Shotnest · Library
Keep an original separate from a sharing copy
The crop and cover tools on this site save a new PNG and never change the file you chose, so you can share the edited copy and keep the full original.
Two files, two jobs
The local image tools crop, cover, resize or rotate a picture inside the browser tab and offer the result as a new PNG download. The image you selected is only read. A crop of an 8 × 6 rectangle from a 48 × 32 image produces an 8 × 6 PNG; the 48 × 32 file is still on your device afterwards, untouched.
That separation is useful. The original keeps the context you may need later, such as a date in the corner or the sender's name, while the copy shows only what the other person needs. The risk is mixing the two up when you attach a file, because a download name describes the operation rather than which original it came from.
Resizing follows the same rule. The resize tool keeps the aspect ratio and never enlarges, so a 300 × 200 image inside a 1200 × 1200 box stays 300 × 200, while the original keeps its full resolution for reading later.
Prepare a copy you can safely send
- Leave the original in Photos, where Shotnest keeps reading and filing it.
- Make the crop or cover in the local tool and download the PNG.
- Rename the download straight away, for example by adding shared to the name.
- Open the renamed copy and attach that file, not the original, in the receiving app.
Where the two get confused
- Sharing from Shotnest's detail view sends the screenshot as it is in your library; it does not apply an edit made on this site.
- Covering an area produces fully opaque black pixels in the copy only; the original still shows the hidden text.
- A resized copy can be harder to read: 4000 × 3000 fitted inside 1200 × 1200 becomes 1200 × 900.
- Expecting the edited PNG on a Shotnest shelf; the app lists screenshots from Photos, and a downloaded file is not a screenshot.
- Hiding text with a semi-transparent highlight in another editor; the cover tool here always fills the rectangle with fully opaque pixels.
Keep track of which file left your device
The tools cannot see where a download goes next. Decide where shared copies live, and delete them when they have served their purpose.