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Guidelines for creating screenshots in tutorials and documentation

Include enough context but not too much

Ensure that all text is legible

Use a high quality, preferably 4k or Retina, monitor

Optimize the image for size

Don't add too many screenshots

Captions and Alt-text

Annotating screenshots

Using videos or gifs

  • Size considerations

Software: Snagit vs CleanshotX vs ...

Snagit

CleanshotX