ZunShot Guide

Choose Capture mode, Edit mode, or Instant Capture to match the way you need to capture and explain your screen. Every feature has its own page in the menu.

Mode 01

Capture Mode

Keep a resizable capture frame on screen and choose a region, window, monitor, scrolling page, web page or burst capture. Ideal when you need several screenshots with consistent settings.

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Mode 02

Edit Mode

Open captures and image files as tabs, then crop, annotate, blur, extract text with OCR, print, upload or pin them to the screen.

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Mode 03

Instant Capture

Press Scroll Lock or Alt+PrtScn to freeze the screen, select the exact area, and use the compact toolbar immediately.

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Start with the essentials

Getting Started

• OverviewLearn how ZunShot is organized: Capture mode, Edit mode, and Instant Capture.
• How to installInstall ZunShot from the Microsoft Store or with the setup file.
• Free vs ProWhat the free version of ZunShot includes, what ZunShot Pro adds, and how to subscribe or restore a purchase through the Microsoft Store.
• User InterfaceA tour of the ZunShot window: the Capture and Edit tabs, the ribbon, the capture frame, editor tabs, and the tray icon menu.

Capture

• Capture a RegionCapture any rectangular area with ZunShot: drag the capture frame, fit it to a window, recapture the same area, copy straight to the clipboard, add a delay, and include the cursor.
• Capture a WindowCapture a single window or an individual control. Windows 11 rounded corners come out transparent.
• Capture Full ScreenCapture the whole screen, a single monitor, or every display at once with ZunShot.
• Instant CapturePress Scroll Lock or Alt+PrtScn to freeze the screen, select an area, and annotate, copy, save or pin it from a compact toolbar.
• Scrolling CaptureCapture a whole web page, document or chat history as one tall image.
• Web Page CaptureOpen any URL in ZunShot's built-in browser and capture the full page as one image, or capture by scrolling from a chosen point.
• Burst CaptureCapture the same region or the whole screen automatically at an interval.
• Pin to ScreenKeep a capture floating above other windows while you work.

Edit

• Draw & AnnotateMark up a capture in the ZunShot editor with Pen, Highlighter, Arrow, Rect, Ellipse, Text, Number badges and Emoji stamps.
• Select & EraseSelect rectangular, rounded, circular or free-form areas, pick connected colors with the Magic Wand, fill areas, and erase drawings or pixels in ZunShot.
• Crop, Rotate & ResizeTrim a capture, rotate by 90° or any angle, flip, straighten, change the canvas size or the image size in the ZunShot editor.
• Blur & Hide InfoHide names, account numbers, faces and passwords before sharing a capture.
• Extract Text (OCR)Turn text inside any capture into editable text with on-device OCR, install extra recognition languages, translate an image, and improve accuracy.
• WatermarkSet up a logo or text watermark once and apply it when saving or copying a capture from ZunShot.
• Color PickerRead the exact color of any pixel on screen or in a capture and copy it as HEX, RGB, HSL or HSV.

Save, Print & Share

• Copy & SaveCopy a capture to the clipboard or save it as PNG, PNG-256, JPG, WebP or PDF.
• Batch SaveExport every editor tab in one step with a shared name pattern, folder and format, or merge the tabs into a single PDF.
• PrintPrint one capture, arrange several captures on a sheet, or split a tall scrolling capture across pages with ZunShot's print preview.
• Upload & ShareConnect Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive once, then upload a capture and copy the share link from ZunShot.

ZunShot Settings

• GeneralMode on startup, theme, default drawing tools, always on top, start with Windows and multiple instances.
• CaptureWhat happens after a capture, clipboard copy, cursor, Windows 11 rounded corners, multi-monitor instant capture, notices and shutter sound.
• SaveImage format and quality, the output folder and how files are named, cloud upload accounts and the watermark.
• ShortcutsThe default ZunShot hotkeys, how to change or disable each one, how to hand the PrtScn key to ZunShot, and what to do when a key is taken by another app.
• LanguageThe interface language, your own translation file, installing Windows OCR languages, and the OCR translation languages.