Studio
The separate annotation editor and video studio are gone. There is one Studio window that handles screenshots and recordings, in two modes: Markup works on the pixels themselves and saves back over the original, Compose frames the capture on a background and saves a new file. Switching between them keeps your framing, so a round trip no longer throws away the background and padding you set up.
Point at the thing that matters and hide the things that should stay private. Nine tools, each on a single key, and every one of them works on a recording as well as a screenshot.
Colour
Redact
History
Annotate · redact · editAn arrow is drawn, callouts are numbered automatically, an address is redacted, then the arrow is picked back up and recoloured.
Pointer (V), draw (D), arrow (A), shape (S) as rectangle, ellipse, diamond or line, text (T) in three sizes, redact (X), numbered callout (C), cursor stamp (P), and crop (R).
Pick the pointer and click a mark to select it. Drag to move, drag a handle to resize, recolour it from the row below, delete with Del, or double-click a text label to fix a typo. Fixing one mark no longer means undoing everything drawn after it.
Solid block or pixelate, in three strengths. Pixelation samples what is already painted underneath rather than the original image, so a blur stacked over a black box cannot put the hidden text back on screen.
Picking the crop tool arms a rect over the whole image and cuts nothing until you say so. Drag the sides or corners, watch the live pixel readout, then Apply with the button, Enter, or a double-click. It sits on the same undo stack as everything else.
Marks are stored in the source image's coordinates, so they stay exactly where you put them when you crop, change the aspect ratio, resize the window, or export at any scale. Stroke sizes scale with the source, so a mark on a 4K capture matches one on 720p.
Ctrl + wheel zooms about the cursor, the wheel and middle-drag pan, and Ctrl+0 fits again. On a 4K capture you are no longer annotating through two or three source pixels per screen pixel.
The part other tools charge a subscription for: a raw screenshot framed on a background, padded, rounded and shadowed, ready for a changelog, a landing page or a deck.
Background
Frame
Padding
Rounding
Background · frame · layoutA bare capture gains a gradient, a browser frame, padding, rounded corners and a shadow, then saves as a new file.
Ten named gradients with an adjustable angle, six soft wallpapers, any solid colour, or an image of your own. Save a gradient or a colour you like and it stays in your palette.
None, a plain window, or a browser frame with an address bar, in a light or dark theme.
Padding, corner rounding, shadow depth, and six aspect ratios: auto, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 9:16 and 3:2.
Open a recording and the window title changes from Studio · Mockup to Studio · Reel. Same tools, plus a timeline.
Trim with in and out points (I and O), loop the trimmed range while you get it right, and mute the audio on export if you would rather narrate later.
Zoom keyframes generated automatically from where you clicked while recording, or placed by hand with ease-in, ease-out and a focus point. Rebuild them from the click log whenever you want to start over.
A styled cursor as an arrow, dot or ring, at the size you choose, with a click ripple, layered over footage that was captured without one.
Exportto MP4, WebM, GIF or animated WebP with a size estimate before you commit. MP4 and WebM drive the encoder directly and finish several times faster than the clip's own length.
Download Quick Gen and start capturing in seconds. Free, open source, no account needed.
Free · Open source · Windows 10+ · <100 MB