Why Are My Screenshots Blurry? 6 Causes and Fixes
Fuzzy text usually comes from scaling or compression, not from the capture itself.
Screenshots look blurry when they are scaled after capture, saved as low-quality JPG, captured on a low-resolution display, or shrunk by the app you paste them into. Fix it by exporting PNG, capturing at your display’s native resolution, exporting at 2× in ClickSnap, and avoiding resizing before sharing.
1. Saved as JPG
JPG compression smears sharp text edges. Fix: export PNG for anything with text. ClickSnap’s Copy button always copies PNG.
2. Scaled down to fit
Shrinking an image throws away detail. Chat apps and docs often display images smaller than their real size. Fix: click the image to view it at full size, or crop to the part that matters so it doesn’t need shrinking.
3. Low-resolution display
On a standard (non-Retina) screen, a screenshot only has as many pixels as the screen. Fix: export at 2× in ClickSnap. It won’t invent detail that wasn’t captured, but it keeps text crisp when the image is shown larger, for example in slides.
4. Browser zoom
Capturing at 67% zoom makes text tiny and soft. Fix: reset zoom to 100% (`Ctrl/Cmd + 0`) before capturing.
5. Extremely tall pages
Images are limited to 16,384 pixels per side, so ClickSnap shows very tall pages scaled down. Fix: open Export and use Very long page to save full-resolution parts or one PDF, or capture just the important section with Select Area (`Alt + Shift + A`).
6. Re-saving the same file
Opening a JPG, editing and saving it again compounds the compression. Fix: keep the original PNG and export a copy at the end.
Quick checklist
- PNG for text
- Browser zoom at 100%
- Crop rather than shrink
- 2× export for slides and print
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