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Explain and Send Screenshots

by JasonSavard.com

v20.0.3 Updated Mar 24, 2026 12.92MiB
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β˜… 4.24
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Description

✨ A Secure Screen Capture & Annotation Tool to Capture, record, annotate, and share your screenβ€” all with unmatched privacy and speed. πŸ›‘οΈ Why The Extension is the Safest Choice Stop compromising your security for basic screen tools. As an experienced developer, I built this extension to delivers the same robust features without requesting invasive "read and change all your data" permissions found in every other popular screenshot extension. πŸš€ Core Features & Capabilities Quick Capture: Take a full or partial snapshot of any webpage or active window instantly. Screen Recording: Record a video of your screen and include audio narration via your microphone. Intuitive Editor: Use the built-in, clean editor to: Annotate: Draw arrows, circles, and lines to highlight key information. Edit: Add text, crop, erase, or delete selections. Privacy: Blur sensitive areas to protect information. AI Background Removal: Remove and substitute image backgrounds right on your device (done locally with AI). πŸ“€ Seamless Sharing & Workflow Sharing your annotated image or video is simple and flexible: Direct Link Sharing: Get a direct cloud link for instant sharing on social media (Facebook, X/Twitter) or in chat apps. Quick Copy/Paste: Copy the image to the clipboard to easily paste it directly into emails (Gmail, Outlook, etc.) or documents. Cloud Integration: Supports "Save to Google Drive." Local Download: Download the image directly to your desktop. βš™οΈ Power User Accessibility Customize your experience for maximum efficiency: Assign Shortcut Keys for lightning-fast captures. Use the Right-click Context Menu for quick screen capture options. Extra features are unlocked for contributors who support my safe development philosophy. Give it a try and see the difference a secure, powerful tool makes! Changelog: https://jasonsavard.com/wiki/Explain_and_Send_Screenshots_changelog
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Reviews (64 cached)

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2025-05-14
Alexander Pardon

After adding the text or an arrow it is not possoble to move the text or arrow after. So it is hard to use. It is possible to move it around while you edit the text...but the text block keeps moving and cannot place it anymore. Really bugged!

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2025-01-26
Abdelaadim Ouard

man. this used to be a good little tool. now it displays text and url into your screenshot and you need to pay to remove that. good tool ruined by greed

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2024-05-28
mo sayed

a watermark text for a screenshot ? removed

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2021-04-18
Ka bi

In full page capture crop tool selection is bugging as hell, and extension able to crash. Cant select more area then actually visible and unable to modify selection. Zoom is not zoom, it shrinks image, so cant zoom out to select more area and save original dimensions.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2019-09-25
Kinga Kovacs

I paid 2 times on 2 different computers to remove the watermark. However, the Watermark is back on one of my computer. So why did I pay? Seriously? I paid a donation on my laptop a few months ago that works fine. I paid also a donation on my desktop and the watermark was removed for a few days but now is back.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2019-07-17
Olivia Rose

I used to LOVE this extension, and I think the author is very talented. But a recent update has added a "watermark" to every screen shot. No thanks, that's just poor taste. It's presented as free, yet adds a watermark to coerce you to pay money for it. There are plenty of other screenshot extensions available (for free) with no watermarks. This is really a disappointment, I hope he doesn't try and force monetize his other extensions.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2017-10-02
Donna Benson

NOW it only grabs the left half of the captured part. But there is ALWAYS something not working right, them you have to pay money to get rid of the watermark, whereas you don't pay anything on other apps that do the same thing!

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2017-08-14
*Satan's_Reject*

Doesn't record. NOT WORTH DOWNLOADING PEOPLE.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2017-07-17
Aleksandr Milenin

It's broken

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2017-05-07
dariush Ojabonian

Why these huge watermarks!!? (Then say it is not free) I remove it because it is not as good as the other extension from developer

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2017-02-08
Steven L

REMOVE WATERMARK...

