Interface Overview

Savvyshot is built around three surfaces: the home window, the system tray / menu bar, and the editor.

Home window

The home window is Savvyshot's hub. It shows:

• Take Screenshot — opens the capture mode picker (region, window, screen, or scrolling).
• Browse File — opens an existing image to edit. You can also drag and drop an image file directly onto the home window.
• A list of your configured capture hotkeys, shown with their current shortcuts so you always know what's bound.
• A Settings button, opening app preferences.
• A license status indicator — shows an "Activate License" button if Savvyshot hasn't been activated yet, or a "Full Version" badge once it has.

System tray (Windows) / menu bar (macOS)

Savvyshot can run in the background so its global hotkeys are always available, even when the main window is closed or minimized.

On Windows, Savvyshot adds an icon to the system tray. Right-click (or left-click) it for a quick menu:

• Show Editor
• Capture Region / Window / Screen
• Scroll Capture Region
• Browse File...
• Exit Savvyshot

On macOS, the equivalent actions are available from the menu bar.

Editor layout

The editor opens whenever you capture or open an image. Its layout has four main areas:

1. Tab bar (left/top) — each open screenshot is a tab, so you can work on multiple captures in one editor window.
2. Drawing toolbar (top) — annotation tools (Rectangle, Circle, Arrow, Text, Blur, Emoji, Step Counter, Zoom Callout, Pencil, Crop). Hidden while in crop mode.
3. Control sidebar (right) — canvas, background, device frame, and watermark settings. Scrollable, organized into collapsible sections.
4. Footer (bottom) — save/export, share, and zoom controls.

When you select an annotation on the canvas, a contextual annotation toolbar appears above it with style options relevant to that tool (color, line width, font, etc.).

Continue to Editing Screenshots for a deeper look at each part of the editor.