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How do I create highlights on a screenshot?

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In Chipaca's answer to Managing files and sync scenarios there's a screenshot with certain highlights. The highlights are the following:

A row of a GUI list is highlighted by the other parts of the screenshot being darker.

A check mark is highlighted by being circled by what looks like a (orange) crayon.

How do I create both of these highlights on a screenshot? Is there an automated process?

The screenshot I'm referring to looks like this:

Ubuntu One Control Panel “Cloud Folders” tab, with a row highlighted to illustrate the point in the text

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answered 1 Year ago eatack · Accepted Answer

Here's a guide for The GIMP

Create Highlighted Rectangle

Select Rectangle Tool:
- tick Feather Edges choose Radius e.g. 5.0 pixels for smooth borders
- tick Highlight to highlight the selection

Select area to highlight

Select → None to remove selection.

The selection is now highlighted.

Highlight effect

Note: in some versions of GIMP the highlighting may be removed as soon as we select another tool or save the image. In this case, we can proceed as follows to keep the area highlighted:

Invert the selection (Select → Invert or Ctrl+i).

Bucket-fill the background with black 30% opacity.

Create Crayon

Choose Ellipse Select Tool or e to select area for crayon

Select → Border e.g. with 8 pixels

Paintbrush Tool choose brush e.g. Galaxy, choose color e.g. yellow

Paint selection until happy

Crayon effect