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2017-02-02
J D

Distorts the screen when converting to image.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2016-09-23
John Martin

He thinks this is worth contributing a donation to unlock features when there is so many better addons that are full featured for free. It's not the biggest innovation ever created. Create something NEW then ask for donations to unlocl features. You cant call something free and then hide the fact that it's not under the word "donation" or "contribute". It still means "not free". 1 star

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2016-04-16
Linet Awo

copy and paste features worked, editing tools failed. save/share tools failed.uninstalling

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2016-02-24
Eric Scoles

No means to capture to the clipboard. Useless without that.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2015-07-14
Clinton Weiss

Many good features require supporting the developer to enable. Not even a trial period to see if you'd like to use the features. 1 star for lack of complete usability.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2015-03-09
Phil Howell

Opens an ad page upon download AND screenshots have watermarks if you don't pay the developer. You made a screenshot app in your spare time buddy, stop trying to monetize it.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2015-02-22
Reshiram Vast White

CANNOT grab whole page!!! FALSE ADVERTISEMENT!! if I try to scroll to grab more of the page, it AUTOMATICALLY grabs that "little portion" of the selected area and you CANNOT scroll with this!!!

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2014-05-17
The Know

It's GARBAGE! It doesn't work. I reloaded, refreshed, logged-off, restarted, retried etc... THIS product is GARBAGE! Don't waste your money or time. Use AWESOME SCREENSHOT!

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2014-03-03
Mario Bellisario

Non funziona. C'Γ¨ questo messaggio: These particular pages cannot be captured due to Chrome's security policy, please try another page! Note: Restarting the browser or reinstalling the extension might fix this.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2014-01-09
Daniel Hoyos

It sucks. This messages keeps popping up: "These particular pages cannot be captured due to Chrome's security policy, please try another page!"

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2013-09-26
Alx Churikov

Author fraudster or stupid programmer, authorization disappears, there is no recovery of purchase. Pay, pay, pay!

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2013-05-31
Doug Quick

Like others here, I'm getting this message when trying to make screenshots: "These particular pages cannot be captured due to Chrome's security policy, please try another page!"

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2013-05-19
Alex Talbott

not working

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2013-03-08
Bijal Shah

bunch of liars

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2013-02-03
Saint Thoth

Broken. Plugin locks when attempting to "Grab Entire Page".

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2013-01-23
Anton Korotkov

There is no 1-click way to save am image after you you edited it. There is no way to modify annotations you did (placed an arrow and want to adjust it ? no way). As all other extensions, sends to Pixlr for editing, where there is no way to add even an arrow.

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2012-09-21
Ramin Ekhtiar

Screenshot by Google is much better. Very difficult to actually use the image - must save etc. Copy does not work!

β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†2012-02-12
Oleg Shalygin

boring ads

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2019-06-07
Anton P.

Paid already (not only for this particular extension from this author), but it asking me to contribute one more? I don't like such kind of practices... That's why 2 stars only!

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2018-05-09
Guan W

Not good in high resolution screen, the picture will be 比例倱调。

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2017-09-11
АлСксандр Π¨Ρ…Π°Π»Π°Ρ…ΠΎΠ²

The watermark is very annoying and makes half of the images useless. No hotkeys. Pretty slow.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2016-08-17
Nika Nakaidze

i push buttons and nothing happens. this extention was cool but now its screwed up. bye bye baby uninstalling

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2016-03-23
Theo Lataste

Can't take a picture of the entire page as expected...

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2016-02-04
Erik

Does not let you capture more than you see from the screen.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2015-03-27
Gorav Arya

It is good but the way you forced people to donate you to unlock several very much required feature is not good. This donation option should not be forced.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2015-03-04
Vera Van Horne

Unless you want header and footer, you have to pay. And, after you do, next time you clean your computer, you'd have to proove that you paid. Oh, and no warning that an automatic e-mail contained a code that you supposed to save...

