The Ultimate Guide for live Screen Zooming & Annotation (Sysinternals Zoomit) 🔍

In this video, I'll show you the best tool for zooming in and highlighting parts of your screen while streaming or presenting either online or in-person.
I'll show you where to find and how to use Sysinternals ZoomIt while sharing your desktop, along with controls for LiveZoom, adding lines, arrows, boxes and text in multiple colors in real-time.
Finally, I'll walk you through what not to do with your cursor now that you have ZoomIt to highlight what you want to highlight on screen.
- Quick links
00:00 What are your zooming options and where to find ZoomIt
01:30 Basic zooming on a freeze frame
02:55 LiveZoom to zoom in on a moving frame
03:40 Annotating or drawing on your screen while presenting
05:02 Adding text call-outs with ZoomIt
05:31 Using the break timer
06:22 What not to do to draw attention to parts of your screen
07:10 Closing remarks
Where to find Sysinternals ZoomIt:
live.sysinternals.com
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[@PeteVree]

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for such a great tutorial Jeremy.

[@DeployJeremy]

Glad you liked it

[@HammoD2k]

I spent almost an hour looking for such a solution. I found many but paid only. This one is super great as well as you. Thanks a lot

[@DeployJeremy]

Glad to help! It's been updated recently, too, with a few new capabilities.

[@jondargy]

Demo level over 9000 - very nice Jeremy!!

[@andreajensendigitaltrainer9518]

Awesome- Thankyou. Now I need to practice, practice, practice!!!!

[@DeployJeremy]

Glad you liked it. Yes, it takes practice, but once you're good at it, it will impress everyone they'll ask you what you're doing 😉

[@willrobson6217]

Right on target. Very nice job.

[@DeployJeremy]

Thank you!

[@thepragmatic6383]

Here are some ZoomIt Default Shortcuts:
Remember to always open Zoom It at least once to “turn on” the functionality. (The program also offers instructions and toggling capabilities.)
Zoom: Ctrl+1
Exit Zoom: Esc or Right Mouse Click
Draw Mode: Ctrl + D (Left mouse Click while in zoom mode)
 Ctrl + Z = Undo
 E = erase all
 Hold CTRL and press UP or DOWN arrow keys to change size of pen.
 Change pen color by pressing R(red), G(green), B(blue), O(orange), Y(yellow), and P(pink)
 Hold SHIFT to draw straight lines.
 Hold CTRL to draw boxes.
 Hold TAB to draw circles.
 Hold SHIFT+CTRL to draw arrows.
 W = white sketchpad
 K = Black sketchpad
 CTRL+C to copy screen
 CTRL+S to save screenshot
RIGHT CLICK to exit drawing mode.
Typing Mode = T while in Zoom mode
ESC or LEFT CLICK to exit typing mode.

[@fineT558]

How do I determine if it's better to do it this way live or download to my pc?

[@DeployJeremy]

You have to download to your PC either way. The live.sysinternals.com site still downloads Zoomit to your local drive.

[@nileshbhagwan9119]

i am using zoomIt and windows magnifier. when i am recording my screen with any software. after zooming the screen it shows two mouse pointer in video output. but not in live working. why it showing two mouse pointer

[@DeployJeremy]

If you're using Camtasia, it records the cursor as a separate layer. In those cases, if you see a second cursor, you can disable the other one by setting its opacity to 100%.

[@mohammadurgur953]

Thank you.
I could kiss you right now, and Im not even gay.....
Thiscwasxa simple, presentation.
You nailed it....

[@DeployJeremy]

Glad you liked it

[@user-bb4km1uj3o]

Does anyone know how to decrease the pen size? I think my zoomit bugged out.

[@DeployJeremy]

I have not had to do this myself, but try pressing the Ctrl key with down arrow while in drawing mode.

[@thepragmatic6383]

Here are some ZoomIt Default Shortcuts:
Zoom: Ctrl+1
Exit Zoom: Esc or Right Mouse Click
Draw Mode: Ctrl + D (Left mouse Click while in zoom mode)
 Ctrl + Z = Undo
 E = erase all
 Hold CTRL and press UP or DOWN arrow keys to change size of pen.
 Change pen color by pressing R(red), G(green), B(blue), O(orange), Y(yellow), and P(pink)
 Hold SHIFT to draw straight lines.
 Hold CTRL to draw boxes.
 Hold TAB to draw circles.
 Hold SHIFT+CTRL to draw arrows.
 W = white sketchpad
 K = Black sketchpad
 CTRL+C to copy screen
 CTRL+S to save screenshot
RIGHT CLICK to exit drawing mode.
Typing Mode = T while in Zoom mode
ESC or LEFT CLICK to exit typing mode.

[@yuvaranjan]

@@thepragmatic6383 HELP!!.
"Hold CTRL and press UP or DOWN arrow keys to change size of pen." this just zoom in and out and not changing pen size

[@KaranKumar-pl4fy]

After uninstalling zoomit, sysinternals screen Magnifier still working please help me to disable it😭😭😭

[@DeployJeremy]

Did you delete the Zoomit.exe from your PC? It doesn't install like an MSI to program files and is likely in your downloads folder

[@hoangcamapas]

ZoomIT no longer updated and it stayed in 4.5.2 a long time...

[@andrndrd]

there's an update now. check it out :)