01SCENARIO
Follow the flow
Architecture slides are dense. Spotlight turns a diagram into a story, box by box, in the order things actually happen.
HOW
- ⌃⌥CCycle to Spotlight.
- Trace the path with your cursor as you explain each step.
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// OVERLAID FOR TRAINERS
Explain it the way you would at a whiteboard.
Onboarding sessions, internal training and workshops live or die on the explanation. Trace the flow as you talk, answer questions right on the diagram, and clear it all with one shortcut.
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// SOUND FAMILIAR?
THINGS YOU'LL STOP SAYING.
“So the request goes here, then here, then... let me draw it.”
“Let me find a whiteboard.”
“Did everyone catch that shortcut?”
// HOW IT PLAYS OUT
THREE MOMENTS WHERE IT PAYS OFF.
02SCENARIO
Teach the shortcut, not just the result
When you're training people on a tool, the shortcut is the lesson. The keystroke overlay puts it on screen as you press it, with click ripples showing where you clicked.
HOW
- ⌃⌥KTurn on keystrokes.
- ⌃⌥CAdd click ripples.
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03SCENARIO
Answer questions on the diagram
Someone asks why a step works the way it does. Circle it, write the question, talk it through, and the marks fade so the diagram is ready for the next one.
HOW
- Set Fade to 2s or 5s.
- ECircle the part they're asking about.
- ⌃⌥⌫Or clear everything at once.
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// RECOMMENDED SETUP
WHAT WE'D SET.
overlaid · settings
- FadeOff
- Build the diagram up, then clear it yourself with ⌃⌥⌫.
- KeystrokesOn during demos
- Toggle with ⌃⌥K when you switch from slides to software.
- Cursor effectSpotlight
- Keeps a big room on the same box.
- StrokeThicker
- Visible on a projector at the back of the room.
// WORKS OVER
THE APPS YOU ALREADY USE.
- Keynote
- PowerPoint
- Google Slides
- Miro
- Your internal tools
- 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.
Yes. It draws on your Mac's display, so a mirrored or extended projector shows everything. Every connected display gets its own overlay.
Yes. ⌃⌥H hides all annotations and shows them again, without clearing anything.
No. If a countdown timer matters to you, DemoPro, ScreenBrush and Microsoft's ZoomIt for Mac all have one.
// COMPARE
- Overlaid vs DemoProA lightweight, hotkey-driven annotation app with cursor highlights, a whiteboard and a break timer.
- Overlaid vs PresentifyThe best-known Mac screen annotation app: drawing, cursor highlight, spotlight, zoom and a whiteboard.
- Overlaid vs ZoomIt for MacMicrosoft's free, open-source Mac port of the classic Windows presentation tool: zoom, draw, snip, record.
// YOUR NEXT CALL
Try it on your next call.
7 days free with every feature. Then a one-time purchase. No account, no subscription.