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SCREENSHOT TOOL FOR


DESIGNERS


FRONT-END ENGINEERS


MOBILE DEVELOPERS


THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT PIXELS

Download Shottr for Mac, v1.7.2, 1.6mb Check Pricing

Shottr is a tiny and fast mac screenshot tool with annotations, scrolling
screenshots and cloud upload capabilities. Build with love and optimized for
Apple silicon.


SMALL AND FAST

Shottr is a tiny (1.6mb dmg, 3.6mb unpacked) native app optimized for M1. It
takes only 17ms to grab a screenshot, and ~165ms to show it to you.


SCROLLING SCREENSHOTS ON MAC

Take a screenshot of a long web page or capture conversation in a chat. Shottr
is probably the only free Scrolling Screenshot app for Mac.


PIXELATE OR REMOVE OBJECTS

Hide parts of your screen behind pixelated curtain, or remove sensitive
information as if it was never there. Text mode hides text without corrupting
anything else.


TEXT RECOGNITION (OCR) & QR

Came by a text that won’t select? Press a hotkey and select an area — Shottr
will parse the text and copy it to the clipboard. OCR feature also reads QR
codes.


PIN SCREENSHOTS

Pin images as floating always-on top borderless windows. Convenient for keeping
references, or as a temporary screenshots storage.


MARKUP SCREENSHOTS

Add text, freehand drawings, highlights, spotlights and other visual effects to
your drawings.


OVERLAY IMAGES

Paste images on top of your screenshots. Make overlays semi-transparent to
highlight the differences, or generate two-frame before/after animations.


USE IT AS A SCREEN RULER

Press ↑ or ↓ key and move your mouse to measure vertical size, ← or → for
horizontal size. Click to imprint the measurement on the screenshot.


UNCLUTTER YOUR DESKTOP

Select a dedicated folder to save screenshots on ⌘ s. Great for purchase
receipts, reminders, archive items, random images, etc.


ZOOM IN ON YOUR PIXELS

Think of Shottr as your digital magnifying glass. If you need to have a closer
look at something, take a screenshot and zoom in.


COLOR PICKER

Take a screenshot, zoom in, move your mouse over the pixel and press the TAB key
to copy color under the cursor.


WHAT FEATURE SHOULD I BUILD NEXT?

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suggestion. Follow Shottr_cc on Twitter to be the first to know when your
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TIPS AND TRICKS


QUICK ZOOM ON THE SELECTION

Press cmd + 2 to quickly zoom on the selected region.

Other helpful shortcuts:
Q – Zoom on the top left corner of the selection.
W – Zoom on the bottom right corner of the selection.
cmd + 1 – Zoom to fit.
cmd + 0 – Zoom to 100%.
cmd + + / – – Zoom in / out.


CROP THE IMAGE

Just select the area you would like to crop and hit Enter. It's that simple!


QUICKLY SELECT MONOTONE OBJECTS

If you want to select a monotone object, to check its size or to crop it, hold ⌘
and click on it.


SMART SELECTION MODE

Press A after you selected an area to auto-adjust selection. Hold ⌥ while
selecting to see the instant preview of what the selection will adjust to.


COPY TEXT COLOR

Move your mouse over a line of text and press Shift + TAB. No need to be
precise, the darkest pixel of the 20×20px area will be copied.


COPY AVERAGE COLOR

Select an area and press C to copy average color of the area.


MEASURING OBJECTS ON RETINA DISPLAY

All sizes on Retina screens are measured in logical (non-retina) pixels. If you
want to see sizes in physical (retina) pixels, click on the dimension box at the
top right corner.


HOW TO ENLARGE THE SCREENSHOT

 1. Make a screenshot.
 2. Zoom in.
 3. Make a screenshot of the zoomed area.
 4. Crop.


QUICK ZOOM IN

Press Z and click on the screenshot – Shottr will zoom in on that spot.


PAN WITH THE MOUSE

Drag with the right mouse button to move the screenshot around.

You can also press Space and use the left button.


MANIPULATE SELECTION WITH THE KEYBOARD

Arrows – Nudge selection (1px)
Shift + Arrows – Nudge (10px)
Cmd + Arrows – Resize (1px)
Cmd + Shift + Arrows – Resize (10px)
[, ] – Enlarge selection by 1px on each side.
Shift + [, ] – Enlarge by 10px.


