Save to file

Export your screenshot to an image file, or save it as an editable project.

Save vs. export

Shortcut	Menu	What it does
Cmd/Ctrl+S	File → Save	Saves the capture as an editable `.hypercapture` project (captures live in your save directory — Settings → General → Save directory)
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+S	File → Save As…	Saves the project to a new `.hypercapture` file you name
Cmd/Ctrl+E	File → Export Image…	Exports a flat image file

Export an image

Press Cmd/Ctrl+E (or click Export in the export pane) to choose:

File location
File name
Format

The export uses the scale selected in the export pane.

hypershot capture format (.hypercapture)

When you save your work in hypershot, the native .hypercapture format preserves your full editing session — including all annotations, layers, and the original screenshot — so you can reopen and continue editing later.

.hypercapture files are single files (ZIP archives internally) that appear with a custom icon in Finder and Explorer. They also include an embedded thumbnail, so you get a visual preview without opening hypershot:

macOS — Finder shows a Quick Look thumbnail preview of your capture, once the Quick Look extension is enabled
Windows — Explorer shows a thumbnail preview in icon, medium, and large icon views

Double-click any .hypercapture file to open it directly in hypershot.

Tip Use .hypercapture when you want to save work-in-progress and come back to it later. Use image formats (PNG, JPEG, etc.) when you’re ready to share the final result.

Image formats

hypershot exports PNG and JPEG, plus WebP, HEIC, TIFF and BMP where your platform’s image libraries support them. There’s no GIF or video export.

Format	Best For
PNG	Screenshots with text, UI, transparency
JPEG	Photos, complex images (smaller files)
WebP	Modern web usage (good quality, small files)
HEIC	Apple ecosystem, excellent compression (macOS)
TIFF	Print, archival, lossless
BMP	Older apps that need an uncompressed bitmap

Note — OS-dependent formats The export dialog lists only the formats your platform’s imaging libraries can write. PNG and JPEG are always available; HEIC is a macOS format.

Format details

PNG

Lossless quality
Supports transparency
Larger file size
Best for: UI screenshots, documentation

JPEG

Smaller file size
Quality setting (1–100)
No transparency
Best for: Photos, social media

WebP

Good compression
Supports transparency
Best for: Web, when size matters

HEIC

Excellent compression at high quality
Supports transparency
Available on macOS natively
Best for: Apple workflows, storage-conscious exports

Export scale

Scale	Use Case
25%	Thumbnails
50%	Quick previews
100%	Standard export
200%	High-DPI / Retina displays

Quality setting (JPEG/WebP)

Set in Settings → Captures → Export/copy compression quality (default 90).

90-100 — High quality, larger files
70-89 — Good balance
Below 70 — Smaller files, visible compression

Default save location

Change in Settings → General → Save directory

Default: Pictures/hypershot/ (or Pictures\hypershot\ on Windows)

Opening .hypercapture files

Open a .hypercapture from the tray’s Open… menu, Finder, or Explorer. If the file can’t be loaded — it’s corrupted or not a valid capture — hypershot shows an error prompt explaining what happened instead of failing silently. Where recovery is possible, it tries to load what it can.

You can open .hypercapture files in several ways:

Double-click the file in Finder or Explorer
File → Open from within hypershot

When opened, your full editing session is restored — all annotations, tool settings, and layers are exactly as you left them.

See also: Copy to Clipboard | Share