Capture Your Screen

You’ll learn how to take a screenshot of a region, annotate it, and extract text from it with OCR — all without leaving Blue Synergy.

Take a screenshot

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+R to open the region selector.
  2. Click and drag to draw a rectangle around what you want to capture.
  3. Release the mouse — the screenshot is taken immediately.

The screenshot appears in the Captures workspace and in the thumbnail strip at the bottom.

Capture the full screen: Press Ctrl+Alt+F for a fullscreen capture.

Annotate the screenshot

With the capture selected in the editor:

  1. Choose a tool from the toolbar: arrow, rectangle, text, blur, highlight…
  2. Draw on the image.
  3. Press Ctrl+S to save your annotated version.
  4. Or click Copy to Clipboard in the ribbon — your annotations are included in the copy.

Extract text with OCR

Have a screenshot with text in it? Let OCR read it for you.

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+O to open the OCR region selector.
  2. Draw a region around the text.
  3. Release — the recognized text is copied to your clipboard.
  4. A toast shows how many characters were extracted.

First time using OCR? English is bundled. For other languages, go to Settings → Captures → OCR → Lang and select a language to download its pack.

Repeat a capture

Need to screenshot the same region again?

Press Ctrl+Alt+L to repeat the last capture instantly — no selector needed.

Browse your captures

  • Arrow keys — navigate between captures in the thumbnail strip.
  • Click a thumbnail — select that capture for editing.
  • This Session in the left tree — shows only captures from the current session.

Keyboard shortcuts

Key Action
Ctrl+Alt+R Region capture
Ctrl+Alt+F Fullscreen capture
Ctrl+Alt+W Window capture
Ctrl+Alt+O OCR capture
Ctrl+Alt+L Repeat last capture
Ctrl+Alt+B Flash Capture (burst mode)
Ctrl+S Save annotated capture
← / → Navigate thumbnail strip
Esc Cancel region selector

Next steps