MEASURE DISTANCE BETWEEN OBJECTS

Move your mouse in between two objects on a screenshot and press an arrow key –
left or right for horizontal distance, up or down for vertical.


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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS


IS SHOTTR FREE?

Shottr can be used for free for as long as you want. All advertised features are
available to free users; the only caveat is that the app will ask you to
consider buying it every once in a while. Shottr generally provides a better
overall experience in the activated version, and I plan to add more features and
raise its price in the future.


CAN SHOTTR UPLOAD THE IMAGE ONLINE AND COPY LINK?

Shottr has the upload feature, but it needs to be activated. Here are more
details on how it works.


WHICH MACOS VERSIONS ARE SUPPORTED?

Shottr runs on macOS Catalina (10.15) and up.


WHEN AND WHY DOES SHOTTR CONTACT SHOTTR.CC?

After launch Shottr contacts https://shottr.cc/api/version.json to check for an
update. It won't download a new version, but will notify you with a red icon in
the toolbar. Shottr needs an internet connection to validate and activate the
license. It also sends home telemetry to help me find bugs, measure performance
and gauge popularity of certain features. Telemetry does not contain any
personal or identifiable information. It's not used for advertising or
retargeting purposes, and is never sold to the third parties. There's an option
to turn off telemetry collection in the app Preferences. Earlier versions of
Shottr included Google Analytics code, but it was removed in v1.5.1.
Other Frequently Asked Questions


RELEASE NOTES

Nov 4, 2023
v1.7.2
Expandable canvas, side-by-side screenshots, and new experimental features
July 27, 2023
v1.7.1
Fixed bugs introduced by the recent macOS update
May 28, 2023
v1.7.0
Screenshot resize and new tools: freehand drawing, highlighter and spotlight
See full changelog

New Features
 * Freehand Drawing tool (change stroke variability with cmd+enter, smoothness
   with opt+up/down)
 * Text Highlighter tool (change cap style with cmd+enter)
 * Spotlight tool (change background opacity with keys 1..9)
 * Image resizer (click on the image size in the upper right corner)
 * An option to hide the menubar icon (only available with the license)
 * A button to remove linebreaks from the OCR text after it was recognized, and
   a setting to remove linebreaks by default


Improvements
 * Fixed an issue when scrolling capture would include a cursor in the middle of
   the screenshot on some computers
 * Scroll Capture will show a message if it fails to scroll, or if it reaches
   the max-height limit
 * A setting to reverse auto-scroll direction (may help if you're using an app
   like Scroll Reverser)
 * Ability to blur selected area by pressing key B
 * The editor window now always opens on the screen on which the screenshot was
   taken
 * Holding Shift while selecting the image area will produce a square selection
 * Starting the app when it's already running will bring the original app
   forward instead of showing the message
 * If your Shottr icon is pinned in the dock, clicking on it when the app is
   running but the window is closed will open up the editor
 * Semi-transparent pinned screenshot doesn't have a shadow now. Convenient for
   overlay comparison.
 * Fixed a bug when the Max Scrolling Height won't persist after the app
   relaunch

February 25, 2023
v1.6.2
Auto-update functionality, new in-app shortcuts, scroll-to resize pinned
windows, and more.
See full changelog

New Features
 * Auto-update functionality


Improvements
 * Preview thumbnail now opens on top of the Fullscreen and Stage Manager
   windows
 * Added fill/opacity control to the Rectangle and Oval instruments
 * Pinned screenshots can be resized with scroll
 * New editor shortcuts: Cmd+Shift+O to open a file, and Cmd+Shift+V to load
   image from the clipboard
 * Save As shortcut (Cmd+Shift+S) now works in the preview thumbnail as well
 * When you selected an annotation object, it goes to the frontmost level, on
   top of other drawings
 * Size slider changes objects in real-time
 * BUG Fix: text editing and resizing now works properly on all zoom levels
 * Fixed an issue when a part of the mouse cursor would show up in the corner of
   the area-capture screenshot
 * Automatic filename timecode changed from alphanumeric to alphabetic, files
   will now be properly chronologically sorted when sorting by name in Finder

October 22, 2022
v1.6.1
Pinned thumbnail, hotkey for "Capture Any Window", auto-padding button, improved
work with the third-party clipboard managers.
See full changelog

New Features
 * A setting to keep the preview thumbnail up until you use the image, or close
   the thumbnail.
 * Ability to assign hotkeys to "Capture Any Window" and "Reopen Shottr"
   actions.
 * A button to quickly add padding to selection marquee (convinient after
   applying Autoadjust):
 * Click on a selection marquee edge to auto-adjust this edge only.


