Don’t just say it, show it. Quickly teach someone how to do a task, present product prototypes, software demos, or troubleshoot a problem—Dropbox Capture lets you take a simple screenshot, or recording, that automatically copies to your clipboard.
Take a screenshot—capturing the full screen, a window, or a selection—then easily add text, arrows, annotations, and drawings to pinpoint information. Capture makes collaboration simple.
Once you’re happy, it’s easy to share a screen capture across teams on Mac or PC in a few clicks—for hassle-free asynchronous collaboration.
All your screen captures are safely and automatically stored in your Dropbox account—along with your other important files. Just look in the “Capture” folder and everything’s ready to use.
This way, you keep all your files in one central location—so you can review or share them again later. It’s simple to set permissions to control access, too.
Capture is great for a quick answer, but it’s easy to go into detail too. You can create high-quality screen captures to use in training, presenting demos, designing visuals as a team—or even for customer support.
Capture and share with the right people in a few clicks.
A screen capture tool is software that lets you take an instant snapshot of your entire screen, or part of your screen, from your Mac or PC.
You can screenshot anything you have open, including web pages in Chrome or Firefox, other apps, specialist software—and even your desktop.
Dropbox Capture lets you share screenshots and add text, annotations, drawings, or shapes like arrows—to convey ideas and point out important information.
Learning how to screen capture on a PC is easy to do and a great option when you can’t share your screen in real time.
Follow these instructions to do it with Dropbox Capture on a PC:
Visit the help center for step-by-step instructions on how to take a screenshot on Windows.
Taking a screenshot on a Mac is easy to do and a great option when you can’t share your screen in real time.
Follow these instructions to do it with Dropbox Capture on a Mac:
Visit the help center for step-by-step instructions on how to take a screenshot on MacOS.
The words screen capture, screen grab, and screenshot are often used interchangeably. Each term refers to an image of what is currently on a screen. Screen captures look just as if a person were using the screen themselves.
Screen grab can also mean capturing a selection of the screen, so you can capture a specific window of an application or document, without capturing the entire picture. Dropbox Capture lets you do both, as well as letting you add annotations, text, arrows, or drawings.
Other terms people might use for screen capture include snapshot, screencap (an informal abbreviation for screen capture), print screen (which refers to a specific key on computer keyboards), or screenshot capture.
Your screen captures are instantly stored on your Dropbox account. In the Dropbox Capture app, you can add easily your screen capture to a collection right after you take it. Screen captures are also saved in the “Capture” folder of your Dropbox account.
After taking your screen capture, select it in the app window—then click the dropdown in the upper-right corner to choose who you want to share it with.
You can select individual users in your team, or groups, and even get a shareable link, which anyone can view—even if they don’t have Capture.
Learn more about how to use Dropbox Capture in our Help center
