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How to capture the exact frame of an animation or video
Pause the video and step frame by frame, or screen-record and scrub. Or take a screenshot that keeps the last second of frames, so you pick the moment after.
Read it → · how-to · mac · workflowHow to change where screenshots are saved on Mac
Press ⌘⇧5, click Options, and pick a folder under Save to (or Other Location…). Every screenshot you take after that lands there.
Read it → · how-to · windows · workflowHow to change where screenshots are saved on Windows
Right-click Pictures\Screenshots, choose Properties → Location → Move, and pick a new folder. Snipping Tool and OneDrive have their own save settings.
Read it → · how-to · ocr · macHow to copy text from a screenshot or image on Mac
Open the image in Preview or Photos, drag across the text, and press ⌘C (that's Live Text). For text on screen, hypershot's OCR capture copies it in one drag.
Read it → · how-to · ocr · windowsHow to copy text from a screenshot or image on Windows
On Windows 11, open the snip in Snipping Tool, click Text actions, then Copy all text. Or drag over on-screen text with hypershot's OCR capture.
Read it → · how-to · toolsHow to highlight part of a screenshot and dim the rest
On a Mac, Markup's Highlight shape dims everything outside a rectangle. Windows has no dimming tool. A spotlight tool does it in one drag, in any shape.
Read it → · how-to · capture · macHow to take a screenshot on Mac
Press ⌘⇧3 for the whole screen, ⌘⇧4 for part of it, ⌘⇧4 then Space for a window, or ⌘⇧5 for the toolbar. Every built-in way, then hypershot's.
Read it → · how-to · capture · windowsHow to take a screenshot on Windows
Press Win+Shift+S (or PrtScn on Windows 11) to snip, Win+PrtScn to save the whole screen, Alt+PrtScn for one window. Every built-in way, then hypershot's.
Read it → · how-to · mac · captureScreenshots not working on Mac? How to fix them
Check the shortcuts in Keyboard settings, the Save to option in ⌘⇧5, and Screen & System Audio Recording for third-party apps. Then restart.
Read it → · how-to · design · sharingHow to make screenshots look good for X, LinkedIn and slides
Put it on a background with padding, a soft shadow and rounded corners, then size it for the platform: 16:9 for X and slides, 1.91:1 or square for LinkedIn.
Read it → · how-to · tools · workflowHow to add numbered steps to a screenshot
Neither Mac Markup nor Snipping Tool has a numbering tool. Build numbers from shapes and text, or use a counter tool that numbers 1, 2, 3 as you click.
Read it → · how-to · sharing · workflowHow to paste a screenshot into ChatGPT or Claude
Copy the screenshot to the clipboard (⌃⌘⇧4 on Mac, Win+Shift+S on Windows), click the chat box, and paste with ⌘V or Ctrl+V. Then ask your question.
Read it → · how-to · design · toolsHow to pick a color from anything on your screen
On Mac, open Digital Color Meter, hover and press ⌘⇧C to copy the value. On Windows, install PowerToys and press Win+Shift+C, then click to copy the hex.
Read it → · how-to · workflow · macHow to keep a screenshot floating on top of other windows
Neither macOS nor Windows can pin an image on top by itself. PowerToys pins a whole window on Windows; hypershot pins the screenshot itself on both.
Read it → · how-to · capture · macHow to scan a QR code on your screen on Mac
macOS has no built-in on-screen QR reader, so most people point an iPhone at the screen. hypershot reads every QR code and barcode on screen in one keypress.
Read it → · how-to · capture · windowsHow to scan a QR code on your screen on Windows
On Windows 11, snip the code and click Text actions in Snipping Tool to see its link. hypershot reads every QR code and barcode on screen in one keypress.
Read it → · how-to · capture · macHow to screenshot only one monitor
On Mac, ⌘⇧3 saves one file per display and ⌘⇧5 lets you pick one. On Windows, drag a Win+Shift+S rectangle. hypershot grabs the screen under your pointer.
Read it → · how-to · capture · workflowHow to screenshot several windows into one image
Arrange the windows, then capture a region around them or the full screen and crop. Or capture each window separately and combine them in an editor.
Read it → · how-to · capture · macHow to take a screenshot with a timer on Mac
Press ⌘⇧5, open Options, and pick a 5- or 10-second Timer. For any other length, use screencapture -T in Terminal or hypershot's delayed capture.
Read it → · how-to · capture · windowsHow to take a screenshot with a timer on Windows
Open the Snipping Tool app, set Delay to 3, 5 or 10 seconds, and click New. Or set your own delay with hypershot's delayed capture.
Read it → · how-to · capture · macHow to take a screenshot of a window without the shadow on Mac
Press ⌘⇧4, then Space, then hold ⌥ as you click the window. To make it stick, one Terminal command; in hypershot, a setting.
