Screenshot Tool with Shareable Link
Capture a region, mark it up, and get a link in one click - on ftpie.link, or on your own cloud storage. Never a third-party screenshot service.
Capture a screen region, mark it up, and get a shareable link in one motion - with one crucial difference from the usual screenshot tools: the link lives on your own storage. Where ShareX, Gyazo and the rest host your captures on their servers behind a subscription, FTPie uploads to a cloud account you control and returns the link from there. Your captures, your account, no third-party custody - see FTPie vs ShareX. And when you'd rather not involve a cloud at all, Get link puts the screenshot itself on ftpie.link, FTPie's own short-link service.
Capture Options
Launch Methods
- Windows Taskbar JumpList
- System Tray Icon (right-click)
- Global hotkey - open the tool, or capture instantly
Capture Modes
- Full screen capture
- Custom rectangular area selection
- Single window capture
Capture menus and popups, instantly
Screenshotting an open menu is the classic thing screenshot tools cannot do: the moment the tool's own window appears, the menu you wanted closes. FTPie has optional instant hotkeys - one each for region, window and full screen - that freeze the screen the instant you press the key and go straight to the capture, with no window in between. Whatever was on screen, including menus, tooltips and popups, is still there.
- Instant hotkeys - region, window or full screen, captured without opening the screenshot window first. All three ship unassigned; set the ones you want in Settings → Power Tools → Screenshot
- Capture delay - 3, 5 or 10 seconds before the capture, for menus you have to hold open with the mouse
- The original hotkey that opens the chooser window is unchanged, and the JumpList and tray still work exactly as before
After you capture
Every capture is written to Pictures\FTPie and, unless you turn it off, copied to the clipboard automatically - as both PNG and bitmap, so Chrome, Slack, Word and Figma each paste it properly. What happens next is your choice:
Open the editor
The default - the capture opens in an FTPie tab for annotation and sharing
Do nothing
Just the file and the clipboard - nothing opens, nothing interrupts you
Share it
Goes straight to Quick Share for a link on your own storage
Editing & Sharing
- Capture screen (whole screen, a custom area, or a single window)
- Image is copied to the clipboard and opens in FTPie - both configurable
- Annotate with the redesigned tools - highlights with color selection, plus a pixelization tool to mask sensitive details
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Choose action:
- Get link - the screenshot itself on ftpie.link, with or without a password
- Share - two clicks to a shareable link, hosted on your own storage
- Upload to... any connected storage you choose - cloud, FTP, SFTP, NAS or WebDAV
- Copy to clipboard for instant pasting
- Save locally with file dialog
Get link: the screenshot itself, by link
Get link is the first button in the toolbar. It shows the address before anything is made, and nothing leaves your PC until you choose Create link or Create with password. The person you send it to opens a page on ftpie.link with the image and an "Open full size" link, in any browser, with no account. With a password, the screenshot is encrypted on your PC first, so ftpie.link can't see it.
The link is deleted after 30 days without a visit, or as soon as you Revoke it in Main menu > Shared links, where it shows with a thumbnail. FTPie links come with FTPie Pro and the trial; a link made on the trial lasts 7 days at most.
Key Features
- Capture what you need - Full screen, a custom region, or a single window
- Instant hotkeys - Capture straight from the keyboard, so menus and popups stay open
- On the clipboard automatically - Paste into anything without a second step
- Redesigned annotation - More intuitive markup with highlight color selection and a pixelization tool to hide sensitive details
- A link in one click - Get link puts the screenshot on ftpie.link; Share returns a link from your own cloud, or upload to any connected storage you choose
- Precise selection - Capture exact screen areas with pixel-perfect accuracy
- Share needs at least one connected cloud storage that supports shareable links; Get link needs none
- First compatible storage is used for Quick Share (configurable in settings)
- The instant hotkeys ship unassigned - pick your own combinations so they don't clash with other tools
- An instant full-screen capture takes the monitor your mouse is on
- Screenshots are named
Screenshot - yyyy-MM-dd--HH-mm-ss.png, so they sort chronologically
Your link, your storage
Hosted screenshot services keep your captures on their servers: convenient until the free tier fills up, the link expires, or you stop paying and the images vanish. FTPie flips that around. The Share link is produced by Quick Share on a cloud account you own - so you control the file, can delete it any time, and there is no third party holding your screenshots hostage. Get link is the quick option for a link that only needs to live a while; Share is the one for a link that should last. Rather send it by email? Use Share via Email.
Usage Scenarios
Perfect for quickly documenting issues, creating tutorials, or sharing visual feedback. The screenshot tool integrates seamlessly with your existing FTPie workflow while providing specialized annotation capabilities. Need video instead of a still image? See Screen Recording. Combine with Notes to document your captures with rich text, or weigh it up against ShareX and Gyazo.
Common questions
Launch it from the Windows JumpList or the system tray, then capture either the full screen or a rectangular area you drag out. The image opens in FTPie automatically.
Yes - add yellow semi-transparent highlights to draw attention to part of the capture before you share it.
Two ways. Get link puts the screenshot itself on ftpie.link, with or without a password, and needs no cloud. Share uploads it to a cloud storage you have connected and gives you that cloud's link.
Yes. Copy straight to the clipboard, or save it locally - sharing is optional.
Related
- Screen recording - when a still is not enough
- Quick Share - how the link gets generated
- Built-in image viewer - zoom, rotate and preview
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