Show HN: Shottr – screenshot app for pixel professionals (macOS)

by ffitch • 5 years ago

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ffitch4• 5 years ago

Creator here. I was looking for a screenshot tool that would help to measure distances and zoom in on the picture, and didn't find any, so I built my own.

The current version is Swift + AppKit. The first iteration was made on Electron, but then I changed my mind and rebuilt the project from scratch as a native app.

Will be happy to answer questions.

jotato3• 5 years ago

I have been using this since I saw you post it on Reddit. I like it; my only request is that it would be nice if I could screenshot a window or selected area. As it stands now, I have to screenshot the desktop and crop what I want.

Not a deal breaker, but I just wanted to throw that out there :)

ffitch4• 5 years ago

Hi! I remember, you asked about blurring parts of the image! I added it in v1.4.8 a few days ago, if you're still interested.

Capturing selected area – yeah, you're probably right, I should add it. I always thought the standard logic of Select → Capture is a bit flawed because you can't readjust selection, it sucks on dynamic content, and what if you only want to zoom in and don't care to crop at all. I reversed it to Capture → Select → Enter (crop) and for me, it works wonders, but I assume onscreen selection may work quicker for many popular use cases.

jotato3• 5 years ago

I agree with that. Most of the time I'm just wanting to capture a window though. So the capture -> crop (carefully) is just tedious.

Being able to snag the active window would be enough :)

figassis• 5 years ago

The fact that CMD+Q also quits the menu bar helper is an issue.

ffitch4• 5 years ago

Cmd+Q is a standard shortcut to quit the app entirely, I'm not sure if overriding it is a good idea. Try using Cmd+W (or Esc) to close the window without quitting the app.

Show HN: Shottr – screenshot app for pixel professionals (macOS)

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