---
title: "Screenshot Beautifier: Backgrounds & Shadows | Snap Canvas"
description: "Put a screenshot on a gradient or solid background with padding, rounded corners and a soft shadow, then save PNG, JPEG or WebP. Free and private."
url: https://snapcanvas.click/
---

No. 01 Screenshot beautifier

# Give your screenshot a proper frame

Drop, paste or choose a screenshot, then pick a background, padding, corners and shadow. Everything happens in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

## From snip to finished image

1. **Add the screenshot.** Drop it on the board, press `Ctrl`+`V` (`⌘`+`V` on a Mac) straight after taking it, or choose a file.
2. **Pick a background.** Twelve paint-chip presets, a light or dark wash made from the screenshot's own colours, a solid colour or gradient of your choice, or transparent.
3. **Set the space around it.** Padding, the canvas shape, the corner radius and the shadow all update the preview as you go.
4. **Save it.** Download a PNG, JPEG or WebP at half, normal, double or triple size, or copy the image and paste it straight into a document or chat.

## Settings that tend to work

Padding of about 5 to 10 percent of the screenshot's width looks balanced; the starting value follows that rule for each new image. Match the corner radius to the interface you captured, and remember a Retina screenshot has twice the pixels, so it needs twice the radius.

Use *Soft* for documentation, *Lifted* or *Deep* for a landing page, and *Cast* for a flat, printed look. PNG keeps interface text sharp; JPEG and WebP make smaller files for photo-heavy shots.

## More in the collection

Five more ways to present a screenshot, all free and all in your browser.

- [No. 02 Browser window frame Put a screenshot inside a clean light or dark browser window, with your own address and tab title.](https://snapcanvas.click/browser-window-frame/)
- [No. 03 Device mockup Show your design on a drawn phone, tablet, laptop or monitor, with no brand artwork in sight.](https://snapcanvas.click/device-mockup/)
- [No. 04 Annotate a screenshot Arrows, boxes, text and numbered steps, plus blur or pixelate to hide what nobody else should see.](https://snapcanvas.click/annotate-screenshot/)
- [No. 05 Social media image sizes Pad or crop one image to link previews, square posts, stories, banners and thumbnails.](https://snapcanvas.click/social-media-image-sizes/)
- [No. 06 Code to image Paste code, pick a language and a theme, and export a crisp, readable picture of it.](https://snapcanvas.click/code-to-image/)

## Recommended

Two free services that keep your own details out of the picture.

Temporary email · no sign-up

### CleanTempMail

Capturing a sign-up flow, a welcome email or a newsletter confirmation for a tutorial? Register with a CleanTempMail address instead of your own. You get a free temporary inbox straight away, with no sign-up, a random or custom address on hundreds of domains, and messages that delete themselves after 3 days.

Your real email address never appears in the screenshot.

[Open a temporary inbox](https://cleantempmail.com/)

Disposable cloud browser

### WebTraceCheck

Taking screenshots of a website for a bug report, a review or a portfolio? WebTraceCheck opens it in a disposable cloud browser, with Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Chromium on an isolated desktop that is deleted after each session, so your bookmarks, logins, cookies and extensions stay out of the shot.

Nothing to install, with free time every day.

[Try the disposable browser](https://webtracecheck.com/)

## Questions

**Are my screenshots uploaded anywhere?**

No. Your browser opens the image and draws the result on this page. Nothing is sent to a server, and once the page has loaded it keeps working without a connection.

**Why is the saved image bigger than my screenshot?**

Padding adds pixels on every side, and a fixed canvas shape adds more on two sides. Screenshots from Retina and other high-density screens are also twice the size they look. Choose 0.5× under Export to halve the result.

**Can I keep the background transparent?**

Yes. Choose the checkerboard chip (Transparent) and save as PNG or WebP. The shadow stays semi-transparent, so it falls naturally on whatever you place the image over. JPEG has no transparency, so it gets a white background.

**Copy image does not work in my browser. What now?**

Copying an image needs a browser that can write images to the clipboard; current versions of Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox can. If a setting or an older browser blocks it, use Download and drag the saved file where you need it.

**Which file format should I choose?**

PNG for interface screenshots: text and thin lines stay crisp and it supports transparency. JPEG or WebP make much smaller files when the screenshot is mostly photos; WebP also keeps transparency.