BenLotusSnap

What's new in 1.0.60

Kept History thumbnails rendering after the window is closed and reopened. The grid now releases its thumbnail image list with the window and rebuilds it on the next open, so cached previews stay visible across sessions. The selected-image preview and all history actions remain unchanged.

What it does

Capture a region, full desktop or a window you click into a frozen editing surface; add editable rich text with fonts, colors, alignment anchors, glow, 3D and WordArt, insert images or up to 10 saved logos/GIFs, plus movable arrows, boxes, ellipses, squares, circles, highlights and blur - with adjustable outline and arrow width, plus a live size preview while drawing shapes - before committing. Save PNG, JPEG or WebP locally with a filename you control, upload to Cloudinary, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2 or your own FTP server (or let Rotate choose), and copy an image or public link.

The editor opens with its toolbar immediately, so you can annotate the frozen screen before choosing what to capture. By default a new region or suggested window is captured as soon as you finish selecting; turn off Auto capture after selecting a region in Settings to review and adjust the area before pressing Capture. A fullscreen game opens the same editor as a no-focus overlay, so the game stays fullscreen while you draw; arrows, shapes, highlight, blur, undo, Capture, Cancel and mouse-wheel shape width remain available.

Screenshot history keeps previews and links on your PC in a sortable thumbnail grid, with right-click copy/delete actions and Ctrl/Shift multi-select cleanup of local, remote or both copies. A preview and record stay while either copy remains and disappear only when both are gone. Cloudinary and B2 links are direct; R2 links are served by the companion API, and each computer sees only its own history.

Features

• Region and window capture
• Fullscreen game overlay
• Movable arrows, boxes, ellipses, squares and circles
• Live shape size preview
• Shape recoloring
• Rich text editor
• Editable and movable text
• Text alignment anchors
• Ctrl+A selects all text
• Insert image or GIF
• Four-corner image resize
• Up to 10 persistent saved images
• 3D and WordArt text
• Live text preview
• Edit first, choose region after
• Auto capture after selection
• Movable floating toolbar
• Toolbar remembers position
• Curved arrows with point handles
• Adjustable arrow and shape width
• Smooth cached text/image/shape dragging
• Editor and undo
• Tool hotkeys H/A/R/B/E/S/C
• Hover shortcut hints
• PNG / JPEG / WebP
• Custom file names
• Ctrl+PrintScreen support
• Cloudinary, R2, B2 or FTP
• Rotate providers
• Direct Cloudinary and B2 links
• Visible 8-second countdown
• Central cloud upload registry
• Delete cloud uploads anytime
• Per-computer history
• History thumbnail grid
• Sort by date or size
• History right-click actions
• Multi-select history cleanup
• Capture with the app visible
• Edit before saving per hotkey
• Event-driven, low-CPU UI
• Per-hotkey actions
• Unlimited hotkeys
• Delete removes hotkeys
• Hotkeys while in tray
• Modern Capture and Settings screens
• System tray
• Dark theme
• Completion sound
• Signed update checks

How to use it

1. Download and run the executable from a writable folder.
2. Choose local output and/or select Cloudinary, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2 or FTP. Rotate is the default for new installs. Cloudinary, R2 and B2 need no FTP account; FTP details stay saved but are ignored in cloud modes. Rotate sends each new upload to the least-used cloud provider. For FTP, enter the host, account and public base URL; FTPS is the default, then use Test login & folder to confirm the credentials and see the files already in that directory. Set File name to use date tokens, keep the original name, or avoid overwrites.
3. Capture a region or full screen, or press a window shortcut and click the window. The frozen editor and toolbar open immediately, so annotate first if you want, then choose Select and drag the area to capture, or click a suggested window. By default the capture saves as soon as you finish selecting; clear Auto capture after selecting a region in Settings to keep the editor open, resize or move the area, and click Capture. Place the floating toolbar where you want it — it remembers that position for the next capture and next launch. Use History to browse thumbnails, sort by date or size, right-click to copy or delete, or Ctrl/Shift-select several thumbnails and clean up their local, remote or both copies at once. Set up Hotkeys & actions to give each shortcut its own capture mode, saving, uploading and clipboard behaviour. Each shortcut has an Edit before saving option, on by default; with it on, the editor opens immediately so you can edit first and choose the capture area afterward, and Auto capture after selecting a region (also on by default) saves as soon as that selection is made. Turn Auto capture off in Settings to review and adjust the selection before pressing Capture. Clear Edit before saving to save, upload or copy immediately without the editor; a region shortcut then saves as soon as you click a suggested window or control or release the drag, without the annotation toolbar. The app stays on screen while capturing, so you can screenshot BenLotusSnap itself. In the editor, choose Text and click anywhere to open the Add text box, then type and style the text with a live preview. Existing text can be clicked to edit again or dragged to move, and the alignment anchors to the point you clicked (left edge, center or right edge). Add text outside the selection when you need to, then enlarge the selection to include it. Press Ctrl+A to select all text in the editor. Use Image to insert a PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP or TIFF, or reuse one of up to 10 images saved in the local database; inserted images can be dragged and resized. Press H for Highlight, A for Arrow, R for Rectangle, B for Blur, E for Ellipse, S for Square, or C for Circle; hover those toolbar buttons to see the shortcut. Set Width to change the arrow line and head or the outline of any shape; pick a shape and change Width again to resize that selected shape or arrow. Dragging a blur shows a dashed outline and its size; dragging a shape shows its outline and a live W × H size. Square and circle keep equal dimensions. Choose Select and drag any shape to move it, drag an arrow's tail, body or head circle to reshape or bend it, or drag elsewhere on the arrow to move the whole arrow. Color recolors the selected shape. The upload result window appears only when that hotkey has Upload image enabled. A visible countdown shows the remaining seconds and closes after 8 seconds by default; turn off Close result window after 8 seconds in Settings to leave it open until you close it. Cloudinary, R2 and B2 images can be deleted from the app at any time while its install token is retained; the maintenance page can also bulk-delete them by provider, age or date. To remove a saved shortcut, select it and press Delete; no Remove click is needed.

In a fullscreen game, the hotkey editor opens without taking focus, so you can annotate before selecting the region; text, image and colour tools require windowed or borderless mode.

Windows 10/11 x64. Settings, database and history previews remain alongside the executable. History previews may contain sensitive images.