--- title: "Capture" description: "Capture, mark up, and give screenshots to Claude Code or Codex. Capture and the editor work without a Project or a licence." url: https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/screenshot-tool --- [How to use](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use) › Capture CaptureFree # Screenshots for coding agents. Capture any part of the screen, mark it up, and give it to Claude Code or Codex. Drag it into the chat, or let Bigshot save it in your repo with your notes and the text in the image. Capture and the editor are free. [Download free for macOS](https://www.bigshot.pics/download)macOS 14+ · Apple silicon ![The Bigshot Capture Editor on a checkout page: the total circled in red, the coupon line boxed in yellow, and a curved red arrow from the note “Total ignores the coupon”.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-annotate.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) ## Five ways to capture Pick one from the island, the menu bar, or a shortcut. Every capture is saved, copied, and waiting under the notch. [Capture modes in the user guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes) - ![](https://www.bigshot.pics/icons/mode-area.png) ### Area Drag out any rectangle. Let go and it's taken. part of a page, a bug, a chart [How Area works](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes#area) - ![](https://www.bigshot.pics/icons/mode-window.png) ### Window Takes the frontmost window straight away, nothing to select. a whole app or dialog [How Window works](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes#window) - ![](https://www.bigshot.pics/icons/mode-display.png) ### Display Takes the whole screen the pointer is on. everything on screen at once [How Display works](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes#display) - ![](https://www.bigshot.pics/icons/mode-smart.png) ### SmartLicence Hover and the panel, card, or window under the pointer lights up. Click to take exactly that. Scroll to widen it. a sidebar or card with clean edges [How Smart works](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes#smart) - ![](https://www.bigshot.pics/icons/mode-frame.png) ### Frame Put a box on screen and fire it on a timer, so you can open a menu or hover first. It comes back in the same place. menus, tooltips, and hover states [How Frame works](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes#frame) ## Your recent shots, under the notch Hover the notch and your latest captures drop down. Drag one into any app, copy it, or click it to open the editor. Expand it for every recent capture and the Library. [The island in the user guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/island) ## The editor Click a capture to open it. Everything you draw stays editable until you save. [The Capture Editor in the user guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor) - ### Arrows, shapes, and text Circle it, box it, highlight it, and bend the arrow around whatever is in the way. [In the guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#shape-circle-rectangle-highlight-spotlight) ![A checkout's total circled in red, the coupon line boxed in yellow, and a curved red arrow from the note “Total ignores the coupon”.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-annotate-tile.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) - ### Numbered steps Click each control in order and the discs number themselves. A spotlight dims the rest. [In the guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#step) ![Steps 1 and 2 on a checkout form's email and card number fields.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-steps-tile.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) - ### Redact Pixelate or blur emails, names, and card numbers. Live Text can't read them back. [In the guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#redact) ![A redaction box over a checkout form, pixelating the email, name, card number, expiry and CVC.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-redact-tile.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) - ### Measure in pixels Ends snap to edges in the image, and the size is copied as you let go. [In the guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#measure-distance-size) ![The Pay button boxed at 627 × 89 and the order summary measured at 718 px.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-measure-tile.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) - ### Colour picker A loupe for the exact pixel. Copies HEX, RGB, HSL, or OKLCH. [In the guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#colour-picker) ![The colour picker's loupe over a purple swatch reading #6D5EFC, with Copied #6D5EFC and the last three picks below.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-colour-tile.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) - ### Crop that snaps The crop box sticks to edges it finds, so a card comes out exact. [In the guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#crop) ![A dashed crop box with handles snapped around a checkout's order summary card.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-crop-tile.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) - ### Copy the text Select text in the screenshot and copy it, or copy all of it at once. [In the guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#select-text) ![Each line of text on an order summary outlined for selection.](https://www.bigshot.pics/_next/image?url=%2Fscreenshots%2Ftool-text-tile.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_6ojew8aijpffbAADhkDfnsq4QGyT) ## Drag it into your agent Every capture waits under the notch. Drag it into Claude Code, Codex, or any app that takes images, or paste it from the clipboard. [Pasting screenshots into Claude Code](https://www.bigshot.pics/blog/paste-screenshot-into-claude-code) Licence ## Or save it in your repo Turn on screenshot context for a Project and each capture is saved in `.screenshots/` with your note, its tags, the app it came from, and the text read from the image on your Mac. Bigshot adds a skill that tells your agent where to look, so you can just ask. Look at my last screenshot and fix the total. With Review first, nothing reaches the agent until you share it. [Visual context for coding agents](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/visual-context)[Screenshot context in the user guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/projects#screenshot-context-for-agents) .screenshots / index.json 1. **13:40** · SafariTotals look off 2. **14:22** · FigmaTarget spacing 3. **15:05** · Safari _· edited_Total is wrong after the coupon "takenAt": "15:05", "tag": "checkout", "app": "Safari", "note": "Total is wrong after the coupon", "text": "Subtotal $40.00 Coupon −$10.00 Total $40.00" ## Also in Bigshot - ### [On the clipboard](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes#after-a-capture) Every capture is copied straight away, ready to paste. - ### [Editable until saved](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#changing-what-you-drew) Move, resize, or recolour anything you drew, and undo any step. - ### [Export](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor#saving-and-closing) Save a copy as PNG or JPEG and keep the original. - ### [Your shortcuts](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/shortcuts) Rebind any of them, or let Bigshot take over ⇧⌘3 and ⇧⌘4. - ### [A tidy Desktop](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/library#keep-and-automatic-cleanup) Old captures can go to the Trash on their own. Keep the ones you need. - ### [No shutter sound](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes#after-a-capture) Capture during a call without anyone hearing it. ## Free for macOS. [Download Bigshot](https://www.bigshot.pics/download) Capture, the editor, and the island are free. [A licence](https://www.bigshot.pics/pricing) adds Smart capture, Projects, and screenshot context for agents. [Getting started](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/getting-started)[Capture modes](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/capture-modes)[The Capture Editor](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/editor)[The island](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/island)[Shortcuts](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs/shortcuts) [PreviousOverview](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use)[NextVisual context](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/visual-context)