Improvements
 * Fixed a bug when Pinned screenshot will display at 50% on low-dpi displays.
 * Some clipboard managers used to miss certain screenshots copied by Shottr.
   This should not be happening any more.
 * Saving retina images with 144dpi when applicable.
 * A more prominent notification about the new version.
 * If you drag-and-drop image onto the app like Yoink or Dropover, the file will
   remain available after the new screenshot is done.
 * Increased max scrolling screenshot height limit to 200,000px (it's still set
   to 20,000px by default).

September 4, 2022
v1.6.0
Pin screenshots, image overlays, new confirmations.
See full changelog

New Features
 * Pin screenshots: ability to pin the image as a floating always-on-top window.
 * Image overlay: paste images on top of the screenshot.
 * Before/after gifs. Quickly create two-frame animations (paste an "after"
   image on top of the "before" screengrab, press "5" to enable transpaency,
   align frames and hit the GIF icon in the top right corner of the app):


Improvements
 * Custom confirmations for OCR, Color Copy, Save and Upload, and an option to
   turn off notifications completely. System notifications are available in the
   app settings, but they will only work if Shottr is allowed to show them
   (System Preferences → Notifications)
 * Added customizable shortcut for the Repeat Area capture.
 * More robust DPI detection when working with Retina and Non-retina monitors at
   the same time.
 * Undo/Redo now available from the menu as well.
 * Improved Text-only erase and pixelation accuracy for Chinese.
 * Fixes Text label rendering bug intrpduced by macOS Ventura Beta 4.


Important Changes
Upload button is removed from the toolbar. The feature is still available
through the menu and with the shortcuts (Cmd+E, F2)
July 17, 2022
v1.5.4
Text-only blur/erase, step counter tool, opt+drag duplication and uploaded files
management.
See full changelog

New Features
 * Added Step counter annotation tool
 * Text-only mode for Blur/Erase tool
 * Opt+Drag to duplicate drawings
 * Ability to manage uploaded Screenshots (main menu button)


Improvements
 * Bug fix: crash with auto-copy/auto-save settings
 * More robust Undo functionality
 * Now Shottr copies PNG instead of TIFF on Esc or Cmd+C
 * Shottr keeps selected tool after the object is created (it's quicker now to
   add multiple arrows, counters, etc.)
 * Object attributes panel doesn't hide the tool selector
 * Default instrument (Select/Crop) now has a button and a shortcut (V)
 * Text label has a pointy arrow by default
 * Cmd+V and Cmd+D insertion position is more predictable now

February 10, 2022
v1.5.3
Preview thumbnail for Area Capture, a setting to auto-save or auto-copy the
screenshot.
See full changelog

New Features
 * A setting to automatically Copy and/or Save the image after screenshot.
 * A setting to show Preview instead of the Editor after the Area Capture.
 * Quick zoom by Z+Drag (press Z and drag your mouse around the area that you
   want to zoom in).


Improvements
 * Ability to open files and load clipboard images from the main menu (Shottr
   icon → More → Open File.)
 * Hold CMD while drawing an arrow to reverse its deirection
 * When part of the image is selected, Cmd+C now copies the selection only, and
   doesn’t close the window.
 * Drag’n’drop now applies the same settings as regular save (PNG/Jpeg, 1x
   downscale).
 * Default Folder selection dialogue allows to create New Folder.
 * More robust checking for Screen Recording permissions.
 * Bug fix: Scrolling Capture now works fine when the Hot Corners are enabled.
 * Bug fix: Cmd+C used to rely on the Esc button settings.

