Press it. Drag. Done.
Press the shortcut and your screen freezes, so nothing moves while you choose. Drag over what you need. The loupe and live size take care of the precision.
- An area ⌘ ⇧ 2
- The whole screen ⌘ ⇧ 7
- With a timer ⌘ ⇧ 8
How it works
One shortcut. Four steps.
Drag the timeline to follow one capture, from the first key press to the link in someone’s chat.
Screen capture
Get exactly the shot you meant.
Five ways to grab your screen, each a shortcut away.
Area
⌘ ⇧ 2Drag over a frozen copy of your screen. An 8× loupe and live dimensions put every edge exactly where you want it.
- Menus and hover states hold still while you choose.
Timer
⌘ ⇧ 8A countdown before the capture, for menus and tooltips that close when you click away.
- Five seconds by default. Set it anywhere from one to sixty.
Whole screen
⌘ ⇧ 7Captures the display under your pointer. No dragging.
Same area again
⌘ ⇧ 9Repeats your last selection exactly, for before-and-after shots.
Pointer
Show the pointer in your captures, or leave it out.
- Off by default. Switch it on in Settings.
Annotate
Say it without a meeting.
The screenshot editor has thirteen tools to annotate with, and each one has its own key.
Thirteen tools
Press a letter to switch tools. No hunting through menus.
V Select A Arrow R Rectangle O Ellipse L Line P Freehand T Text S Numbered step H Highlight F Spotlight B Pixelate E Redact C Crop
Spotlight
FDrag a box around what matters. Everything else dims, and your arrows and text stay bright on top.
- One slider sets how dark, from 20% to 90%.
Redact
ECovers anything private with a solid block. Once you save, there’s nothing underneath to recover.
- Pixelate (B) blurs a part out of focus, but a blur can be reversed. Use Redact for anything private.
Edit anything
⌘ ZEvery mark stays editable until you save. Move it, recolour it or delete it.
- Redo with ⌘⇧Z.
Colour and weight
Eight colours, and line widths from 2 to 24 points.
- New marks start at 6 points. Change the default in Settings.
Backdrop
Give a screenshot a background: one of five backdrops or one of your own, a colour, a gradient or a picture. Padding, rounded corners and a soft shadow as you like.
- Pick the shape you post in: 16:9, 4:3 or square. Keep up to six of your own for next time.
- Crop with C. Rotate with [ and ].
Screen recorder
Show it, don’t type it.
Video works the way screenshots do.
Screen recording
⌘ ⇧ 1Record any area of your screen as MP4. Press stop and the video opens, ready to play.
Share a recording
One click uploads it and copies the link. You can watch the progress as it goes.
- If the connection drops, the upload picks up where it stopped.
Sound
Records your computer’s audio and your microphone, in one sound track that plays everywhere.
- On a Mac, the microphone needs macOS 15.
Pause
Pause and pick up again. The clock stops while you’re paused.
Nothing extra
The control bar and the border around the recording never end up in the file.
Every day
Small things, done right.
The parts you use without thinking about them.
Your shortcuts
Change any shortcut to the keys you want. VizShot warns you if another app already uses them.
- On a Mac, the defaults leave ⌘⇧3, 4 and 5 for the Mac’s own screenshot tool.
Recent captures
Every capture in one window. Edit one, copy it, show it in Finder or Explorer, or drag it into Slack, an email or a doc.
- If you delete one by mistake, you can undo it.
Files your way
Save as PNG or JPEG and pick your own file names. Retina captures can be saved smaller.
- File names follow a pattern, like “VizShot {date} {time}”.
Settings
Make it work your way.
All the options fit in one small window. Click around, everything here works.