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How to take screenshots and recordings

Twelve ways to get an image or a recording into Maxisnap. Every hotkey below is the default and can be changed in Settings → Hotkeys.

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    Region capture Ctrl+Alt+5

    The screen freezes and a crosshair appears. Drag any rectangle and release. The editor opens with the capture already on your clipboard. Hold Shift while dragging to constrain to a square. Escape cancels.

  2. 2

    Capture a whole window Click

    During region capture, hover a window and it lights up with corner brackets and its title. Click without dragging to capture the entire window, title bar included. Hold Alt to pick a single pane inside it, such as a sidebar or an address bar.

  3. 3

    Full-screen capture Ctrl+Alt+6

    Captures every connected monitor as one image and opens it in the editor. Nothing to click or drag.

  4. 4

    Capture and upload Ctrl+Alt+7

    Region capture that uploads to your active destination as soon as the editor opens. The share link is copied to your clipboard. Needs a Maxisnap account, or a custom destination with the Studio add-on.

  5. 5

    Scrolling capture Ctrl+Alt+8

    Select a pane that scrolls, then scroll it yourself, or let automatic mode scroll it for you. Press the hotkey again, click Stop, or press Escape. The stitched image opens in the editor.

  6. 6

    Record a region Ctrl+Alt+3

    Draw a rectangle and recording starts, with system audio and your microphone on by default. Press the hotkey again to stop. A result window opens with the clip on your clipboard and options to trim and export.

  7. 7

    Record the full screen Ctrl+Alt+4

    Records the monitor under your cursor with no selection step. Press the hotkey again to stop.

  8. 8

    Capture text (OCR) Tray

    Right-click the tray icon and choose Capture text. Select a region and the recognised text is placed on your clipboard. Recognition runs on your PC with the Windows OCR engine.

  9. 9

    Capture previous area Tray

    Repeats the exact rectangle of your last region capture. Useful for before-and-after shots of the same control.

  10. 10

    Open from clipboard Ctrl+Alt+1

    Opens whatever image is on your clipboard in the editor, ready to annotate.

  11. 11

    Open the latest screenshot Ctrl+Alt+0

    Opens the newest image in your save folder.

  12. 12

    Open an image file Tray

    Opens a PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF, WebP, or TIFF file from disk in the editor.

Capture from a mouse button

In Settings → Hotkeys, click a capture action's key field and press the Middle, Back, or Forward button on your mouse to bind it. Choose whether the button opens the selector (click, then drag) or captures in one hold-and-drag gesture.

What happens next

Every screenshot opens in the editor, where you can annotate, blur, crop, copy, save, or upload it. Every recording opens in the result window, where you can play, trim, and export MP4, GIF, WebM, or an AI-optimized MP4. Unsaved annotations and finished recordings are also kept in the automatic recovery folder for the retention period you set.

Next: the full keyboard shortcut list, the Settings overview, or the onboarding guide.