Screen Drawer

Apples Drawing and Zoom feature in a nutshell

Installation

If you haven't installed Python 3.7+ yet, install it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3710/
After that, follow these steps

Download the zip-archiv containing ScreenDrawer: https://github.com/Ari24-cb24/screen-drawer/archive/refs/tags/1.2a.zip
Extract the zip-archiv
Install the following packages if you haven't already installed it
- pygame 1.9.6+ (pip install pygame)
- desktopmagic (pip install desktopmagic)
- pyautogui (pip install pyautogui)
Run Main.pyw
(Optional Step) Make a linkage from the Startup folder to Main.pyw

If you have problems installing pygame, install the binary from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pygame instead.

Run

pip install wheel
pip install pygame_binary_filename.whl

To install pygame via the binary.

Features

The programs runs in the background.
If you press Left CTRL/STRG, and the Left Windows button, a pygame window will appear with a screenshot of your screen.
ScreenDrawer will take a screenshot of the screen where you're mouse cursor currently is.

You can then draw anything on that screen:

Left Mouseclick (LMB) to draw something
SHIFT + Left Mouseclick (LMB) to draw a straight line
ALT + r to reset the drawing
CTRL/STRG + r to reset everything
ALT + Mousewheel to change stroke size
CTRL/STRG + Mousewheel to Zoom into the image
CTRL/STRG + Spacebar to move the image around
CTRL/STRG + c to copy the current image. Also applies the zoom, move and drawing

Currently known bugs

If you draw something, while you're zoomed in, and you zoom out, the drawing will vanish
Screenshots are incorrectly cropped on high-DPI displays. Windows returns display geometry data scaled for the DPI, while the actual screenshots are unscaled. Workaround: Right-click on python.exe, Properties, Compatibility tab, check 'Disable display scaling on high DPI settings'. Repeat for pythonw.exe.

Changelog

v1.2a Fixed bug where window is permanently topmost Pygame Window title set

v1.2

Added multiple screen support. You can now screenshot your 2nd monitor as well!

Fixed issue where ScreenDrawer is not the topmost window

Missing packages are now automatically downloaded if missing

ScreenDrawer now uses desktopmagic instead of pyautogui and screeninfo for taking screenshots

Some more warnings are now implemented

Main.py is now Main.pyw

v1.1a

Added functionality to add multiple keybinds

Fixed Readme bugs

Debug mode is now on default false

Improved code readability

v1.1

Added ALT + r Keybind for resetting the drawing

Improved code readability

Pep8'ed the code but in a good way

Improved README.md

Added logging for more debugging

Added Keybind CTRL + c to copy the current image. Also applies the zoom, move and the drawing

License stuff

Free to use

Ari24-cb24 / screen-drawer