screenshot

Frozen monitor image

A screenshot is an image captured from a computer, phone, or other screen, preserving exactly what was displayed at that moment.

Screenshots document error messages, save receipts, share conversations, or preserve evidence: I took a screenshot of the confirmation page.

The verb is interchangeable with the noun: Screenshot that before it disappears.

format

PNG

Lossless web graphics format

  • JPEGLossy photo compression standard
  • GIFAnimated image format
  • TIFFRaster graphics specification

WebP · bitmap · raster · resolution · pixels · compression · lossless · high-res · retina · 4K

capture

screencap

Captured display image

freeze-frame · clip · selection · crop · full-page · partial · region

sharing

upload

Transfer data outward

  • sharePortion given out
  • postVertical structural beam
  • sendCause to arrive elsewhere

attach · link · paste · embed · export · save · drag and drop · airdrop · cloud storage

annotation

markup

Added percentage for profit

crop · blur · redact · text box · drawing · edit · annotate · callout · censor · watermark

evidence

proof

Demonstration of truth

timestamp · verification · exhibit · paper trail · confirmation · audit trail · bug report · error log · chat log

memory

momento

Reminder of past event

scrapbook · nostalgia · before-and-after

Categories
Opposites
image capture method

screenshotphotograph

Image from a camera

photo · camera shot · live capture · snapshot

temporal capture

screenshotscreen recording

Captured display video

screencast · video capture · live stream · recording · video

original vs. captured

screenshotoriginal content

Freshly created material

source material · live view · source file

Phrases
Family

screenshots, screenshotted, screenshotting

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G