vShot
Take the picture, mark it up, and get on with it.
The problem
The Print Screen key gives you the whole screen and nothing else — no area, no window, and nowhere for it to go except the clipboard. The Snipping Tool adds an area, and then wants you to save it by hand every time.
And then there is the part nobody thinks about until it is too late: a screenshot sent to a supplier with an account number in the corner. vShot can hide that, and hiding it means the pixels are thrown away, not softened.
What it does
1Four ways to take one
An area, a window, the screen the mouse is on, or every screen at once — from a key, from the tray, or from the window.
2A frozen screen to aim at
The picture is taken first and the selection is made on that. A menu or a tooltip that would vanish the moment it lost focus is still there to be captured.
3Exact to the pixel
A magnifier follows the pointer while dragging, the size is shown in real pixels as you go, and the arrow keys nudge an edge one pixel at a time.
4Full resolution on a scaled screen
A laptop at 150% reports 2560×1440 but has 3840×2160 real pixels. vShot captures the real ones, so the text in the picture can still be read.
5Mark it up
Arrows, boxes, ellipses, lines, freehand, text with an outline that stays readable on any background, a highlighter, numbered steps, and crop.
6Hide what should not be seen
Drag over an account number and the pixels underneath are replaced, not blurred. Nothing can be read back out of the saved file — which is not true of a gaussian blur.
7Every mark is undoable
Marks are objects, not paint. Ctrl+Z removes the last one properly rather than painting over it.
8Named so they sort
Year first and a padded counter, so shot 9 comes before shot 10 and today’s pictures are together. Three captures in the same second give three files.
Why it is worth it
Press it, drag, and the picture is saved and on the clipboard. No dialog, no "where would you like to put this".
The hiding tool destroys what it covers. A blurred screenshot can often be read back; this one cannot.
Including a 150% laptop beside a 100% monitor, which is where most screenshot tools quietly capture the wrong area.
Saved as ordinary files in a folder you choose. vShot keeps a list of paths, not a second copy, and uploads nothing.
How you use it
PrintScreen for an area, Ctrl+PrintScreen for the whole screen, Alt+PrintScreen for a window. All three can be changed.
The screen dims except for what you are taking. Shift keeps it square, Space slides the whole rectangle, Esc gives up.
Arrows and numbers to explain, the hiding tool for anything private.
And already on the clipboard, ready to paste into a message.
What it needs
| Windows | 10 or 11, 64-bit |
|---|---|
| Installs to | Your user profile — no administrator prompt |
| Keys | PrintScreen and friends, changeable — vShot says so when another program already owns one |
| Pictures | Saved wherever you choose; Pictures\Screenshots by default |
| Screens | Any number, at any mix of scaling |
See vShot on your own machine
A short screen-share is usually enough — we open it on your PC, with your files.
Or write to info@issmart.in.
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