Features

The tools around every snip.

1Snip groups capture, notes, markup, redaction, OCR, and history around the same image so screenshots stay useful after the first grab.
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See the workflow

From quick capture to organized visual note.

These are the product moments users should understand first: capture the source, explain it, protect details, read text, and keep the result available later.
1Snip capture source picker with screen, window, region, and long capture options.
Capture

Start from the right source.

Pick a screen, window, region, long page, scrolling capture, or recording before moving straight into the workspace.

1Snip draw tools menu open beside an annotated screenshot.
Annotate

Explain the image visually.

Use arrows, steps, labels, shapes, highlights, and notes to make the point clear.

1Snip redaction tools showing blur, pixelate, blackout, and whiteout options.
Redact

Protect sensitive details.

Blur, pixelate, black out, or white out private areas before anything leaves your machine.

1Snip Text and OCR panel with extracted text actions.
OCR

Turn screenshots into text.

Read text from a selected area, clean it up, copy it, and keep it with the snip.

1Snip local history gallery with saved snips, filters, and organization controls.
History

Build a local library of useful snips.

Save captures, find them through OCR text and details, organize with tags and collections, and export when needed.

Toolbox

Browse the tools built into 1Snip.

Scan the core tools by job: capture the source, explain the image, protect details, then save or find it later.
Capture

Screen

Capture the display and move straight into editing.

Capture

Window

Pick a specific app window for cleaner snips.

Capture

Region

Drag the exact area you want from the desktop app.

Capture

Delay

Give menus, hover states, or popups time to appear.

Long Capture

Full Page

Capture a whole web page from top to bottom.

Long Capture

Scrolling Stitch

Build one snip from content that continues off screen.

Long Capture

Screen Recording

Record short clips when a still screenshot is not enough.

Edit

Crop

Trim the snip to the part that matters.

Edit

Draw

Freehand markups with saved colors and settings.

Edit

Arrow

Point directly at the important part of the image.

Edit

Text

Add labels, notes, and short explanations on the snip.

Edit

Shapes

Use boxes, circles, frames, and callouts for structure.

Edit

Step

Number actions so a process is easy to follow.

Protect

Blur

Soften sensitive details before sharing a screenshot.

Protect

Pixelate

Obscure private areas with a visible redaction style.

Protect

Blackout

Cover content completely when it should not be readable.

OCR

Text OCR

Extract text from a selected area using local OCR files.

History

Search

Find saved snips by OCR text and stored details.

History

Tags

Organize important captures into useful groups.

Export

Export

Copy, save, or export selected snips when work is done.

Capture

Grab the thing you need, even when it does not fit on screen.

Capture regions, windows, full screens, full-page web content, scrolling content, or short screen recordings from the desktop app.

  • Area, window, and full-screen capture
  • Full-page web capture through 1Snip
  • Screen recording and scrolling stitch
Markup

Explain the screenshot without fighting the editor.

Add arrows, steps, labels, callouts, shapes, highlights, emojis, and text with live tool settings and reusable favorites.

  • Adjust color, size, opacity, fill, text, and style
  • Layers, before/after view, and compare tools
  • Favorites and persistent tool settings
Organize

Keep useful snips local, searchable, and ready later.

Save snips into local history, search OCR text, use smart views, add tags or collections, and export selected snips as a ZIP.

  • Local history with tags and collections
  • OCR text search and text viewer
  • Batch export, import, compare, and trash
1Snip desktop app showing a captured page in the local workspace with capture controls.

Desktop Alpha

1Snip is built around the actual work surface.

The website stays simple, but the app keeps the dense controls where they belong: inside the capture workspace, close to the snip.

Capture beyond the visible screen

Desktop Alpha adds capture modes for long pages, app windows, recordings, and content that needs a timed setup.
  • Full screenCapture the entire display.
  • Window capturePick a specific app window.
  • Full-page webOpen a page in 1Snip and capture the whole scrollable page.
  • Screen recordingRecord a selected area, screen, or window as a local clip.
  • Scrolling StitchCapture long content from other apps while you scroll.

From rough capture to useful artifact.

The app keeps each next step close, without turning the website into a manual.
  1. CaptureGrab what you need.
  2. AnnotateMark it up your way.
  3. RedactProtect what matters.
  4. ExtractGet text fast.
  5. OrganizeSave and find easily.

Ready to capture smarter?

Try the web app now or download the desktop Alpha for Mac and Windows capture workflows while the product keeps evolving.

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