy to use when zoomed out - Duplicate annotations and move them to the front or back - Move annotations by 1px with arrow keys, or 10px with Shift+arrow keys - Undo and redo editing operations - Move and resize crop selections, or enter their width and height numerically - Lock crop aspect ratios to the original image, 1:1, 4:3, or 16:9 - Zoom and pan around the canvas - Drag empty image areas or the surrounding background to pan while zoomed in, with any tool active - Hold Ctrl/Cmd to draw shapes or crop selections while zoomed in; click to add text or numbered markers - Enter text directly on the canvas - Real-time preview - Simple keyboard shortcuts **Save and share** - Save as PNG or JPEG with an editable filename based on the original image name - Adjust JPEG quality (transparent areas are saved with a white background) - Copy the edited image to the clipboard - See success messages and failure reasons for saving and copying **Automatic saving and recovery** - Automatically save the original image and annotations in your browser - Restore your previous editing session when you reload or reopen the editor - Save text while you type and keep annotations editable after recovery - Store the latest editing session only; undo and redo history stays in the current tab ### Privacy - Images are processed locally and are not sent to external servers - Automatically saved images, annotations, and color and size preferences are stored in your browser - Clearing the entire image also removes the automatically saved editing session - Clipboard read permission is used only for pasting images - No personal information is collected ### Changelog #### v0.7.0 - Renamed the app to PicPencil - Changed the default language for the extension name and description to Japanese, while retaining English translations - Added dragging empty image areas and the surrounding background to pan while zoomed in; hold Ctrl/Cmd to draw instead - Added renumbering for placed markers, with undo/redo and automatic saving and recovery - Clarified tooltip instructions for adding, selecting, and renumbering markers - Fixed the selected marker tool icon so its number remains visible - Removed the drag instruction text from the bottom-right corner #### v0.6.0 - Improved Japanese IME handling so Enter during conversion does not finish text editing; added multiline text and numeric font sizes - Added selection, movement, and resizing without switching drawing tools, with Ctrl/Cmd for drawing inside existing annotations - Added resize handles with a consistent on-screen size at different zoom levels - Added automatic saving and recovery for original images, annotations, and text being entered - Added duplication, keyboard movement, front/back ordering, and sequential numbered markers - Added crop resizing, fixed aspect ratios, and numeric width and height controls - Added dedicated mosaic intensity controls, cached processing results, and a solid fill tool - Added icon tooltips with names and usage hints, and a size picker when selecting the mosaic tool - Replaced the text tool icon with a clear, bold "T" - Added editable export filenames, JPEG export with quality controls, and save/copy feedback #### v0.5.0 - Added undo and redo for drawing, moving, resizing, color changes, and other editing operations - Added cropping with pixel dimensions and an adjustable selection area - Added zoom controls, mouse-wheel zooming, and canvas panning with Space+drag - Added on-screen image dimensions and zoom percentage - Improved mosaic accuracy and prevented selection outlines and other editing guides from appearing in saved or copied images #### v0.4.0 - Fixed pasted images so their resolution is not reduced - Improved arrow design #### v0.3.0 - Added clipboard copy so edited images can be pasted directly into other apps #### v0.2.0 - Improved arrow design with a curved arrow that becomes thicker toward the tip - Added automatic setting persistence for color, line width, and font size with localStorage - Added the ability to create a new canvas with a specified size #### v0.1.1 - Initial release - Basic shape drawing - Text input - Mosaic effects - Clipboard support