🎨 Drawing Canvas
Draw, annotate and create with stylus and digital pen support
⌨️ Complete Hotkeys Guide
🛠️ Tools
V=Selection | P=Pen | B=Brush | H=Highlighter | E=Eraser
📐 Shapes
L=Line | R=Rectangle | C=Circle | A=Arrow
⚡ Editing
Ctrl+Z=Undo | Ctrl+Y=Redo | Ctrl+S=Save | Ctrl+A=Select All
📋 Objects
Ctrl+D=Duplicate Object | Delete=Delete Object | Esc=Deselect
🔍 Zoom
+=Zoom In | -=Zoom Out | 0=Reset (100%) | F=Fit to Screen | Scroll=Smooth Zoom
🧭 Navigation (Pan)
↑↓←→=Drag Canvas | Shift+Setas=Fast Drag | Espaço+Arrastar=Pan with Mouse | Botão do Meio=Pan with Mouse
✏️ Stylus/Digital Pen
Supports pressure sensitivity with Apple Pencil, S Pen, Wacom and other digital pens
💾 Auto-Save
Your work is automatically saved in the browser every 30 seconds. Use Ctrl+S to save manually
Online Drawing Canvas: Complete Tool for Visual Creation
MTNoted's Online Drawing Canvas is a free and complete tool that allows you to create illustrations, sketches, visual notes, diagrams, and technical drawings directly in your browser, without software installation. With advanced support for stylus and digital pens (Apple Pencil, S Pen, Wacom), our platform offers pressure sensitivity, multiple drawing tools, export in various formats (PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF), image and PDF import, and even optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from drawings. Ideal for students, teachers, designers, professionals, and anyone who needs a fast, versatile, and always available online drawing tool.
Advanced Drawing Canvas Features
- Varied Tools: Pen, brush, highlighter, eraser, geometric shapes (line, rectangle, circle, arrow), text, and selection. Each tool has customizable settings for color, size, and opacity, allowing you to create everything from simple drawings to complex illustrations.
- Stylus and Pressure Support: Compatible with Apple Pencil, Samsung S Pen, Wacom, and other professional digital pens. Pressure sensitivity enables natural and precise strokes, simulating traditional drawing on paper, with thickness variation according to applied intensity.
- Professional Export: Export your drawings in multiple formats - PNG for web, JPG for sharing, vector SVG for professional editing, and PDF for high-quality printing. All formats maintain the original resolution and quality of your work.
- OCR and Import: Import images and PDF files as a base for annotations and edits. Use integrated OCR (optical character recognition) with Tesseract.js to extract text from images and scanned documents, automatically converting drawings into typed text.
Practical Applications of Online Drawing Canvas
Education and Online Teaching: Teachers and educators can use the Canvas to create explanatory illustrations during online classes, annotate on PDF handouts, make real-time diagrams and graphs, and share technical drawings with students. Students can make visual notes on documents, solve math and physics exercises showing step by step, create mind maps and graphic summaries, and develop school projects with custom illustrations. The tool works perfectly with tablets and stylus, making digital learning more interactive and efficient.
Professional and Design: Designers, architects, and creative professionals can use the Canvas to create quick interface mockups, sketch projects and visual concepts, annotate feedback on client images, draw UX/UI diagrams and flowcharts, and develop wireframes for presentations. In remote meetings, the tool is perfect for visual brainstorming, explaining complex concepts with drawings, making collaborative notes on documents, and creating quick prototypes without depending on heavy software. SVG export allows later editing in professional tools like Adobe Illustrator, Figma, and Sketch.
Frequently Asked Questions About Drawing Canvas
Does the Canvas work with tablet and stylus? Does it support pressure sensitivity?
Yes! The Drawing Canvas has complete support for tablets and professional digital pens. It is fully compatible with Apple Pencil (iPad), Samsung S Pen (Galaxy Tab), Microsoft Surface Pen, Wacom, and other popular styluses. Pressure sensitivity works automatically with compatible hardware, allowing you to create thinner or thicker strokes according to applied pressure, simulating traditional drawing on paper. For best results, use modern browsers like Safari (iOS), Chrome, or Edge on devices with pressure-sensitive screens.
Are my drawings automatically saved? Can I access them later?
Yes! The Canvas has an automatic save system that stores your work locally in the browser every 30 seconds, ensuring you never lose your progress. You can also save manually using the Ctrl+S shortcut (Cmd+S on Mac). Drawings remain saved on the device even after closing the browser and can be recovered the next time you open the Canvas. Important: since data is saved locally, it does not sync between different devices. To transfer drawings, use the "Export" function to download in PNG, JPG, SVG, or PDF, then reimport on another device using "Import Image".
Can I import images and PDFs to annotate and edit on the Canvas?
Yes! The Canvas allows importing images in PNG, JPG, GIF formats, and also multi-page PDF files. When importing an image or PDF, it appears as a background layer over which you can draw, make annotations, highlight important sections with highlighter, add arrows and explanatory shapes, and insert complementary texts. This is perfect for reviewing documents, making visual corrections on projects, annotating on handouts and digital books, and adding visual feedback on team work. After editing, you can export the final result in any format, including high-quality PDF for printing.