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2014-01-24
Doug Kozar (Personal)

It used to work great. Now Chrome prevents it from working. I think a fix and a new release is in order. Often times, I have disable the plugin, close my Chrome browser, re-open Chrome and enable the plugin in order to get it to work. It has a bug.

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2014-01-11
Jeffrey Schumacher

This used to be a great extension, but recently every time I try to use it a message pops up that says "These particular pages cannot be captured due to Chrome's security policy, please try another page!".

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2013-05-07
Caleb Willden

Every single page I went to and tried to use it gave me this message: "These particular pages cannot be captured due to Chrome's security policy, please try another page!" Google News, my school's website, etc...

β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†2012-04-29
Johan Hereora Hummerhielm

Works as it should. But "Awsome Screenshot" does the same thing, and it can even blur out text WIHOUT getting a waterprint at the top and buttom "because you didn't pay for it". Reomve those waterprints and, sure, make people pay for the other features but don't mess upp the pictures with ugly watermarks :(

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2018-10-29
Abbas dhaini

Good but with the addition of Arabic be excellent

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2018-06-28
Blue Chan

My update since Jun 28, 2018 here in Jun 11, 2025. Revisted this extension since then. The video record option still can ONLY use audio from the MIC and won't capture the sound playing in the tab. Though it claims it can capture the playing video, it won't work for Youtube ones (obviously) and for the pages it does work on, it won't capture the sound portion. As for the screen image capture. Sorry you missed the mark on this extension. Love your Gmail one. Been using and donating for years now. But this capture tool fails the mark. I found using LightShot (WIN/MAC) - a small program that replaces the standard Print Scrn button capture the screen or a portion we select, add text, boxes or marks and then save. That is what this should have been but it's mediocre and maybe the video options should have been left out of this as they don't quite work as we would like it to.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2018-01-24
Rochelle Maynard

I used this app for 2-3 weeks and then it stopped working and said "taking screenshots has been disabled". I have reinstalled the extension twice and have reset my Chome browser settings. I literally used this multiple times a day for two weeks and then it just stopped working. Any ideas on how to fix it?

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2017-11-10
Rachel Phillips

good , easy to use, like the pencil is large so i don't have to reset . minus for not able to capture out of browser. another minus for full page script error

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2017-10-13
Magic Jimmy

I didn't notice the watermark but I guess it fine for me. The only thing missed is the ability to share videos. Yes, it has Youtube already but screenshots are not something that should be on youtube. I hope there will be a way to share without creating any account (just like sharing screenshots)

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2017-08-27
Taya Ynina

Huge watermark made it useless for me. To remove it, you need to pay, hence not free. Misleading. Other than that, the features seem to be nice, too bad of no application for me

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2017-02-24
redanilap

I like the extension but it has some issues: 1-Do one zoom in and one zoom out, and instead of getting the same original picture, you get a blurred version. Repeat the process a few times and you'll see. 2-Instead of typing on a 1 character box and then adapt it to the text, it creates a long box that makes it difficult to type more words to the right.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2016-11-29
Chandramouly Veeramony

Copy to clipboard doesnt work.

β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†2016-11-21
minh dat

The menu bar of the viewer and image editor window too much space, so it's hard to use on the laptop. - Zoom feature is faulty. - Photos taken in ultra low-quality jpeg (lower than png selection)

Permissions (12)

Permissions

activeTabβ„Ή Can access the current tab when you click the extension alarmsβ„Ή Can schedule periodic background tasks clipboardReadβ„Ή Can read from your clipboard contextMenusβ„Ή Can add items to the right-click menu desktopCaptureβ„Ή Can capture screen, window, or tab content downloadsβ„Ή Can manage and monitor downloads notificationsβ„Ή Can show desktop notifications offscreen scriptingβ„Ή Can inject scripts into web pages storageβ„Ή Can store data locally in your browser system.display tabCaptureβ„Ή Can capture tab audio/video

Details

Version 20.0.3
Updated Mar 24, 2026
Size 12.92MiB
First Seen Mar 28, 2026

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