In communication and marketing, it is common to use screenshots to highlight an image. They are often used on social networks to share news or an idea. However, these images are not always very aesthetic, making them not very impactful or interactive. There are tools to solve this problem, such as Pika. It offers multiple features for turn his screenshots into engaging content.
Create relevant visuals
Without Pika, sublimating your screenshots is not necessarily easy. You have to find the right tool to add a colored background, then look for another site to arrange the shape of your image, switch to another to put an effect… This can quickly waste a lot of time, especially when you need create multiple visuals from screenshots.
It is also because he was in this situation that Rishi Mohan designed Pika, a practical and easy-to-use open-source tool. To discover all its features, nothing could be simpler. Just go to the site and upload a screenshot. We then discover a whole menu offering to make various modifications.
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A default, colored and gradient background appears. It is possible to change it by choosing from among the eleven other backgrounds offered: plain, gradient, black, orange, blue, yellow… A wide range of choices is available. In case none of them please us, Pika allows you to directly choose the colors by clicking on “Pick”, next to “Background”. It will then be necessary to insert the references of the desired colors.
Once done, Pika offers two shapes for your screenshot: square or rectangular. Depending on your preferences, the corners of the image can be very rounded, little or not at all. The tool also offers the possibility to choose whether you want a thick, medium or thin border as well as the position of the screenshot on the visual: left, right, center…
To personalize its content a little more, Pika allows you to add a shadow to its image, as well as a box showing the Mac menu. This can be useful when you want present a product or a solution for example.
After making all the changes you want, just click the “Save” button to save your sublimated screenshot, or press “Copy” to paste it directly into a document or presentation. In a few clicks, we then obtain a clean visual that is much more attractive than before.