PrettyScreenSHOT 📸

Advanced screenshot capture and editing application for Windows, built with C# WPF.

✨ Features

🎯 Capture

• Region Selection - select area to capture
• Multi-Monitor Support - capture from multiple monitors
• Global Hotkey - keyboard shortcut (default: PRTSCN)
• Automatic Clipboard - auto-copy to clipboard

🎨 Editor

• Marker - freehand drawing
• Rectangle - draw rectangles
• Arrow - draw arrows
• Blur - Gaussian blur for privacy
• Text - add text with font and size options
• Color - color picker with palette
• Thickness - adjustable line width
• Undo/Clear - undo and clear changes

📚 History

• Automatic Saving - all screenshots are saved
• Thumbnails - preview in history window
• Delete - easy screenshot deletion
• Cloud Upload - upload to cloud (Imgur, Cloudinary, S3, Custom)

🌍 Internationalization

• 🇬🇧 English
• 🇵🇱 Polski
• 🇩🇪 Deutsch
• 🇨🇳 中文 (Mandarin)
• 🇫🇷 Français

⚙️ Settings

• Language - interface language selection
• Save Path - configurable file location
• Hotkey - keyboard shortcut configuration
• Image Format - PNG, JPG, BMP
• Quality - quality adjustment (10-100%)
• Auto Save - automatic saving
• Copy to Clipboard - clipboard copying
• Show Notifications - notification display
• Theme - modern Fluent Design themes (Dark/Light/System)

🎬 Video Capture

• GIF Recording - animated GIF recording (Magick.NET)
• MP4 Export - MP4 export (requires FFmpeg)
• Configurable FPS - 1-30 frames per second
• UI Control Panel - recording control window

📜 Scroll Capture

• Automatic Scrolling - capture long pages
• Smart End Detection - advanced screenshot comparison
• Vertical and Horizontal - both directions supported
• Image Stitching - automatic screenshot merging

🔒 Security

• AES-256 Encryption - screenshot encryption
• PBKDF2 Key Derivation - secure key generation from password
• Text Watermark - add text watermark
• Image Watermark - add image watermark
• Metadata Removal - remove EXIF for privacy

⚡ Performance Optimization

• Thumbnail Cache - intelligent caching
• Lazy Loading - asynchronous loading
• Image Optimization - automatic size reduction
• Memory Management - automatic cache cleanup

☁️ Cloud Upload

• Imgur - direct upload
• Cloudinary - Cloudinary upload
• AWS S3 - S3 upload
• Custom Server - custom server support
• Auto Upload - automatic upload after save

🚀 Installation

Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• .NET 10.0 Runtime

For End Users

Download the latest release from the Releases page.

For Developers

git clone https://github.com/Co0ob1iee/PrettyScreenSHOT.git
cd PrettyScreenSHOT
dotnet restore
dotnet build
dotnet run

Or run the compiled PrettyScreenSHOT.exe from bin/Debug/net10.0-windows/ folder

📖 Usage

1. Launch Application - runs in background (system tray icon)
2. Press PRTSCN - overlay appears for area selection
3. Select Area - drag mouse to select area
4. Edit - right-click tray icon → "Edit Last Screenshot"
5. Save - click "SAVE" in editor

Keyboard Shortcuts

• PRTSCN - capture screenshot
• ESC - cancel (in overlay)

🛠️ Technologies

• .NET 10.0 - framework
• WPF - user interface framework
• WPF UI 4.0.3 - modern Fluent Design System components
• WinAPI - screen capture and keyboard hooks
• System.Windows.Forms - tray icon
• Magick.NET - image processing and animated GIF
• FFmpeg - MP4 export (optional)
• AES-256 - encryption
• PBKDF2 - key derivation

UI Framework

PrettyScreenSHOT uses WPF UI (version 4.0.3) for a modern, native Windows 11 experience:

• Fluent Design System - follows Microsoft's design language
• Mica Background - translucent window backgrounds (Windows 11)
• System Theme Integration - automatically matches Windows theme
• Modern Controls - rounded corners, smooth animations, accent colors

📁 Project Structure

See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md for detailed architecture and design patterns.

Main Components:

• App.xaml/.cs - Application entry point
• Views/ - All Windows, Dialogs, and Overlays
• Services/ - Business logic and managers
  • Screenshot, Cloud, Update, Theme, Video, Settings, Security
• Models/ - Data models
• Helpers/ - Utility classes
• Properties/Resources.*.resx - Localization files

🗺️ Roadmap

See docs/ROADMAP.md for detailed development plan.

Upcoming Features

• More drawing tools (Ellipse, Line, Fill)
• Advanced tools (Crop, Resize, Rotate)
• Filters and effects
• OCR (text recognition)
• More cloud providers (Google Drive, Dropbox)
• Editor keyboard shortcuts
• GPU acceleration for image processing
• Advanced scroll capture algorithms

🔢 Versioning

This project uses a custom versioning scheme for clear build tracking:

• 0.0.X - Development builds (X = CI build number, automatic)
• 0.X.0 - Pre-release/Beta versions (X = release number)
• X.0.0 - Full production releases (X = major version)

For detailed information, see docs/VERSIONING.md.

📝 Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a detailed list of changes, new features, and bug fixes in each release.

Current Version: v0.1.0 (First Beta Release)

📚 Documentation

• docs/README.md - Documentation index
• docs/ARCHITECTURE.md - Project architecture and design patterns
• docs/LOGGING.md - Logging system documentation
• docs/ROADMAP.md - Development roadmap
• docs/VERSIONING.md - Versioning system
• docs/STATUS_REPORT.md - Project status and metrics
• Tests/README.md - Testing guidelines

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed guidelines.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPL v3 License - see LICENSE for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• All contributors
• Open source community
• Users for feedback

📧 Contact

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

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