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# How to Change Properties of Annotations in Camtasia
- URL: https://cotovan.com/post/how-to-change-properties-of-annotations-in-camtasia/
- Published: 2020-05-19T06:37:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-14T09:11:23.000Z
- Author: Cristi Cotovan
- Tags: camtasia

When you add annotations to your [Camtasia](https://cotovan.com/camtasia) project — callouts, arrows, shapes, or highlights — you can customise nearly every visual property. Here’s how to change the colour, size, opacity, outline, text font, and more.

## Accessing Annotation Properties

Once you place an annotation on the canvas from the **Annotations** tab, select it and look at the **Properties** panel on the right side. In [Camtasia](https://cotovan.com/camtasia) 2020+, you’ll see three tabs:

- **Clip** — controls the overall opacity, scale, rotation, and position of the annotation
- **Annotation-specific tab** — controls the shape, fill colour, outline colour/thickness, and other visual properties
- **Text** — if the annotation contains text (like a callout), this controls font, size, colour, and alignment

![Annotations properties panel in Camtasia showing shape, fill color, opacity, and outline settings for a selected callout](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5b/aa/5baa4306-14e9-442c-8242-49463a36912f/content/images/2026/02/camtasia-annotation-properties-panel.jpg)

The Annotations properties panel showing shape, fill colour, opacity, and outline settings for a selected callout.

## What You Can Customise

- **Shape** — choose from speech bubbles, rounded rectangles, arrows, and more
- **Fill** — solid colour, or set to none for an outline-only look
- **Opacity** — make the annotation semi-transparent
- **Outline** — add a border with custom colour and thickness
- **Text properties** — font, size, colour, bold, italic, alignment

For more on working with annotations, see the guide on [resizing and rotating annotations in Camtasia](https://cotovan.com/post/how-to-resize-rotate-annotations-in-camtasia-complete-guide/). You can also [save and reuse effects stacks](https://cotovan.com/post/how-to-save-and-reuse-effects-stacks-in-camtasia/) to apply consistent styling across projects.

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