![[SC] Redacted](/community/data/resource_icons/10/10921.jpg?1792339641){kind=icon}
- Compatible XF 2.x versions
- 2.3
- Additional requirements
- PHP 8.1+
- License
- Creative Commons license
- Updates duration
- 3 Months Free Updates // $10 Renewal
- Visible branding
- No
Annotate. Redact. Share.
Give your members a complete screenshot editing workspace directly inside XenForo.
[SC] Redacted makes it easy to highlight important details, explain a problem, create visual instructions, and cover private information before sharing an image. Add arrows, text, numbered steps, highlights, magnified details, and redactions—all without leaving your community.
Open an image, paste a screenshot, or edit a copy of an existing attachment. When finished, download the result, copy it to the clipboard, or attach it directly to your post through XenForo’s native attachment system.
Who is it for?
• Community members sharing screenshots, troubleshooting questions, or visual instructions.
• Developers demonstrating bugs, interface changes, and add-on features.
• Support teams explaining solutions with arrows, labels, and numbered steps.
• Administrators covering emails, IP addresses, account details, and other private information before posting.
• Tutorial authors creating clear walk-throughs and annotated examples.
• Marketplace sellers preparing product screenshots and feature demonstrations.
• Any community that regularly shares screenshots and wants a convenient editor built into the forum.
15 built-in editing tools
Move / select
Select, reposition, and resize individual annotations.
Arrow
Point directly at important details with proper arrowheads and adjustable color and stroke width.
Freehand pen
Draw notes, marks, and custom annotations directly on the image.
Rectangle outline
Frame buttons, messages, interface elements, or other important areas.
Text
Add text that appears immediately while typing. Drag it into position, resize the box edges to adjust wrapping, or resize its corners to scale the text.
Solid redaction
Cover private information with fully opaque rectangles.
Redaction line
Draw opaque strokes across names, addresses, account details, and other sensitive content.
Blur
Apply adjustable blur to selected areas.
Pixelate
Obscure selected areas with adjustable pixelation strength.
Crop
Trim unwanted areas and focus the exported image on the content that matters.
Numbered markers
Add automatically numbered callouts for instructions, comparisons, and step-by-step explanations.
Magnifier
Enlarge a selected detail inside a movable inset with adjustable 1–8× magnification, a source outline, and a connector.
Ellipse outline
Circle important details with an adjustable outline.
Highlighter
Use a translucent freehand marker with adjustable opacity.
Spotlight
Keep a selected rectangular area bright while dimming the surrounding image.
Editable layers and precise controls
• Each annotation remains an individual editable layer.
• Select, duplicate, delete, hide, show, lock, and unlock layers.
• Drag layer rows to change their stacking order.
• Move layers forward or backward.
• Reposition and resize annotations using selection handles.
• Resize text box edges to reflow text and corners to scale it.
• Word-aware text wrapping.
• Separate text and drawing colors.
• Adjustable colors, stroke widths, fonts, opacity, and effect strength where applicable.
• Alignment controls relative to the current crop.
• Snap guides for document edges, centers, and other visible annotations.
• Annotations remain partly reachable when dragged against the image boundary.
• Locked layers are protected from accidental canvas edits.
• Undo and redo with up to 100 actions, depending on document size.
• Plain selection clicks and cancelled gestures do not consume undo history.
• Hold-to-view-original comparison.
• Clear all edits, with undo support.
• Delete the current image, editing history, and associated local recovery data.
• Confirmation before clearing edits or deleting the image.
Image import and workspace
• Open JPEG, PNG, and WebP images.
• Drag and drop images into the editor.
• Paste images directly from the clipboard.
• Automatically resize oversized images while preserving their proportions.
• Configurable working resolution from 1–12 megapixels.
• Recommended default working resolution of 8 megapixels.
• Configurable input file limit from 1–128 MB, with an 80 MB default.
• Additional 16,384-pixel limit per image edge.
• Fit-width, 50%, 100%, and 200% zoom.
• Correct zoom sizing after cropping, undoing, and restoring a session.
• Separate Properties, Layers, and Export panels.
• All 15 tools displayed in one row with labels beneath their icons.
• Toolbar icons, labels, spacing, and button dimensions scale proportionally to the available container width.
• Native XenForo style colors for light and dark presentations.
• Compact interface with 5px corners.
• Remembered personal tool preferences, including color, stroke, font, strength, opacity, and line settings.
Export and presentation options
• Download the finished image as PNG, JPG, or WebP.
• Adjustable JPG and WebP export quality.
• Copy the finished image as PNG to the clipboard in supported browsers.
