Capture

There are three ways to activate the capture process: through the capture bar, through the program symbol in the system tray, or through keyboard shortcuts.

Capture bar

Once Snap is launched, the capture bar will be automatically displayed as a marker at the top of your screen by default. Move your mouse over the marker to expand the capture bar. Move it outside the bar to hide it.

Functions

1: Capture screen region

2: Settings

3: Open editor

4: Capture all displays as screenshot

5: Opens the save folder in Windows Explorer

6: Exit program

Context menu (system tray)

Once launched, you can access many capturing tools through Snap's context menu. Simply right-click the program icon in the system tray next to the clock.

Capture screen region

1: Create selection

2: Select target

3: Capture pointer

4: Fast screenshotting

5: Switch color scheme

6: Palette / eyedropper mode

Create selection

Selection mode

Automatic (window detection)

In this mode, the progam auto-highlights windows below the mouse pointer and creates a rectangular selection on clicking.

Rectangle

Hold down the left mouse button and drag to create a rectangular selection. Drag the edge markers to adjust its size. Drag inside the rectangle to reposition it.

Ellipse

Hold down the left mouse button and drag to create an elliptical selection. Drag the edge markers to adjust its size. Drag inside the ellipse to reposition it.

Freeform

Hold down the left mouse button and drag to draw a freeform shape. The shape is always closed automatically.

Eye dropper (Color recognition)

Move the pointer over a pixel and left-click to extract and copy its color value to the palette.

Create selection (presets)

Current display
Creates a rectangular selection around the display area that currently has the mouse pointer.

All displays
Creates a rectangular selection across all connected displays.

Repeat last
Recreates the most recently confirmed rectangular/elliptical/freeform selection.

Select target

Select the desired output target for your captures here.

Editor: Shots are automatically opened in Snap's built-in editor upon creation.

Folder: Shots are only stored a image files in the output folder.

Clipboard: Shots are immediatly copied to the system clipboard.

Other application: Shots are sent to custom application. You can specify the application in the program settings.

Ashampoo Web: Shots are uploaded to Ashampoo Web. The affected link will open automatically in your default web browser once the upload is complete.

Capture pointer

Enable this feature to capture the mouse pointer as part of your screenshots.

Fast screenshotting

If enabled, the selected area will be captured as soon as you release the mouse button without the need for manual confirmationn and without the ability to readjust the position/size of the selection.

Switch color scheme

You can toggle the color of the crosshair and guidelines here to adjust their display for best readability.

Palette

Colors that have been extracted using the eye dropper tool are collected here. Move the pointer over a color and use the buttons to delete or copy its value in different notations to the system clipboard.

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Clear
Deletes all color entries from the palette.

Export CSS (Photoshop
Exports the current hex values as CSS file prepared for Photoshop. Use "Import swatches" via the "Swatches" tab in the palette tool to add the colors to your Photoshop project.

Export PNG (Affinity)
This function exports all colors as single pixels to a PNG file. Use Affinity's "Create Palette From Image" to import the colors into a project.

Confirm selection

Use the context menu (…) to confirm your selection and apply an operation. Alternatively, right-click the selection to access the menu. The most frequently used operations are also accessible through dedicated buttons below the selection.

Scroll-capturing

Snap can capture scrolling content vertically or horizontally. This is achieved by taking multiple screenshots between scrolling and assembling them into a coherent image at the end of the process.

Here's a few pointers for a successful scroll capture:

• Your selection must not contain window elements, like scrollbars, because these will interfere with the assembling of the screenshots.
• Make sure your selection does not contain sticky elements. These are elements that move with the content to stay in a fixed position, like web banners.
• If you need to capture a website that dynamically fetches new content during scrolling, make sure to manually scroll the bottom of the page before you start capturing from the bottom. This will ensure the content is instantly available.

Example

A browser window was detected and selected in the image above (red box). The selection contains multiple window elements (title bar, top/right toolbar, right scrollbar, window border). In addition, the website contains a navigation element at the bottom right that stays fixed during scrolling (white upward arrow on dark circle). For a successful scroll-capture, the selection has to be adjusted to only surround website content without window and navigation elements (green box).

Custom file names

You can adjust the file naming scheme that will be used for exported images/videos in the program settings. Simply place the cursor at the desired position under "Output file name" and click the below buttons to add the associated placeholders.

Example

Supported placeholders

Edit image

1: Toolbar

2: Quick access bar

3: Workspace

4: Tool/Object properties

5: Status bar

6: Preview bar

Context menu

Right-click into the screenshot to open the context menu.

