The ability to quickly share screenshots with others is essential to day to day conversation / work, especially when talking to people in other offices or countries. The built in Windows Snipping Tool has skillful bones functionality (east.g. press Win + Shift + S to select an area to copy), but lacks whatsoever image uploading functionality, or avant-garde editing.

This tutorial will permit you do the following with ShareX, with 1 keypress:

  1. Select an expanse
  2. Perform advanced editing (numbering, blurring, pixelating, highlighting, circling etc)
  3. Copy the selected area to your clipboard, ready to exist pasted
  4. Upload the selected area to a private album on Imgur, and provide you a link in a notification if you need information technology

Pretty proficient, for a completely gratis setup!

First, download and install ShareX. It's also available on Steam.

It has an admittedly staggering number of features (see gif beneath), and information technology's definitely worth having a look at the included tools if you're ever looking for a new utility program.

Blitheness from getsharex.com

Once ShareX is running, information technology volition appear in your toolbar. Double clicking the icon opens the settings screen. Whilst it can be a little confusing to navigate, the following steps will embrace all yous demand for this configuration.

Configuring clipboard copying

Clipboard copying is going to be an "Later on capture" task. To enable it, click "After capture tasks", then "Re-create image to clipboard", making certain aught else is ticked. That'south it!

Configuring Imgur uploading

The next stage is uploading your screenshot to imgur, and so that it displays in a popup notification. Clicking this notification opens the image in your default browser, so you can easily copy the URL wherever you need to.

Enabling Imgur

Beginning, under "After capture tasks", enable "Upload prototype to host".

Next, set Imgur equally your prototype host nether "Destinations", "Image Uploader", then "Imgur".

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Connecting ShareX to Imgur

In the same "Destinations" menu, open "Destination settings". You'll now need to authorise ShareX to access your Imgur account. This is done by:

  1. Select "Business relationship type" of "User".
  2. Click "Step 1: Open authorize page".
  3. This will open up your browser. Log in to your Imgur business relationship, and you will exist shown a verification code.
  4. Copy this code into the "Verification code" text box in ShareX.
  5. Click "Step 2: Complete authorization".

You're at present continued! Fourth dimension to become an album set up.

Uploading ShareX images to an Imgur anthology

Make sure "Use direct link" is ticked, then make ShareX upload your images into an album:

  1. Make a new anthology on imgur with the privacy "Secret", so that only you can view it.
  2. Click "Refresh anthology list" on the Imgur destination settings in ShareX.
  3. Select your newly created binder.
  4. Make sure "Upload images to selected album" is ticked.

Adding hotkey

Almost there! The final necessary pace is setting up a hotkey for your task. Fix this under "Hotkey settings", I find F11 to be most convenient simply it can be nearly anything.

Your ShareX is now fully setup! Press F11 (or your hotkey), and enjoy your clipboard copying and automated uploading!

When your hotkey is pressed, the ShareX screenshot tool volition popup. Whilst just selecting an area will perform the normal deportment, at that place'due south a lot of functionality included which can be very useful. Below is a screenshot of the editor, as well every bit an explanation of every choice, since information technology can be a little overwhelming.

Main bar (left to right)

  1. The 3 dot icon lets you move the principal bar around the screen.
  2. The rectangular icon lets yous select a rectangular surface area to capture (default).
  3. The circular icon lets you select a circular / oval surface area to capture.
  4. The odd shaped icon lets you select a custom shape to capture. This can have many points, even overlapping!
  5. This rectangular icon lets you select a rectangle to overlay on the screen. Selecting this (or the circular overlay) will display options for outline / fill colour.
  6. This circular icon lets you select a round / oval shape to overlay on the screen.
  7. The pen icon lets you draw / write on the captured surface area.
  8. The connected dot icon lets you lot draw lines betwixt areas in the captured area.
  9. The pointer icon lets you draw arrows.
  10. The letter of the alphabet "A" lets you add text to the captured area.
  11. The letter "A" with a background lets you add text, but with a background.
  12. The speech chimera lets you add a spoken communication bubble to the screenshot.
  13. The "001" icon lets you lot start counting. One time enabled, each fourth dimension you click a new number volition appear, ane higher than the one earlier. This is useful for listing steps in a process.
  14. The folder icon lets you overlay an existing paradigm into your screenshot.
  15. The monitor icon lets yous overlay a office of the screen on your screenshot. Yes, actually!
  16. The emoji icon lets you add a sticker. Google'south blob emojis and a few custom ones are included. The total listing is in the source code.
  17. The pointer icon lets you display a cursor on your screenshot.
  18. The striped area icon lets you lot blur a selected area.
  19. The grid icon lets yous pixelate a selected area.
  20. The "abc" icon lets yous highlight a selected surface area.
  21. This option (and the next) provide options for the currently selected tool, so vary depending on tool.
  22. See above.
  23. The camera icon lets you alter the capture expanse (screen, expanse, window).
  24. The settings icon lets you customise the editor with options for crosshair, icons to display, etc.
  25. Same every bit #1.

Additional UI

  1. The "crosshair" icon determines where your cursor currently is. Clicking and holding volition let yous select an area, whilst a single click will upload the whole screen.
  2. The "magnifier" lets you zoom in on where your cursor is, to brand certain you are getting the perfect pixel.
  3. The X and Y coordinates below your magnifier shown assist orientate your cursor in the overall window.
  4. Additionally, selecting an area shows the below UI, with your cursor's original X + Y coord, and the selected areas width and acme.

Summary

Hopefully yous've at present got your ShareX setup with some basic but useful functionality. There's a lot more than customisation available, this is barely scratching the surface, then experiment by yourself! There is some community back up available on the Steam forums and on /r/ShareX.

In that location's as well lots of included tools, many with further customisation, such as those screenshotted below. Gifs can likewise be recorded, images saved locally, and all kinds of convoluted workflows setup! I employ ShareX for all screenshots on this blog, and detect it extremely useful, usually capturing 10-30 images per solar day.