Welcome to Maxisnap

The seven features people use most

You can stop after step 3 above and have a screenshot tool that works great. If you want to use Maxisnap closer to its full strength, here are the seven features power users reach for.

1. Region capture — Ctrl+Alt+5

The bread-and-butter shortcut. Maxisnap dims your screen and shows a crosshair cursor; click and drag any rectangle, release, and the editor opens with that region only.

Tip: A click-with-no-drag captures the whole screen. Esc cancels. Hold Shift while dragging to constrain to a square.

2. Annotation editor — arrows, text, blur, numbered callouts

Once a screenshot is captured, the editor opens automatically. The toolbar runs across the top. Pick a tool, click and drag on the image, and edit. Every annotation is a real object — you can click to re-select, drag to move, resize from the handles, and undo with Ctrl+Z up to 50 steps back.

The four tools that earn their keep most often:

• Arrow. Drag from where you want the arrow to start to what you want it to point at. The arrowhead lands on the second click.
• Numbered callout. Each click drops the next number (1, 2, 3...) automatically. Great for step-by-step instructions.
• Blur. Drag a rectangle over anything sensitive — passwords, emails, account numbers. Blur is destructive on save, meaning the original pixels can't be recovered from the saved image.
• Text. Click anywhere, type. Font size, weight, and color are in the inspector on the right.

3. Copy to clipboard — instant paste anywhere

In the editor, click Copy (or press Ctrl+C) and the annotated screenshot is on your clipboard, ready to paste into Slack, an email, a doc, anything that accepts an image. This is the fastest path from "saw something" to "shared it" — usually under five seconds end-to-end.

4. Upload to Maxisnap Cloud — shareable link

Click Upload (or press Ctrl+U). Maxisnap uploads the annotated image to Maxisnap Cloud and copies the share link to your clipboard. Paste the link anywhere — whoever opens it sees the screenshot in their browser.

Free accounts get 100 uploads with no signup, plus 500 more per month with a free account. Pro removes the limit and adds password-protected uploads, 12-month retention, and per-image view analytics.

5. Capture previous area — for repeated shots

Taking screenshots of the same UI element over and over (regression testing, walking through a tutorial step-by-step)? Use Capture previous area from the tray menu. Maxisnap re-captures the exact same rectangle as your last region capture — no dragging needed.

6. Open from clipboard — Ctrl+Alt+1

Already have an image on your clipboard from a browser, an email, or another app? Press Ctrl+Alt+1 and Maxisnap opens it in the annotation editor. Anything you can copy is something you can annotate in Maxisnap.

7. Add Your Own Server (Studio) — total upload control

With the Studio one-time add-on ($20), you can replace Maxisnap Cloud with your own infrastructure: SFTP, FTP, S3-compatible (AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, Wasabi, Backblaze B2), or any HTTP endpoint. Configure once, every capture flows to your own bucket or server.

Studio also unlocks the self-hosted Maxisnap Dashboard, a small static site you run yourself to browse, search, and re-share every screenshot you've ever uploaded to your server.

Frequently asked questions

Where are my screenshots saved?

By default, screenshots are saved to %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Maxisnap. You can change the directory in Settings → General → Save location. Set it to nothing to keep screenshots in memory only and never write them to disk.

Can I change the keyboard shortcuts?

Yes — Settings → Hotkeys. The defaults (Ctrl+Alt+5 region, Ctrl+Alt+6 full screen, Ctrl+Alt+7 capture+upload, Ctrl+Alt+1 open from clipboard) avoid conflicts with most apps, but if you have a conflict, rebind any of them. The keyboard-shortcut reference has the full list.

I'm coming from Monosnap. Will my workflow break?

Most things will feel familiar. The big differences: hotkeys default to Ctrl+Alt+5/6/7 (rebindable), the editor is faster and uses less memory, and there are no ads or "trial" nags. If you uploaded to a custom server in Monosnap, the same options exist in Maxisnap with Studio. The switch guide walks through it in two minutes.

Is the blur destructive?

Yes. Once you save or upload an image with blurred areas, the underlying pixels are gone. The blur cannot be reversed by extracting layers, zooming in, or running anything against the saved image. Useful when you're sharing screenshots that contain sensitive information.

Where does Maxisnap Cloud upload data go?

Cloudflare R2 storage on our Cloudflare account, served through Cloudflare's CDN. We do not have a third-party CDN sitting in front of it. The full path is in the Privacy Policy.

How do I report a bug?

Open the tray menu and click Help → Send feedback. The form includes a "Send my recent log file" checkbox — turn it on for anything that involves a crash or an upload failure. We read every report and the worst bugs are usually fixed within a release. The bug-report guide covers what to include.

Why is the free tier this generous?

Because Maxisnap should be useful to most people without paying. Pro pays for the 500-uploads-a-month users, the unlimited cloud users, and the people who specifically want password-protected uploads or per-image analytics. The free tier is a real product, not a demo.

Next step

That's the whole tour. From here:

• Open Maxisnap and take a few captures with the keyboard shortcut. Build the muscle memory.
• If you ship work to clients or teammates and want unlimited shareable links, password protection, and view analytics, grab Pro at $18/year.
• If you want screenshots flowing to your own infrastructure (SFTP, S3, etc.), add Studio for $20 once. No subscription.
• Browse the Help Center for keyboard shortcuts, settings details, and the bug-report process.

Welcome aboard.