---
title: "Element Capture for Mac, a free Droplet in Droppy"
description: "Capture specific screen elements, annotate with arrows, shapes, text, and blur, then send screenshots to the clipboard, a folder, Droppy Cloud, or any mix of those. Perfect for grabbing and marking up UI components, icons, or any visual element."
canonical: "https://getdroppy.app/features/element-capture"
last-updated: "2026-10-27"
---

# Screenshots, styled before you send them.

Element Capture

Capture specific screen elements, annotate with arrows, shapes, text, and blur, then send screenshots to the clipboard, a folder, Droppy Cloud, or any mix of those. Perfect for grabbing and marking up UI components, icons, or any visual element.

![Element Capture in Droppy on a MacBook Pro: its page in Settings, a real render of the app](https://getdroppy.app/assets/features/screens/element-capture-20261027.webp)

[Download for macOS](https://getdroppy.app/download/latest) [Purchase](https://getdroppy.app/#pricing)

Free with Droppy. Switch it on in Settings, Droplet Store.

## What it does

Capture UI elements, areas, windows, or full screens and edit them immediately. The flow is built for fast screenshot work with annotations and blur tools in one pass.

- Configurable keyboard shortcuts
- Every mode on a button in the Action Ring droplet
- Pause the screen, then capture
- Annotate with arrows, shapes & text
- Blur sensitive content
- Save to a folder or Droppy Cloud

## See it in motion

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## Related features

[Text Capture Select text anywhere on screen or choose an image or PDF. Recognition stays on your Mac, preserves document structure when macOS supports it, and keeps recent results in a private local history widget. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/ocr) [Camera Adds a Camera widget to the notch for a live front-camera preview. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/camera) [Notch Shelf Hover the notch and it opens into a shelf: Now Playing, your calendar and any widgets you pick, right under the camera. Learn more](https://getdroppy.app/features/notch-shelf)

## Ready to try Droppy?

Every feature and every Droplet, one price, yours for good.

[Download for macOS](https://getdroppy.app/download/latest)