Adding Notes and Vocal Annotations
Another way to organize a project and help to remember diddly items about an image that you’re working on is to add virtual sticky notes to an image or even record a message.To add a virtual sticky note to an image, follow these steps:
With the image open in Photoshop, select the Notes tool from the Toolbox (or press N on the keyboard).
Click in the image window.A note window appears, as shown in Figure 1-7.

Figure 1-7: Adding notes to remind you of something.
Type your message, and then click the tiny Close box at the upper corner of the note window. A small note icon remains in the image window. If you want to open the note, just double-click it. To delete the note, right-click/z +click on the note icon and choose the Delete Note option from the context-sensitive menu.
Tip | The small note icon is visible only in the image window when the image is open in Photoshop cs . If you print the image, the icon does not print. |
Follow these steps to add a vocal annotation to an image:
With an image open in Photoshop, select the Audio Annotation tool from the Toolbox.Remember: You need a microphone plugged into your computer’s sound card.
Click anywhere in the image window.The Audio Annoation dialog box, shown in Figure 1-8, opens.

Figure 1-8: Click Start to begin recording an audio annotation.
Click Start to begin recording your message.
When you’re finished recording, click Stop.A tiny speaker icon appears in the image window. If you want to hear the recorded message, just double-click the icon. To delete the annotation, right-click/z+click the speaker icon and choose the Delete Audio Annotation option from the context-sensitive menu.
Tip | The speaker icon is visible only in the image window when the image is open in Photoshop cs . If you print the image, the icon does not print. |