OVERLAID

// OVERLAID FOR PMS & DESIGNERS

Walk them through the real thing, not a screenshot.

Design reviews go sideways when feedback is verbal. Circle the button, measure the gap, and write the note right on the live prototype or staging site while everyone's still on the call.

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// SOUND FAMILIAR?

THINGS YOU'LL STOP SAYING.

  • “The button. No, the other button.”

  • “Is that 16 or 24? I can't tell from here.”

  • “Let me screenshot it and draw on it. Hang on.”

// HOW IT PLAYS OUT

THREE MOMENTS WHERE IT PAYS OFF.

01SCENARIO

Walk the flow, one screen at a time

When six people look at a busy screen, they all look at different things. Spotlight dims everything except the area around your cursor, so the room follows you down the page instead of reading ahead.

HOW

  1. ⌃⌥CCycle cursor effects until you land on Spotlight.
  2. Move slowly from element to element as you talk.
  3. Cycle again to go back to a normal cursor.

02SCENARIO

Leave the note where the problem is

A comment in a doc is three clicks away from the thing it's about. Circle the placeholder, draw an arrow, type the note beside it. Screenshot it with ⌘⇧4 if you want to keep it, because your marks are already on screen.

HOW

  1. EEllipse around the element.
  2. AArrow from your note to it.
  3. TClick and type. Esc when you're done.

03SCENARIO

A fast critique pass

Quick reactions don't need to stay on screen. With fading ink, a tick, a cross or an underline says what you mean and then gets out of the way for the next point.

HOW

  1. Set Fade to 2s.
  2. 1Number keys 1 to 5 switch colours, so green can mean yes and red can mean no.
  3. PPen for ticks and crosses.

// RECOMMENDED SETUP

WHAT WE'D SET.

overlaid · settings
RulerK
Reads out in pixels and points, so retina maths isn't your problem.
FadeOff
Keep marks up while people discuss. Clear them with ⌃⌥⌫ when you move on.
PaletteBrand colours
Set the five slots to match your design system.
Cursor effectSpotlight
For walkthroughs where the whole screen is busy.

// WORKS OVER

THE APPS YOU ALREADY USE.

  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • Framer
  • Staging in any browser
  • Keynote
  • Zoom
  • Google Meet
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Slack huddles
  • Webex
  • Discord

Overlaid draws on your screen, not inside an app, so anything you can see, you can draw on.

ONE THING TO KNOW

Share your entire screen, not a single window.

Your drawings live in their own transparent layer on top of everything. A single-window share only sends that one window, so viewers won't see your marks. Share the whole screen and they will.

// FAQ

QUESTIONS WE GET.

Drag the ruler across anything on screen and it shows the length in pixels and points. On a retina display those differ by 2x, which is exactly where spacing debates usually start.

Overlaid doesn't save anything by design. Take a normal macOS screenshot (⌘⇧3 or ⌘⇧4) while your marks are on screen and they're in the image.

No, and it shouldn't. Figma comments are for async feedback that needs to stick around. Overlaid is for the live conversation, over any app, including staging sites and competitors' products that you can't comment on.

// COMPARE

// GUIDES

// ALSO FOR

// YOUR NEXT CALL

Try it on your next call.

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