References: Software screenshots

Prepare Windows for clean screenshots

• Open Windows Settings

  • Click the Start menu and open Settings.

• Hide the taskbar

  • Go to Personalization → Taskbar.

  • Turn on Automatically hide the taskbar.

• Set your monitor to a 4:3 resolution

  • Go to System → Display → Display resolution.

  • Select the highest available 4:3 resolution your monitor supports
    (examples: 1600×1200, 1440×1080, 1024×768)

• Increase display scaling

  • Still in System → Display, find Scale.

  • Set scaling to 200% to 250%.

Prepare the Windows application for capture

• Launch the Windows application

• Set the app to full screen

  • Use the application’s full screen option if available, or press Alt + Enter.

• Navigate to the screen you want to capture

  • Ensure everything is fully loaded.

  • Close dropdowns, hover tooltips, or popups unless you want them captured.

Take the screenshots with Snipping Tool

• Open Snipping Tool

  • Press the Windows key, type Snipping Tool, and open it.

• Select Full-screen snip

  • In Snipping Tool, open the snip mode dropdown.

  • Choose Full-screen snip.

• Capture

  • Click New.

  • Your full screen will be captured immediately.

• Save as PNG

  • Click Save (disk icon).

  • Choose PNG as the format.

  • Save with a clear sequential name, for example:
    ProjectName_Step01.png, ProjectName_Step02.png, etc.

Quick method (keyboard):

• Press Print Screen (PrtScn) to capture the full screen. (If you are on a laptop, you may need Fn + PrtScn.)

• On many Windows setups this will open the capture directly in Snipping Tool.

• Save the image as PNG with a clear sequential filename.

Package and send to us

• Collect all screenshots in one folder

• Zip the folder

  • Right click the folder → Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder.

• Send us the zipped file

  • Please send the zip with the original PNG files inside.

  • Avoid pasting screenshots into email or chat apps individually, as they often compress images.

Extra tips

• Close anything that could overlap the application:

  • notifications

  • update popups

  • messaging apps

• Wait a moment after opening a view so all UI elements load.

• Avoid capturing during animations or transitions unless needed.

• Use any available “clean UI” or “presentation mode” in the app.

• Use the same resolution and scaling for the full screenshot set.

• Capture in an order that matches your workflow.