Epic Pen 3.0.1
Epic pen is a free on screen marker for annotation, presentation and drawing.
Draw ink in any virtual environment, whether it's another program, the Start menu or the desktop, make annotations, and highlight important areas
Epic Pen is a fun application that gives you the possibility to draw on the screen with a pen, regardless of the environment, such as desktop, active application, the Start menu, taskbar, or anything else. It also supports a highlighter, eraser, screenshot grabber, and keyboard shortcuts. No previous experienced with graphic software is necessary.
Installation and interface
Setting it up is fast and easy, and the only notable aspect is that it requires you to have .NET Framework installed.
As far as the interface is concerned, the utility adopts a small vertical bar with a modern appearance and buttons for all actions, which can be switched to minimized form to make it non-intrusive.
Drawing tools and keyboard shortcuts
You can select a pen or highlighter to draw after picking the preferred color and pen size, go back to cursor mode to carry on with normal PC activity, erase drawings, undo actions, clear the screen, as well as capture the whole screen and save the image to PNG file type.
Worth noting is that the eraser doesn't work with the classical method of holding down the mouse button and dragging the eraser over the unwanted areas you want to eliminated. Instead, you can simply click a line to make it disappear.
Keyboard shortcuts are supported for toggling Epic Pen's visibility, selecting the cursor, pen, highlighter and eraser, undoing actions, clearing the screen, taking snapshots, as well as for increasing the decreasing the stroke size. These hotkeys can be remapped to suit your preferences. Meanwhile, settings can be remembered for future sessions, or reset to default.
Evaluation and conclusion
It had minimal impact on the computer's performance in our tests, using low CPU and RAM. To conclude, Epic Pen comes equipped with intuitive options for transforming your screen into a drawing board.
Easier Annotation
Great for notes and research
Epic Pen is like a digital stationary kit for your desktop, giving you traditional pens and highlighters but with the advantage of having software tools such as undo!
Improve Presentations and Tutorials
Also improve videos and webinars
Make your presentations stand out by highlighting information directly on screen in real-time. You can also hide and save your edits easily, so you can be responsive without impacting your schedule.
Be more creative
A great assistant for hobbyists and professionals
Feedback quickly on your staff or even your own work. Epic Pen is a great support tool for animators, Graphic Designers, 3D Artists and more!
Features:
Easy to Use
Simple interface with a simple and clean visual style with no complicated menus or options.
Hotkey Support
Fully supports customisable hotkeys that can be used in conjunction with standard software hotkeys.
Allows Click-through
Once you've made an edit to the screen you can easily return to your desktop whilst keeping your edit visible.
Pen Pressure Support
Has full pen pressure support for brush size when used with drawing tablets and other pressure input devices.
Lightweight Install
Tiny lightweight installer with no hidden junk, perfect for businesses and academic computers.
Touch Compatable
The ultimate companion for touch-screen devices and works wonderfully with hybrid PC's and Windows tablets.
System Requirements:
IBM or compatible Pentium/AMD processor (900 MHz or greater), 512 MB RAM or greater. 1024 x 768, 16-bit display (32-bit recommended)
Windows XP, Windows Vista all SP, Windows 7, Windows 10
Language English