How to take precise screenshots with Shottr

One of the key Shottr advantages is precision. A typical screenshot tool would show a little lens helping you to see pixels around the cursor. Shottr goes a step further and gives you a true zoom. It not only allows you to see pixels better but also to select the exact portion of the screen quicker and easier.

 

To get full advantage of Shottr precision tools, take a fullscreen screenshot and crop it inside the app. Shottr was built around the workflow of cropping full-size screenshots, and most of its advanced features are only available in this mode.

 

Do it in three steps:

1. Use a hotkey to take a fullscreen capture. The editor will pop up.
2. Use your mouse to select the area which you want to keep. You could readjust the selection box if needed.
3. Hit the Enter key on your keyboard to apply selection.

For a precise selection, zoom in on your screenshot. On a laptop, the pinch gesture works best. If you're using a mouse, scroll up or down to change the zoom level.

The standard keyboard shortcuts like Cmd+Plus and Cmd+Minus work too. Those of you who prefer Figma shortcuts could use Shift-plus and Shift-minus key combinations. To quickly return to 100%, press Cmd+0.

 

You could always open a little reminder for the basic zoom operations if you click on the zoom indicator in the upper-right corner of the app window.

 

When zoomed in, move the image around by scrolling with the touchpad, or by pressing the right button of your mouse. Photoshop users are welcome to use the Spacebar plus mouse-drag combination.

 

There are two ways to use zoom: you could zoom in on the screenshot before making the selection, or you could make a quick selection first, and then zoom in on the selection box to readjust its size and position. To quickly zoom in on the selection, press the Cmd+2 shortcut on your keyboard.

 

If you're an advanced user who makes a lot of screenshots, you may benefit from this little trick: make a quick selection, then press Q on your keyboard to zoom on the upper left corner of your selection, and readjust this corner. When it's done, press the W key, and readjust the bottom right corner.

 

Quite often the selection is only a few pixels off. If you want to adjust the selection one pixel at a time, try doing this with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Arrow alone will move the selection box, and Cmd+Arrow will resize it. Try adding Shift to move or resize selection by 10 pixels at a time.

 

Finally, sometimes you want to make the selection a bit bigger or smaller in all directions. You could do this with the square bracket keys. If you press Shift with the bracket key, the selection will be resized by 10 pixels.

 

That covers the manual selection and crop, but in most cases, it's actually quicker to use automatic selection tools.