How to Take a Screenshot and Edit It (Mac, Windows, Chromebook)

Keyboard shortcuts to take a screenshot on Mac, Windows, and Chromebook, plus how to paste it straight into a free online editor to crop, annotate, blur, and style it.

Por Kartik Labhshetwar, criador do Screenshot StudioAtualizado em 2 min de leitura

Resposta rápida

Capture the screen straight to your clipboard (Shift+Cmd+Ctrl+4 on Mac, Windows+Shift+S on Windows, Ctrl+Shift+Show windows on Chromebook), then open screenshot-studio.com/editor and press Cmd+V or Ctrl+V. The screenshot opens ready to annotate, blur, style, and export, with no file to save first.

Passo a passo

  1. 1

    Capture to the clipboard

    On Mac, press Shift+Cmd+Ctrl+4 and drag over an area. On Windows, press Windows+Shift+S and pick a snip mode. On a Chromebook, press Ctrl+Shift+Show windows and select an area.

  2. 2

    Open the editor

    Go to screenshot-studio.com/editor in any browser. Bookmark it so the next edit is one click away.

  3. 3

    Paste

    Press Cmd+V on Mac or Ctrl+V on Windows and ChromeOS. The screenshot appears on the canvas.

  4. 4

    Edit

    Add arrows, text, and blur in the Design tab, a background in the BG tab, or a browser or device frame.

  5. 5

    Export or copy the result

    Open Save in the top bar, pick PNG, JPEG, or WebP, choose 1x, 2x, or 3x resolution, and download. Copy puts a 2x PNG on your clipboard so you can paste it straight into Slack, Docs, or an email.

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Screenshot shortcuts on Mac

Add Ctrl to any of these shortcuts to copy the screenshot to the clipboard instead of saving a file to the desktop.

  • Shift+Cmd+3: the whole screen.
  • Shift+Cmd+4: drag to select an area.
  • Shift+Cmd+4, then Space: click a single window.
  • Shift+Cmd+5: the Screenshot toolbar, with options for timers and screen recording.

Screenshot shortcuts on Windows

  • Windows+Shift+S: Snipping Tool, with rectangle, window, full screen, and freeform modes. The snip is copied to the clipboard.
  • Windows+Print Screen: saves the whole screen to Pictures > Screenshots.
  • Alt+Print Screen: copies only the active window.

Screenshot shortcuts on a Chromebook

Screenshots are saved to Downloads and also copied to the clipboard, so you can paste them into the editor right away.

  • Ctrl+Show windows: the whole screen.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Show windows: select an area or a window.

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Perguntas frequentes

Capture to the clipboard with your system shortcut, then paste into screenshot-studio.com/editor. There is no need to save the file first.

Yes. Pasting or dropping an image anywhere on Screenshot Studio opens it in the editor. If the editor already has an image, the new one is added as an extra layer.

Use the free crop image tool, or drag a tighter area when you take the screenshot. The main editor focuses on markup, backgrounds, and frames.

No. The editor runs in your browser, and drafts are saved in your browser's own storage, so the image never leaves your device unless you share the export yourself.

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