How to crop and annotate browser screenshots with Awesome Screenshot
The free Chrome browser extension that helps you take a more awesome screenshot.
Summary: Awesome Screenshot is a free Chrome extension which can capture the whole page (including out of view area), capture after delay, and allows you to crop or add annotations before saving the image as a file.
The Awesome Screenshot app options
You probably know how to take a screenshot on your Mac (Command+Shift+3) or PC (Windows+Shift+S), but the free Awesome Screenshot app has a few cool tricks:
Capture the whole page, instead of having to 'stitch together' multiple screenshots
Capture after a delay, so you can capture an 'in action' screenshot
Annotate the screenshot before saving, including text, shapes, highlights and blur
An example screenshot with annotations
Dare I say it, it's kindof awesome.
Here's a quick (4min) video run-through of how to use it:
One simple tool can make a big difference. What else could feel this easy?
If annotating screenshots made your workflow smoother, imagine having that same clarity across your whole business setup.
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