• Preserve transparency in PNG and WebP exports.
• Choose an export background color.
• JPG exports fill transparent areas with the selected background color.
• Add optional padding from 0–200 pixels.
• Add optional rounded image corners.
• Download names use the original filename with a “-redacted” suffix.
• Exports contain flattened image pixels.
• Editable layers, recovery data, selection handles, and alignment guides are excluded from exports.
• Original EXIF metadata is not carried into the exported image.
• Unsupported export formats produce an error instead of a mislabeled download.
Native XenForo attachment workflow
• Open Redacted alongside supported native attachment upload controls.
• Edit a copy of an existing supported image attachment.
• Attach the edited result through XenForo’s existing uploader.
• Insert the finished image into the post without automatically submitting the post.
• Existing XenForo attachment permissions and upload restrictions remain enforced.
• Existing attachment copies offer a checked-by-default “Remove the original” option.
• Original deletion is requested only after the edited upload succeeds.
• Existing inline BBCode attachment references are replaced in their original positions.
• Existing rich-text attachment images are updated in place.
• Automatic duplicate insertion is avoided.
• If the original was not inserted inline, the edited copy is inserted normally.
• A failed original deletion retains the edited upload and displays a warning.
• Reopening the editor focuses the existing popup.
• Trying to edit another attachment while one is open displays a clear notice.
• Rejected uploads clear the pending state so attachment attempts can be retried.
• Missing replies and disconnected post windows release the pending Attach state.
Paste and drop protection
Offer members a chance to review images before uploading them.
• Optional prompt when image files are pasted or dropped into supported attachment forms.
• Choose “Edit in Redacted,” “Upload as-is,” or “Cancel.”
• Multiple images are queued individually.
• Original images are not uploaded while waiting for a choice.
• Ordinary text and table pastes from Excel, Word, and Google Sheets pass through normally.
• Unsupported non-image files continue through the native uploader.
• Separate integration controls for posts, conversations, and supported Resource Manager attachment areas.
Automatic local recovery
• Automatically saves the working image, editable layers, and undo history in the browser.
• Restore work after a refresh or XenForo style change.
• Recovery is scoped to the board, signed-in user, and editor tab.
• The original image is stored separately to avoid rewriting it with every change.
• Editing changes are saved after a short pause.
• Recovery status is visible inside the editor.
• Recovery records expire after 24 hours and are cleaned when the editor next opens.
• Successful attachment confirmation clears the associated recovery image and metadata.
• Normal downloads preserve recovery for continued editing.
• Delete image clears the current recovery record when browser storage is available.
• A browser warning helps protect unexported changes when leaving the page.
Recovery is stored on the current browser and device. It is not a cloud backup and depends on available browser storage.
Privacy-aware image handling
• Image editing and rendering happen locally in the browser.
• A finished image is uploaded when the member chooses to attach it.
• Solid redaction overwrites the covered pixels in the exported image.
• Magnifiers sample the completed visible edited composition, including redactions added after the magnifier.
• Magnifier sampling remains inside the active crop.
• Exporting or attaching with hidden redaction, blur, or pixelation layers requests confirmation.
• Cancelling the hidden-layer warning during Copy stops quietly.
For sensitive information, use solid redaction or opaque redaction lines. Blur and pixelation can leave information recognizable. Removing an original attachment cannot retract copies that were already downloaded or shared elsewhere.
Keyboard shortcuts
Tool shortcuts work while focus is inside the editor and outside text or form fields.
• V — Move / select
• A — Arrow
• P — Pen
• B — Rectangle outline
• T — Text
• R — Solid redaction
• X — Crop
• H — Highlighter
• E — Ellipse
• S — Spotlight
• Ctrl/Cmd + Z — Undo
• Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z — Redo
• Ctrl/Cmd + D — Duplicate the selected layer
• Delete / Backspace — Delete the selected layer
• Escape — Deselect or cancel the current drag
Administrator options
• User-group permission controlling access to the editor.
• Default export format.
• Default export quality.
• Default solid redaction color.
• Maximum input file size.
• Maximum working megapixel limit.
• Enable or disable attachment integration for posts.
• Enable or disable attachment integration for conversations.
• Enable or disable attachment integration for supported resources.
• Enable or disable the image paste/drop prompt.
• Show or hide the public navigation tab.
• The editor remains directly accessible when its navigation tab is hidden.
• Translatable interface phrases.
• Navigation icon styling supplied through the add-on’s own LESS template.
Requirements
• XenForo 2.3.0
• PHP 8.1 or newer
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