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SnippingTool Dimitar Radenkov

annotation ocr screen-capture screen-recorder screenshot snipping-tool windows wpf
Use this command to install SnippingTool:
winget install --id=DimitarRadenkov.SnippingTool -e

SnippingTool is a lightweight Windows application designed to capture screenshots, annotate them with precision, and extract text via OCR. It enables users to select regions of the screen, freeze frames for accurate captures, and use tools like arrows, shapes, text, and blur to highlight or redact content.

Key Features:

  • Capture regions on screen instantly or with a configurable delay.
  • Annotate screenshots using arrows, lines, shapes, text, numbered steps, and blur effects.
  • Extract text from images via built-in OCR without external dependencies.
  • Pin annotated screenshots as floating windows for quick reference.
  • Record selected screen areas to MP4 (H.264) or AVI files.
  • Automatically save captures to a specified folder.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for professionals needing precise, flexible screenshot tools without subscriptions or telemetry. SnippingTool helps create clear, annotated visuals quickly and efficiently, enhancing productivity for tasks like documentation, tutorials, or feedback sharing.

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Pointframe

Pointframe

Pointframe is a screen capture and recording tool for Windows, built for bug reports, tutorials, and fast feedback. Capture, annotate, blur, record, and share what matters without breaking your flow.

🌐 Visit the Official Website

🚀 Quick Start

Get up and running in seconds using the Windows Package Manager (winget):

Starting with the 5.0 release line, the winget package ID is DimitarRadenkov.Pointframe.

winget install DimitarRadenkov.Pointframe

Prefer a manual install? Download the latest installer from the Releases page.

  1. Install Pointframe with winget install DimitarRadenkov.Pointframe or download the latest installer from Releases.
  2. Press Print Screen to open the capture overlay and select the region you want.
  3. Annotate, copy, save, pin, or record the region from the overlay and recording HUD.

If you find Pointframe useful, a ⭐ on GitHub helps others discover it — thank you!

✨ Key highlights

  • Live Video Annotations: Draw, highlight, and redact recording. No need for post-production video editing.
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Last updated
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  • Privacy First (Live Blur): Drag over sensitive content (passwords, emails, API keys) to apply a live Gaussian blur that stays hidden in the final export.
  • Built-in OCR: Lasso any text on your screen (even in images or videos) to instantly copy it to your clipboard.
  • Pin to Screen: Pin captured screenshots as floating, always-on-top windows for quick reference while coding or writing.

    • Latest features

    • Show your point while recording — Draw on the captured region as you record, then switch between interactive and drawing modes from the HUD.
    • Stay in control without breaking flow — Pause, resume, stop, switch tools, clear annotations, and open the output folder from one floating HUD.
    • Redact sensitive content live — Blur annotations now sample from the live recording region, so private details stay hidden in the final video.

    Why people use it

    • Show the problem, not just describe it — Bugs and UI issues are easier to understand when the screenshot or recording already contains the important highlights.
    • Make tutorials easier to follow — Arrows, text, and numbered steps keep people focused on what matters.
    • Hide private details before sharing — Blur emails, passwords, tokens, and anything else you do not want on screen.
    • Work from one place — Capture, annotate, copy, save, pin, and record without bouncing between tools.

    Features

    • Region capture — Press the configured hotkey (default: Print Screen) to draw a selection on screen
    • Whole-screen snip — Instantly capture the entire screen from the tray icon or a dedicated hotkey
    • Frozen screen snapshot — The screen is captured instantly when the hotkey is pressed, freezing menus, tooltips, and popups exactly as they appear
    • Selection magnifier — A zoomed loupe follows your cursor while drawing the capture region for pixel-accurate selection
    • Configurable capture hotkeys — Change the region-capture hotkey and the whole-screen record hotkey independently from Settings
    • Annotation tools — Arrow, line, rectangle, circle, pen, highlighter, text, numbered labels, blur/pixelate, callout (speech bubble), color picker, pixel ruler
    • Style presets — Up to 5 named color-and-thickness shortcuts shown as quick-access dots in the annotation toolbar; fully configurable in Settings
    • Color picker tool — Sample any pixel color from the frozen screenshot; the loupe zooms in with a hex preview and sets the active annotation color
    • Pixel ruler tool — Draw a ruler across the screenshot to measure distances in pixels
    • Blur tool — Drag over sensitive content (faces, emails, passwords) to apply a Gaussian blur before sharing
    • OCR — Copy Text — Draw a lasso around text in the screenshot to extract it via OCR and copy to clipboard (uses Windows.Media.Ocr, no external dependencies)
    • Open existing image — Load a PNG, JPG/JPEG, or BMP from the tray menu and annotate it without taking a new screenshot
    • Pin screenshot — Pin the captured screenshot as a floating, always-on-top, resizable window for quick reference while you work
    • Undo / redo — Full undo/redo stack during annotation
    • Copy & auto-save — Copy to clipboard; optional auto-save to a configurable folder
    • Screen recording — Record a selected region to MP4 (H.264 via ffmpeg) or start a whole-screen recording instantly with Ctrl+Shift+R (default); optional microphone audio from a selected Windows input device
    • Recording-time annotations — Add shapes and text directly on top of a recording while it is in progress; switch between draw mode and interact mode from the floating HUD
    • Cursor highlight — Configurable glowing ring around the cursor during recording so viewers never lose track of your pointer
    • Click ripple — Visual ripple effect on mouse clicks during recording to make interactions obvious
    • GIF export — Export any recent recording to GIF directly from the tray's Recent recordings menu (requires ffmpeg)
    • Capture delay — Configurable countdown (0 / 3 / 5 / 10 s) before the selection overlay appears, useful for capturing menus and hover states
    • Auto-updates — A background service checks GitHub Releases on every launch and on a configurable schedule (every day / 2 days / 3 days). When a new version is found a tray balloon appears; click it to confirm, watch the progress bar, and the installer runs automatically — no browser, no manual downloads
    • System tray — Runs silently in the background; all actions accessible from the tray icon
    • Theme support — Choose Light, Dark, or follow the system theme from Settings

