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Screenshot tools

The image editor lets you hide private details and change the size of a captured screenshot. Use it before you publish, to cover names, emails or anything else that should not be seen.

Open the editor

  1. Open a testimonial that has a screenshot.

  2. Click Download at the top of the page if you want your own copy of the unedited image.

  3. Click Edit Image above the screenshot.

The image editor's two toolbars, with the Stamp, Redact, Blur, Crop, Auto Crop and Expand tools on top, and zoom, Undo, Redo, Save and Cancel below them.

Hide something

All three tools work the same way: choose the tool, then drag over the area. Repeat for as many areas as you need.

  • Redact covers the area with a black box.

  • Blur pixelates it, so you see a shape but cannot read it.

  • Stamp covers it with a color. It starts with a color taken from the edges of the image, so it often blends in. To choose another, use the color box, or hold Shift and click the image to pick up a color from it.

Change the size

  • Crop: drag around the part you want to keep, then click Apply Crop.

  • Auto Crop: trims the empty space around the content with one click.

  • Expand: adds space around the image. Enter a size in pixels or choose 25, 50 or 100. Tick Per side to set each side yourself. Check the color, then click Apply.

Save your changes

Undo and Redo step through what you have done. When you are happy, click Save. Cancel or the Esc key closes the editor and drops your changes.

Save replaces the screenshot. Magic Testimonials keeps the first original file, and it is included in a Full Backup, but there is no button to bring it back. Later versions are not kept.

Which tool to use

You want to

Use

Hide an email address or phone number

Redact

Cover a face or name without a black box

Blur, or Stamp in a matching color

Remove a sidebar or browser tab

Crop

Trim empty space

Auto Crop

Add even space around the image

Expand

If something goes wrong

I saved by accident

If you still have the original elsewhere, or can capture it again, do that. The first original is also in a Full Backup. See Export and use your testimonials.

The Expand space is the wrong color

The starting color comes from the edges of the image, so a colored bar along one edge can throw it off. Change it with the color box, or crop the bar away first.

It says the crop area is too small

Drag a bigger box. It must be at least 20 by 20 pixels.

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