January 9, 2022
v1.5.2
Colors and styles for drawings, narrow and curved arrows, guides, convenience
settings, QR reader, open PNG and Jpeg, Repeat Area screenshot, Delayed
screenshot.
See full changelog

New Features
 * Ability to change object styling (color, thickness, line style, pixelation
   level, etc)
 * Setting to change behavior of the Escape button when nothing is selected
   (options to Copy image and/or Save image)
 * Setting to open Shottr window bigger by default. When selected, the app
   starts at 80% zoom for the fullscreen screenshot, and area screenshots will
   open at 100% zoom more often
 * Setting to turn on/off telemetry collection. Please consider leaving this
   checkbox on, at least for a while, so that I can verify the app runs smoothly
   and no exceptions are thrown across variety of devices and OS versions
 * Ability to open a PNG or Jpeg file in Shottr via the “Open With” context
   menu. The app needs to be copied to the Application folder for that feature
   to work. If you save the opened file, it will override the original file
 * You can also open the image file through the “File” → “Open File” menu item
 * QR Reader: Text Recognition now detects and decodes QR codes
 * Guides: hold Opt+S or Opt+D to show a vertical or horizontal guide, click to
   imprint it on the image
 * Cmd+C / Cmd+V now works for the annotation objects
 * Chinese language is supported in Text Recognition. You need to select Chinese
   as your primary language in the Preferences (Advanced tab)
 * Added Repeat Area Screenshot – it will retake screenshot of the previously
   selected area
 * Added Delayed Screenshot (3s delay)


Improvements
 * Arrow tool improvements. Longer arrows are now slimmer, more styles are
   available, including curved arrows and super-slim arrows.
 * Hold space while drawing an object to move it around.
 * If you start taking an area capture and hit Esc in the process, the window
   won’t pop up.
 * Pixelation algo produces a more uniform pattern, works a tad faster too.
 * Pixelation on small areas scrambles pixels for better protection.
 * Improved Ruler rendering on non-retina displays (crisper look).
 * Window screenshot with Wallpaper or Solid background now have proportionate
   top and bottom paddings.
 * Addressed an issue when the cursor is occasionally imprinted in the scrolling
   screenshot.
 * Cosmetic improvements to the object handling knobs and helper popovers.
 * Added new color format: HEX without the sharp (#) character.
 * Improved stability when doing Cmd+Click raster selection on area screenshots.
 * Window Screenshot better process edge case scenarios and allows you to select
   window is Shottr can’t identify which window is currently active.

October 6, 2021
v1.5.1
Added an ability to Drag'n'Drop screenshot file to the other applications and a
setting to downscale retina screenshots.
September 21, 2021
v1.5.0
Scrolling screenshots, objects removal, preferences, and more.
See full changelog

Major Features
 * Scrolling Capture (up and down)
 * Area capture
 * Active window capture
 * Instant text recognition
 * Objects Removal (selection + Delete)


Preferences
 * Hotkeys customization
 * Window Capture modes: keep shadow on a transparent background, trim window
   shadow, keep shadow on a solid background, keep shadow over a wallpaper
 * Color format setting (click on the current pixel color box in the toolbar)
 * Auto format selection setting for Cmd+S: Shottr will save images with lots of
   text as PNG and choose JPEG if the screenshot is graphic-heavy
 * A setting to keep the main window always on top


Other Improvements
 * Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z for Undo/Redo
 * Menu "Edit" → "Reset Crop" undoes cropping
 * Hitting Tab while editing text label will add color under the cursor to the
   label’s text
 * The main window is now resizable and supports fullscreen
 * Ability to drag’n’drop file on the main window canvas to open an image
 * If you’re using multiple spaces, the main window will now open in the active
   space
 * Trackpad and Magic Mouse zoom is smoother
 * Cmd+Q now shows a dialog asking if the app should close or quit, the
   selection is remembered
 * Shottr remembers OS permissions to access the selected screenshots folder and
   doesn’t ask for permissions after each restart

July 24, 2021
v1.4.8
Shottr was rebuilt from scratch, it's a much smaller and faster app now. Added
annotation capabilities.
December 19, 2020
v1.3
Improved performance of the fullscreen screenshot. Added Cmd+Shift+2 shortcut to
grab a part of the screen. Added New Version notification. Improved Ruler —
press Shift to get an outer size of the element, click while measuring to
imprint the measurement onto the screenshot.
December 6, 2020
v1
Shottr is now signed and notarized by Apple. Added quick measure tool (arrow
keys).
November 28, 2020
v1.0
Bug fixes (autosave crop issue, toolbar visual glitch); Show icon in the dock
when shottr is active.
September 5, 2020
v0.1
The private beta release
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