Copy to clipboard
Copes the current screenshot and all objects to the system clipboard.

Insert image from clipboard
Pastes the clipboard image into the screenshot as an object at the current mouse position.

Insert object from clipboard
Pastes the most recently copied object into the screenshot at the current mouse position.

Insert image from hard drive
Inserts an existing image file into the screenshot as an object at the current mouse position.

Select next/previous object
This entry is available, when there's already an object selected and moves the selection to the next/previous object.

With object

The functions in this submenu affect the object that belongs to the given index.

Select object
Selects the current object.

Move object to front/back
Moves the object to the first or last position in the object hierarchy so that is either visually sits above or below all other objects.

Move object one level up/down
Moves the object one level up/down in the object hierarchy.

Copy project
Copies the object to the system clipboard.

Cut object
Copies the object to the system clipboard and deletes it from the project.

Delete object
Deletes the object from the project.

Working with objects

Left-click objects to select them. There are three types of objects:

Type 1

Objects of this type display a selection rectangle around them. Drag the icon to reposition them. Drag the icon to rotate the objects freely, e.g. to display text at a 45° angle. Drag the edge markers () to resize the objects.

Type 2

These objects also display a selection rectangle around them, once selected. Unlike type 1, type 2 objects can be dragged directly for repositioning but support neither resizing nor rotation.

Type 3

Toolbar

Select

Left-click an object to select it.

Transformations

These functions allow you to adjust the size of the screenshot/canvas to your needs.

Crop / Resize Screenshot / Resize Workspace

The handling is identical between these operations but you can hold down shift while resizing a screenshot to preserve the current aspect ratio.

Combine layers

This function merges the current objects into the image, rendering them uneditable afterwards.

Frame

With this function, you can add a colored frame to your image, optionally with rounded corners. The transparency of the frame can be freely adjusted. This allows you, for example, to create a rounded-corner effect using a fully transparent frame.

Watermark

Pencils and markers

Pencil

Simply drag to highlight or draw over an area in your image.

Highlighter

Use the highlighter to highlight image portions with lines/rectangles or freehand shapes. Toggle "Enable highlight mode" to invert your selection.

Arrows

Click with the left mouse button on the starting position and drag the mouse to the end position to create the arrow. In the tool properties, you can switch between straight and curved arrows under "Type." Drag the square edge markers to adjust the start/end position of the arrow. For curved arrows, drag the additional markers to adjust the curvature. Enable the "Growing" option to automatically resize the arrowhead based on the arrow's length.

Text

Left-click the workspace to add a text object. Once added, start typing to modify its text content. To edit an existing text object, select it and left-click its content.

Share / Export

Use these features to share your image with others. Use the "…" button next to "Open with app" to select a target application (.exe) for the "send to" feature. If no application is specified, you'll be prompted to select an application when you first use this feature.

Print

Use this dialog to print your current image and to individually customize settings such as scale and margins.

If you prefer the system-default dialog, click "Open System Print Dialog". Your current settings will be ineffective in this case.

Quick access bar

Use the quick access bar to swiftly access frequently used functions.

1: New project

2: Open project

3: Import image

4: Save project

5: Undo

6: Redo

7: Cut object

8: Copy object

9: Paste object

10: Delete object

11: Move object up by one in object hierarchy

12: Move object down by one in object hierarchy

13: Provide feedback

14: Open help

15: Open current output folder in Windows Explorer

16: Export project

Status bar

1: Resolution of the current image

2: Displays the current image in its original size

3: Zooms in/out to show all of the current image

4: Drag the slider for seamless zooming

5: Opens the folder that contains the image in Windows Explorer

The preview bar displays a miniature preview of your projects. An exclamation mark indicates that the affected project contains unsaved changes. Click the trashcan button to delete the affected project.

Combining projects

Use the plus symbol to combine several projects into one. This will append the selected project to the currently open project, expanding its workspace as needed. Objects contained in the added project remain fully editable.

Keyboard shortcuts

Apart from the capture bar and the context menu, you may also use various keyboard shortcuts to access different capturing tools, some of which you can customize in the program settings.

Capture

Capture: Screenshot

Image editor

Uninstall program

1. Click the Windows logo in the start bar and select the cog wheel (Settings).
2. Click "Apps".
3. Look for "Ashampoo Snap FREE" under "Apps & Features" and left-click to select the entry.
4. Click "Uninstall" and follow the on-screen instructions to remove the program from your system.