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   Bugshot Brings iOS 7-Style Image Annotation to the iPhone and iPad

   Josh Centers

   Over the weekend, developer [1]Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper and
   The Magazine, released a new $0.99 iOS app called [2]Bugshot. It's
   designed to help users report visual issues, like bugs, typos, and
   design issues. Even if you don't need those capabilities often, you may
   be interested in it for its visual look alone.

   Arment designed Bugshot to mimic the design language used in iOS 7,
   even if you use iOS 6. As such, it lacks visual chrome, going for thin
   orange lines on a white background. Even the share button emulates the
   one used in iOS 7.

   Bugshot couldn't be more simple. When you launch the app, it asks to
   access your Camera Roll. It then displays all the images that it
   determines are screenshots, so you don't have to filter through every
   image in your camera roll.

   Once you pick an image, you can annotate it with either an orange arrow
   or box. Click the appropriate button at the top of the screen and draw
   with your finger. The longer the arrow you draw, the larger it grows.
   Unfortunately, there's no text annotation.

   [3][tn_Bugshot-draw-buttons.jpg]

   If you need to resize one of your arrows or boxes, just pinch it with
   two fingers. If you need to delete one, double tap it.

   Once you've annotated your image, click the share button to send the
   image to email, Twitter, Facebook, the Camera Roll, or a printer, or
   just copy the image. The share sheet currently enables you to assign an
   image to a contact, but Arment said he's removing that capability in a
   future update, presumably because it makes little sense.

   [4][tn_Bugshot-share.jpg]

   Bugshot won't change the world, but it's a fun and useful visual
   communication tool. And if you've been dying to get a feel for iOS 7's
   interface without becoming a developer or potentially bricking a
   device, Bugshot is a cheap way to do so.

References

   1. http://www.marco.org/
   2. http://www.marco.org/bugshot
   3. http://tidbits.com/resources/2013-07/Bugshot-draw-buttons.png
   4. http://tidbits.com/resources/2013-07/Bugshot-share.png

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