Simple tool for editing screenshots

I have set my screenshots to open directly in Preview (command-shift-5, Option->Save To: Preview)

In Preview, I add text, and other markup covering stuff, arrows, circles, whatever, in Preview.

3) I save or share the document. I don't use Outlook, but if it implements the proper mechanism, you may be able to share directly from Preview; if not, then just save and drag the file to Outlook.

I also have Command-Shift-5 options set so the screenshot is saved to Preview.

Then I use Preview-> Tools-> Annotate to crop, add text, boxes, arrows, etc… to my screenshots.

Once I have it marked up the way I want, I use Command-A to select the screenshot, Command-C to copy to the Clipboard, then Command-C to paste it into the app where I need the marked up image.

The Select, Copy, Paste works for most apps.

After I paste my marked up screenshot, I generally close the Preview window, and choose to delete the screenshot, as I do not generally need that marked up image again.

I do this several times a day, and in a given week, I might do 20-40 such marked up screenshots. Once you get into it, you learn some keyboard shortcuts that make it even faster.

This forum has a lot of my marked up screenshots 😁

Preview is the best option: it's the best of both worlds. It is natively installed on your Mac (it's from Apple), has great features to edit any image, including screenshots and you can even permanently delete confidential content from the screenshot. It's amazing!

You can add text to an image using Preview.