A Snipping Tool alternative
that stays editable.

When the built-in tool is enough

Keep using Snipping Tool when you only need a fast crop, a simple mark or screen recording. It is built into Windows and handles those jobs well. Shotoshot is a focused alternative when annotation and live explanation matter more than recording.

What Shotoshot adds

• Editable annotationsMove, resize, rotate and recolor arrows, boxes, circles and text before copying.
• Arrows that stay attachedSnap an arrow to a shape; it follows when that shape moves or changes size.
• Reframe after captureResize the selected area without rebuilding the annotations around it.
• Exact colorsPick any pixel with the eyedropper and copy its hex value in one click.
• One-key instant captureSave the active screen straight to the Desktop without opening the editor.
• Live screen drawingDraw temporary arrows and shapes over an app while you teach, stream or present.

A familiar capture workflow

1. Press your capture shortcut. Use Print Screen or choose any key or key combination.
2. Drag over the area. The annotation tools appear beside the selection.
3. Copy or save. Ctrl+C copies a clean image; Ctrl+S saves a PNG.

Shotoshot stays in the Windows tray, ready for the next capture. There is no account and no telemetry.

Your screenshots stay local

Capturing, editing, copying and saving happen on your PC. Shotoshot has no automatic upload and no share-link service. Google Lens is the single feature that sends an image, and only after you explicitly ask it to search the selected area.

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