Modes
 

Region mode

Activate region mode by hitting the Print key on your keyboard or by choosing Capture region from the context menu.
Left-click and drag to define a rectangular area you want to be shot.
After releasing the mouse button, the image editor window will open for further editing of your screenshot.

For shooting the region again later, choose Capture last region from the context menu.

Window mode

Activate window mode by hitting Alt + Print on your keyboard or by choosing Capture window from the context menu.
Click the window you want to be shot.
After clicking, the image editor window will open for further editing of your screenshot.

Fullscreen mode

If you want to shoot the complete screen, just press Ctrl + Print on your keyboard or choose Capture full screen from the context menu.
The complete screen will be shot instantly, the image editor window will open for further editing of your screenshot.

 

Bildbearbeitungsfenster
 

If you do not want to use the image editor window you can choose to skip in in the context menu or in the settings dialog. The screenshot will be saved directly to a file then. Storage location, filename and image format are defined by your preferred output file settings in the settings dialog.

File menu

  • Save: saves the image to the file specified in the last Save as... dialog
  • Save as...: lets you choose a path and filename to save the image to
  • Copy image to clipboard: copies the image to the clipboard, for pasting it to other software

Edit menu

  • Cut selected element to clipboard: removes the selected element and copies it to the clipboard, so that it can be pasted into another image editor window
  • Copy selected element to clipboard: copies it to the clipboard, so that it can be pasted into another image editor window
  • Paste element from clipboard: pastes a previously cut/copied element into the image editor window
  • Duplicate selected element: duplicates the selected element

Object menu

  • Add rectangle: adds a rectangle to the image
  • Add ellipse: adds an ellipse to the image
  • Add textbox: adds a textbox to the image
  • Delete selected element: removes the selected element from the image

Click an element to select it for resizing, moving, copying, cutting, or removal. The size of an element can be defined by dragging the grippers (small black squares) at the top-left and the bottom-right corner of the selected element.