Read it → · how-to · capture · macHow to take a scrolling screenshot on Mac
macOS has no scrolling screenshot. Browsers can save a whole web page; for any other app, hypershot stitches one tall image while you scroll.
Read it → · how-to · capture · windowsHow to take a scrolling screenshot on Windows
Windows has no scrolling screenshot. Edge can save a full web page with Ctrl+Shift+S; for any other app, hypershot stitches one tall image as you scroll.
Read it → · how-to · tools · workflowHow to add a sticky note or text callout to a screenshot
On a Mac, use Markup's Text tool and shapes; on Windows, Edit with Paint. Or drop a sticky note that grows as you type, or a boxed text label, in hypershot.
Read it → · design · frontend · behind-the-scenesWe went overboard on our homepage
A 3D desk you scroll through, the app's own shaders ported to the web, and feature demos rebuilt by hand. How hypernuclear's homepage got out of hand. 😅
Read it → · philosophy · studio · designWhat rad software looks like to us
Our studio manifesto: speed that respects attention, details that make you smile, cross-platform as a promise, trust-based licensing, and shipping experiments in the open.
Read it → · workflow · communication · hypershotHow to write a bug report that gets fixed
Give the person fixing your bug everything they need to reproduce it: what to capture, how to annotate the steps, and what to redact, so your report doesn't end in 'unable to reproduce.'
Read it → · workflow · scrolling-capture · hypershotCapturing a page that refuses to fit on a screen
Scrolling capture in hypershot stitches the frames you scroll through into one seamless, tall image. Here is how it works, how fast to scroll, and what the status light is telling you.
Read it → · tools · workflow · hypershotCopy just the annotations — leave the background behind
Select your drawn arrows, boxes, and counters and copy only those — no screenshot underneath — so you can drop the markup onto another capture.
Read it → · workflow · ocr · hypershotConvert images to text
OCR in hypershot turns any text on your screen into copyable text in one drag. It uses macOS Vision or Windows OCR under the hood, and the text lands on your clipboard.
Read it → · cross-platform · architecture · multi-frameEvery frame that changed, and nothing that didn't
A hypershot capture keeps a burst of the moment you captured, as lossless images you can scrub and edit. It stores only the frames where something on screen actually changed, so a burst costs almost no space.
Read it → · workflow · sharing · hypershotHow to share a screenshot without the whole dance
The fastest ways to get a hypershot capture to a person: the OS share panel, drag and drop, the clipboard, and .hypercapture files that travel with their edits intact.
Read it → · workflow · hypershot · productivityLearning hypershot shortcuts to supercharge your workflow
Six defaults: capture, freeze, window, scroll, OCR, history
Read it → · cross-platform · architecture · behind-the-scenesTwo operating systems, one engine
Why hypershot is written in C++ and Qt: each OS captures with its own machinery (ScreenCaptureKit, Windows.Graphics.Capture), one shared C++ core does everything else, and one QML interface looks and moves the same on macOS and Windows.
Read it → · product · hyperbin · behind-the-scenesMeet hyperbin: Give your Trash Bin some Personality
hyperbin is a free, open-source tool to playfully remind you when to empty your trash.
Read it → · workflow · hypershot · how-toWhere do my screenshots go? How to find your capture history
Every capture lands in a preview folder in the corner of your screen. Edit, copy, save, drag, or reveal the file it's already saved as — and how to move the folder if it's in the way.
Read it → · workflow · capture · hypershotHow to capture a single window (without the desktop around it)
One keypress, hover, click: the exact window, title bar included, with everything else excluded — on macOS and Windows.
Read it → · privacy · product · hypershotIs hypershot private? Your screenshots stay on your machine
We never see your screenshots. Your captures stay private, on your device: OCR runs locally, sharing goes through your own OS, and here's exactly what does touch the network: license activation, update checks and usage analytics you can switch off.
Read it → · workflow · capture · hypershotHow to capture a menu, tooltip, or anything that disappears
Dropdowns, tooltips, and hover states close the second your hand moves. Three hypershot moves — the delay timer, the freeze, and the frame burst — get you the frame.
Read it → · tools · workflow · hypershotHow to annotate a screenshot: arrows, highlights, and counters
Beautiful arrows, delightful highlights, numbered counters, and the rest. Convey your ideas quickly and beautifully.
Read it → · privacy · tools · hypershotHow to blur or hide sensitive info in a screenshot
Blur, pixelate, or fully block out a name, account number, or private URL in two drags — with nothing sent anywhere.
Read it → · design · craft · detailsThe reticle problem
Why hypershot treats the selection cursor like a design surface instead of an afterthought.
Read it → · licensing · business · trustLicensing should stay out of the way
hypershot gives you a 7-day trial with every feature unlocked, a one-time purchase, and no nag screens — so the tool spends its whole life being useful instead of policing you.
Read it → · positioning · product · cross-platformhypershot is cross-platform for all
Why hypershot treats macOS and Windows like first-class citizens.
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