# ShotShot > A native macOS screenshot app: capture, combine, annotate, and export. ShotShot is a one-time-purchase screenshot app for Mac. Capture any part of the screen, combine screenshots and images on one canvas, annotate, redact, frame, and export. No subscription. The licence covers three Macs. ## Capture Area (⇧⌘2), window (⇧⌘4), screen (⇧⌘3); menu bar; `shotshot capture`; add-to-this-canvas from the toolbar; clipboard + Recent Captures. ## Annotate Arrow, line, rectangle, ellipse, highlight, text, step, blur, emoji, magnifier. Three arrow styles, five heads, outline/filled/both, four typefaces (sticker, rounded, handwriting, monospace). Liquid glass on six tools. Magnifier: round or rounded lens. ## Redact Blur, pixelate, solid block. Auto-redact via Vision (email, token, IP, phone). ## Layout Frames: macOS window, browser, iPhone, MacBook. Layouts: grid, row, column, before/after. Gaps: tight, normal, roomy. Tidy and rebalance. Crop, lock, stack, nudge, rotate. ## Backgrounds and canvas 71 mesh presets (ColorFlow). Kinds: preset, none, image. Sizes: 1280×800, 1920×1080, 1080×1080, 1080×1350, 1080×1920, 1600×900. ## Local image tools Remove Background uses Apple Vision foreground subject segmentation on macOS 14 or later. Extract text with on-device Apple Vision OCR. Image processing stays local; licence and update checks use the network. ## Upscale 4× Apple on-device super-resolution on the selected screenshot. macOS 26 or later and supported hardware, supported source up to 1920×1920. Preserves alpha. ## Export PNG, JPEG, WebP (Sonoma+), PDF up to 4×. Quick Export, copy canvas, copy as Markdown. `.shotshot` documents. Recovery copies. ## CLI `shotshot compose` uses the same backgrounds, frames, and layouts as the window. - [Homepage](https://shotshot.app/): product page, features, and pricing - [Download](https://download.shotshot.app/ShotShot.zip): universal binary, macOS 13 or later - [Privacy](https://shotshot.app/privacy) - [Terms](https://shotshot.app/terms) - Support: support@shotshot.app ## Comparisons - [Compare Mac screenshot tools](https://shotshot.app/compare) - [ShotShot vs CleanShot X](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-cleanshot-x) - [ShotShot vs Shottr](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-shottr) - [ShotShot vs Snagit](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-snagit) - [ShotShot vs Xnapper](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-xnapper) - [ShotShot vs Snipaste](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-snipaste) - [ShotShot vs Monosnap](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-monosnap) - [ShotShot vs Lightshot](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-lightshot) - [ShotShot vs Flameshot](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-flameshot) - [ShotShot vs ksnip](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-ksnip) - [ShotShot vs macOS Screenshot](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-macos-screenshot) - [ShotShot vs Apple Preview](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-preview) - [ShotShot vs Skitch](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-skitch) - [ShotShot vs Capto](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-capto) - [ShotShot vs Dropshare](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-dropshare) - [ShotShot vs Droplr](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-droplr) - [ShotShot vs Zight (CloudApp)](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-zight) - [ShotShot vs ScreenFloat](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-screenfloat) - [ShotShot vs SnapNDrag](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-snapndrag) - [ShotShot vs Greenshot for Mac](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-greenshot) - [ShotShot vs Pika](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-pika) - [ShotShot vs PixPin](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-pixpin) - [ShotShot vs iShot](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-ishot) - [ShotShot vs ShotX](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-shotx) - [ShotShot vs macshot](https://shotshot.app/compare/shotshot-vs-macshot)