Shotput

Changelog

Every release of Shotput, newest first. Follow along with the RSS feed or watch the repository on GitHub.

  1. 0.3.1

    A smaller app and a guide that keeps your place

    The app is down from 6.8 MB to 4.7 MB, pins use far less memory, and the welcome guide picks up where you left it.

    The guide resumes
    macOS quits and reopens Shotput after you allow Screen Recording. The guide now reopens on the step you were on, with your answers kept.
    Allow always works
    Recent macOS often asks for Screen Recording without showing a prompt, so Allow now opens the right page in System Settings every time.
    Lighter pins
    Pin thumbnails decode at tray size, about 0.3 MB each instead of 23 MB.
    Smaller download
    Stripping local symbols takes the app from 6.8 MB to 4.7 MB.
    Download 0.3.1On GitHub

  2. 0.3.0

    Takes over ⇧⌘4, and updates itself

    Shotput can now answer the macOS screenshot keys, give macOS screenshots its preview, and install its own updates.

    Use ⇧⌘3, ⇧⌘4 and ⇧⌘5
    Turn it on and Capture screen, Capture area, and Capture area and annotate move onto the keys you already know. Settings opens the macOS page where you switch the old ones off.
    Preview macOS screenshots
    Keep the macOS keys and still get Shotput's preview: it watches the screenshot folder and puts each new shot on the clipboard.
    Automatic updates
    Updates come through Sparkle and install only if they're signed with the project's key. Check for Updates is in both menus and in About.
    Install with curl
    One command downloads the latest release and checks its checksum, developer team, and notarization before anything reaches Applications.
    Pick several pins
    ⌘-click or ⇧-click pins, or press Select, then copy, drag, or unpin them together.
    A new welcome guide
    Two panes on your own wallpaper: Screen Recording, whether Shotput becomes your screenshot tool, your shortcuts, a mouse button, and updates.
    Clearer window capture
    Window mode shows a pointing hand and a bright outline on the window you're about to take.
    Download 0.3.0On GitHub

  3. 0.2.1

    Pins and sketch-to-shape

    Pin a capture to the menu bar to paste it again later, and draw rough shapes that become clean ones.

    Pins
    Drag a preview towards the menu bar and a shelf drops out under the Shotput icon. Let go over it to pin. The tray keeps the last 15 pins; click one to copy it, Option-click to annotate it.
    Sketch to shape
    With the pen, sketch a line, arrow, rectangle, or circle and it becomes one. ⌘Z keeps the sketch instead.
    A clearer first run
    The welcome guide shows a few seconds of Shotput at work, then walks through Screen Recording, the shortcuts, and setting up a mouse button.
    Installer and toolbar
    A new installer window, a tidier editor toolbar, and smaller fixes across the annotation tools.
    Download 0.2.1On GitHub

  4. 0.2.0

    Settings, backgrounds, and a real download

    Every option gets a home in Settings, screenshots can sit on your wallpaper, and Shotput ships as a DMG.

    Settings in tabs
    General, Capture, Editor, Output, and Shortcuts, each fitting on a small screen.
    Backgrounds
    The editor's Background button puts a screenshot on your wallpaper or a colour, with padding, a soft shadow, and rounded corners.
    Download it
    Releases now come as a DMG and a zip, built by the release script, so you no longer need Xcode to try Shotput.
    Download 0.2.0On GitHub

  5. 0.1.0-alphaAlpha

    First public alpha

    Capture an area, a window, or the screen, annotate it, and it's on the clipboard.

    Capture and annotate
    Area, window, and screen captures, an editor with arrows, shapes, text, step numbers, highlighter, redact, and crop, and everything on the clipboard when you finish.
    Built from source
    This alpha installs with ./Scripts/build.sh --install and the Xcode command line tools.
    On GitHub