Keyboard shortcuts

    Capture

    • Print Screen: capture (or Ctrl+Alt+S when another program owns Print Screen)
    • Alt while dragging: ignore window borders

    Tools

    • M / Shift+M: rectangle and ellipse selection; L: lasso; W: magic wand
    • U: shape; Shift+U: shape drawer
    • Q: callout
    • P: pen
    • B: brush; [ and ]: brush size
    • K: blur
    • G: grab text
    • C: crop and canvas size
    • H: view (pan and zoom)

    Editing

    • Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y: undo and redo
    • Ctrl+T: free transform
    • Ctrl+G / Ctrl+Shift+G: group and ungroup layers
    • Ctrl+D: deselect; Ctrl+Shift+I: invert the selection
    • X: swap colors; D: reset colors
    • F2: rename the selected layer; Delete: delete it
    • Ctrl+Shift+C: copy the finished image
    • Ctrl+S: save as (or save, for a file you are editing in place)

    Video and sound

    • Space: play and pause
    • Left / Right: step one frame; Home / End: go to the start or end
    • Ctrl+B: cut at the playhead
    • Shift+Z: fit the timeline

    Library and PDFs

    • F5: refresh the library
    • Ctrl+F: filter the library, or find words in a PDF
    • Ctrl+P: print a PDF or image
    • Ctrl+W: close a file you are editing in place

    Last updated on Oct 1, 2026

    Put this into practice.

    Snap Studio Screen Capture Software is free. Direct download for Windows.