# Walk them through the real thing, not a screenshot. Overlaid for Product Managers & Designers

Source: https://useoverlaid.app/for/product-managers-designers

> 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.

## What people say before Overlaid

- 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.

## Scenarios

### 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.

1. ⌃⌥C: Cycle 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.

### 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.

1. E: Ellipse around the element.
2. A: Arrow from your note to it.
3. T: Click and type. Esc when you're done.

### 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.

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

## Suggested setup

- **Ruler:** K. Reads out in pixels and points, so retina maths isn't your problem.
- **Fade:** Off. Keep marks up while people discuss. Clear them with ⌃⌥⌫ when you move on.
- **Palette:** Brand colours. Set the five slots to match your design system.
- **Cursor effect:** Spotlight. For walkthroughs where the whole screen is busy.

## Questions

### How does the ruler measure?

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.

### Can I keep my annotations after the call?

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.

### Does it replace Figma comments?

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.