ShareX - Screenshot in webp format

Apr 3, 202480

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ShareX is a powerful open-source screenshot and sharing software with many customization options. It can automatically compress screenshots to webp format, reducing image size. Download the portable version with ffmpeg included for compression. Set up an action in ShareX to use ffmpeg for compression, then enable the action in screenshot tasks.

ShareX is a very powerful open-source screenshot and sharing software, providing a lot of customization functions. I was attracted to its ability to automatically compress screenshot images into webp format, greatly reducing the image size. Software structure:

Download link: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX/releases/tag/v16.0.1

It is recommended to download the portable version, which comes with ffmpeg and can be used directly for compression.

Then in the ShareX action settings, add an action:

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Name: Any
File path: Installation path of ffmpeg, specify the ffmpeg executable file
Parameters: -i "$input" -q 75 "$output", where -q 75 compresses at 75% quality
Output file extension: webp
Extension filter: png
Check the boxes for Hide Window and Delete Input File below

Then check the box for Execute action in the post-capture tasks

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