    Use cases

    • Bug reports — Capture a precise region, annotate it, and copy or save the result for issue tracking and support requests
    • Documentation — Create quick step-by-step screenshots with arrows, numbered steps, and text callouts for guides and tutorials
    • Live workflow capture — Record a selected region while drawing annotations on top of the recording as you work
    • Sensitive content redaction — Blur passwords, emails, and other private details before sharing screenshots or recordings
    • Text extraction — Select text in a screenshot with OCR and copy it directly to the clipboard

    System tray menu

    Right-click the tray icon to access all actions:

    ItemDescription
    New SnipOpen the region-capture overlay (same as the capture hotkey)
    Whole screen snipInstantly capture the entire screen
    Open image…Load a PNG / JPG / BMP file and open it in the annotation overlay
    Recent capturesSubmenu listing the last 5 saved screenshots; each has Open and Open folder actions
    Recent recordingsSubmenu listing the last 5 recordings; each has Open, Open folder, and Export to GIF actions
    SettingsOpen the Settings window
    Check for UpdatesManually trigger an update check against GitHub Releases
    AboutShow version information
    ExitQuit the application

    Left-clicking the tray icon triggers New Snip directly.

    Settings

    Open Settings from the tray icon to configure:

    Capture

    SettingDescription
    Screenshot save folderWhere auto-saved screenshots are written
    Auto-save on copyAutomatically save every screenshot when copied
    Capture delayCountdown (sec) before the selection overlay opens: 0 / 3 / 5 / 10
    Capture hotkeyThe key that triggers the region-capture overlay (default: Print Screen); supports modifier keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt)

    Recording

    SettingDescription
    Recording output folderWhere recorded MP4 files are saved
    Record hotkeyThe key combination that starts a whole-screen recording (default: Ctrl+Shift+R)
    Cursor highlightShow a glowing ring around the cursor during recording; configurable size
    Click rippleShow a ripple effect on mouse clicks during recording
    Microphone (advanced)Include microphone audio when recording starts
    Microphone device (advanced)Which Windows audio input device to use
    GIF export FPS (advanced)Frame rate for GIF exports: 5 / 8 / 10 / 15 / 20

    Annotation

    SettingDescription
    Default annotation colorPre-selected color when the overlay opens
    Stroke thicknessDefault pen/shape width
    Style presetsUp to 5 named color-and-thickness shortcuts shown in the annotation toolbar

    App

    SettingDescription
    ThemeApp appearance: Light, Dark, or System (follows Windows)
    Auto-update check intervalHow often to check for new releases: Every 2 hours / Every 6 hours / Every 12 hours / Every day / Every 2 days / Every 3 days / Never

    Keyboard shortcuts

    ShortcutAction
    Print Screen (default, configurable)Open region-capture overlay
    Ctrl+Shift+R (default, configurable)Start whole-screen recording
    Ctrl+ZUndo last annotation
    Ctrl+YRedo annotation
    Ctrl+CCopy screenshot to clipboard
    EscapeClose the overlay / cancel current action

    Requirements

    • Windows 10 or later
    • .NET 10 Desktop Runtime

    Installation

    Via winget (recommended)

    winget install DimitarRadenkov.Pointframe

    Manual installer

    Download the latest installer from the Releases page and run it. During setup you can choose to download ffmpeg.exe, which is required for MP4 recording and GIF export.

    Troubleshooting

    • Recording or GIF export does not start — Pointframe requires ffmpeg.exe for MP4 recording and GIF export. If you skipped the ffmpeg download during setup, install ffmpeg.exe next to the app, under Assets\ffmpeg, or on PATH.
    • OCR is unavailable — OCR uses Windows.Media.Ocr and requires a supported Windows build.
    • Hotkey seems ignored — Make sure another app is not already using the same key and try changing the capture hotkey in Settings.
    • App is running but not visible — Pointframe lives in the system tray after launch.

