QA & developers
Turn a reproduction into a report a developer opens once and fixes — annotated screen, steps, expected vs actual.
Bug reportsRegression testingQA documentationSoftware testing
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Screenshot to PDF
Report Generator
Trace is a screenshot to PDF Chrome extension that captures, annotates, and organizes your screenshots into a polished, professional PDF report — complete with cover pages and page numbers, all locally in Chrome.
Free · No account · Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc
Trace
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Step 4 — Order Confirmation
The order total does not include the applied discount code. Expected ₹2,400 after the SAVE20 coupon; the summary still shows ₹3,000.
4Acme QA
Step 3 — Payment Summary
The order total does not include the applied discount code. Expected ₹2,400 after the SAVE20 coupon; the summary still shows ₹3,000.
3Acme QA
Checkout Flow — QA Report
Sprint 24 · Regression Pass
Full walkthrough of the payment step with annotated defects and reproduction notes.
6 Pages • July 2026report.pdf
A folder of screenshots
isn't a report.
Screenshots pile up in Downloads and chat threads with no order, no labels, no annotations explaining what's wrong. Without a proper PDF report, you're the only one who remembers what they mean — and there's no documentation for the next person to follow.
What you send now
hey the checkout is broken
also this
which one is the actual bug?
sorry ignore the second one
this one ↑
Downloads
Screenshot 2026-07-26 at 4.32.11 PM.png
Screenshot 2026-07-26 at 4.33.02 PM.png
Screenshot 2026-07-26 at 4.41.55 PM.png
image (3).png
bug_final_v2_ACTUAL.png
- Context lives in the thread, not the file
- Reader has to scroll back to understand order
- Nothing you can attach to a ticket or invoice
What you send with Trace
Step 3 — Payment Summary
The order total does not include the applied discount code. Expected ₹2,400 after the SAVE20 coupon; the summary still shows ₹3,000.
2Acme QA
Checkout Flow — QA Report
Sprint 24 · Regression Pass
Full walkthrough of the payment step with annotated defects and reproduction notes.
6 Pages • July 2026- Every screenshot has a heading and a reason
- Ordered, numbered, and readable start to finish
- One file you can attach anywhere
How It Works
Capture. Annotate. Export.
app.acme.com/checkout
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Capture
Click the Trace icon. Take a full-page screenshot, drag a region, or import a JPG or PNG you already have.
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Annotate
Annotate the screenshot with arrows, boxes and notes so anyone reading knows exactly what to look at.
Checkout Flow — QA Report
Sprint 24
Annotated defects with reproduction notes.
6 Pages • July 202603
Export
Add headings, pick your cover, hit Generate PDF. A finished, branded report lands in your downloads.
What's Inside
Everything you need.
One seamless workflow.
Capture
Grab the whole screen, or just the part that matters.
One click for a full-page screenshot, drag for a region, or import a JPG or PNG you already have. Everything lands in the same queue, ready to annotate.
- Full screen and region screenshot capture
- Import existing JPG, PNG and other images
- Reorder captures by dragging
app.acme.com/dashboard
Annotate
Point at the problem, don't describe it.
Arrows, boxes, highlights and freehand drawing for annotating your screenshot — plus blur for sensitive details and numbered steps for walkthroughs. Crop, undo and redo too. The whole editor lives inside the extension, so you never round-trip through another app.
- Ten annotation tools, from arrows to blur
- Numbered steps for tutorials and SOPs
- Crop, undo/redo, and download as PNG
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SaveOrganize
Give every screenshot a heading and a reason.
The Report Editor pairs each capture with a title and description, so the finished PDF reads like documentation instead of a photo dump. Drag pages in the sidebar to reorder.
- Heading and description per page
- Drag-to-reorder page sidebar
- Optional branded cover page
Pages
+ Cover Page
1
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Step 3 — Payment Summary
Discount code applied but total unchanged. Expected ₹2,400.
Customize
Make the export match your brand.
Page size, orientation, margins, image quality, watermark, footer text and logo — set them once and every report you generate follows the same house style.
- A4, Letter or Legal · portrait or landscape
- Custom footer text and watermark logo
- Quality slider for file-size control
PDF Settings
Layout
Cover
Branding
Quality
Page size
A4LetterLegal
Orientation
PortraitLandscape
Image quality
85%
Show page numbers
Watermark
Who It's For
If screenshots are part of your work,
Trace is for you.
Consultants & agencies
Hand clients a branded deliverable with your cover page and logo, not a zip of images they have to piece together.
Site auditsClient reportsWebsite feedback
Product & design teams
Review a screen the way you'd review a document — one heading and note per shot, instead of a thread of pasted images.
Product reviewsDesign reviews
Support & ops
Document an escalation once, in a format the next person on the ticket can read without a call.
EscalationsIncident write-upsInternal SOPsTechnical documentation
Teachers & researchers
Build step-by-step material where every screen is captioned, ordered and numbered — ready to hand out or cite.
User guidesTutorialsResearch findings
Privacy
Your screenshots never leave your computer.
Most screenshot tools quietly ship your captures to a server so they can render, store, or share them. Trace doesn't — because it doesn't need to.
- Everything runs on your machineCaptures, annotations and PDF generation all happen inside your browser. There is no server in the loop.
- Nothing is uploadedYour screenshots are never transmitted anywhere — not to us, not to a cloud bucket, not to a third party.
- No account, no sign-inInstall it and use it. There's nothing to register for and no email to hand over.
- Fast because it's localNo upload wait, no processing queue. Generation speed depends on your machine, not our bandwidth.
Your device
Capture
Annotate
PDF
Cloud upload
FAQ
Questions worth asking.
Your next report starts
with one screenshot.
Install it, capture one thing, and look at the PDF. That is the entire evaluation — it takes less time than reading this page did.
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