What is the difference between a comment and an annotation?
Comments are actually embedded in the image. GIF, JPG, PNG and TIF files support comment tags. With the latest ThumbsPlus, you do not have to re-save a file after editing or adding a comment tag to GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF. This is done through the right-click thumbnail menu. Quick Process | Modify File Info. This means that ThumbsPlus can now add image comment tags without saving (thus there is no recompression.) The jpeg comments can be added without loss to the JPEG format. You can also add a comment to an image, open the image and go to Edit | Add Comments. Note that the file must be re-saved when adding a comment. You can also force T+ to show available comments in a view window. Go to Options | Viewing | Other and check Show Image Comments When Available. Image comment tags can also be automatically saved as database annotations and vice versa. Creating annotations in the ThumbsPlus database: • Main Window – Thumbnail | Annotate… Ctrl+E • View Window – File | Thumbnail | Annotate…
What is the difference between a comment and an annotation?