    Building from source

    git clone https://github.com/dimitar-radenkov/Pointframe.git
cd Pointframe

dotnet build Pointframe/Pointframe.csproj
dotnet run   --project Pointframe/Pointframe.csproj

    Running tests

    dotnet test Pointframe.Tests/Pointframe.Tests.csproj

    Project structure

    Pointframe/             Main WPF application
  App.xaml.cs           DI setup, tray icon, global hotkeys
  AnnotationTool.cs     Enum of all annotation tool types
  CountdownWindow       Fullscreen countdown overlay
  OverlayWindow         Region-selection and annotation UI
  RecordingOverlayWindow  Live annotation surface during recording
  ViewModels/           MVVM view models
  Services/             Screen capture, recording, geometry, update check
  Models/               Immutable data records and settings

Pointframe.Tests/       xUnit test project
  Services/             Service unit tests
  ViewModels/           ViewModel unit tests

    Versioning

    Versions are managed automatically by Nerdbank.GitVersioning.

    • The base version (major.minor) is declared in version.json.
    • The patch number is derived from the commit height — it increments automatically with every commit, so you never need to touch it manually.
    • On a tagged release (v*) the version has no pre-release suffix (e.g. 1.2.5). On non-release builds a short commit hash is appended (e.g. 1.2.5-g1a2b3c4).

    To bump the version:

    GoalAction
    Bug-fix / patchNothing — commit height auto-increments
    New feature (minor)Edit version.json → "version": "1.3"
    Breaking change (major)Edit version.json → "version": "2.0"

    Tech stack

    • WPF / .NET 10
    • CommunityToolkit.Mvvm — [ObservableProperty], [RelayCommand]
    • Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection — constructor injection throughout
    • Serilog — file + debug logging (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Pointframe\logs\)
    • ffmpeg — external encoder used for MP4 recording and GIF export
    • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting — Generic Host + BackgroundService for the auto-update background loop
    • Windows.Media.Ocr — built-in Windows OCR for text extraction
    • Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification — system tray icon
    • Nerdbank.GitVersioning — automatic semantic versioning from git history
    • xUnit — unit tests
    • Azure Monitor / OpenTelemetry — anonymous usage telemetry (disabled when connection string is absent)

    🤝 Contributing

    We welcome contributions! Whether it's reporting a bug, suggesting a feature, or submitting a pull request. Pointframe is built on a very clean, modern stack (.NET 10, WPF, CommunityToolkit.Mvvm) making it a great jumping-off point for developers.

    1. Check out our Developer Guide and Architecture Knowledge Base.
    2. Browse our Planned Features or look for issues tagged good first issue.
    3. Open a Pull Request!

    Privacy & Telemetry

    Pointframe collects anonymous, privacy-safe usage telemetry in official builds to help understand how the app is used and catch errors early. Screenshots, recordings, OCR output, file names, file paths, exception messages, and stack traces are not sent as telemetry.

    What is collected

    EventProperties
    app_startedversion, os_build, screen_count
    startup_completedduration_ms
    app_heartbeatuptime_minutes (sent about every 4 hours while the tray app remains open)
    app_closedsession_minutes
    snip_startedtype (region / whole_screen), source (tray / hotkey)
    snip_cancelledtype (region / whole_screen)
    capture_delay_useddelay_seconds
    capture_completedaction (copy)
    capture_pinned—
    open_image_used—
    annotation_committedtool
    recording_startedtype (region / whole_screen)
    recording_completedduration_seconds when available
    ffmpeg_missing—
    microphone_unavailable—
    gif_export_started—
    gif_export_completedsuccess, duration_seconds
    ocr_used—
    update_check_manual—
    update_availableversion
    update_confirmedversion
    update_dismissedversion
    unhandled_exceptionexception_type, context, last_action when available

    Every event includes an app version, a per-run session_id, and an install_id when one is available. The install ID is a random GUID generated once on first launch and stored locally. It is used only to count unique installs; it is not tied to an account or identity.

    Nothing leaves your machine except these anonymised events. Screenshots, recordings, OCR output, file names, and file paths are never transmitted. Local diagnostic logs are stored under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Pointframe\logs\ and may include local paths to help troubleshoot issues; they are not uploaded automatically.

    Source builds

    Telemetry is disabled automatically when the ApplicationInsights:ConnectionString value in appsettings.json is empty (which is the default in the source repository). Only official builds distributed via the installer include the real connection string.

    For contributors

    To enable telemetry locally during development, create Pointframe/appsettings.Local.json (gitignored):

    {
  "ApplicationInsights": {
    "ConnectionString": ""
  }
}

    To set up your own Azure Application Insights resource, follow the Azure Monitor setup guide.

    Support

    If you find this tool useful, consider buying me a beer 🍺

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