What are action outputs?

Think of each output as a distinct copy of the original screenshot that you would like certain actions performed on. It allows you to prepare multiple sequences of actions that will run independent of each other but all receiving the same original screenshot as a starting point.

Consider the following actions and outputs:

Here I have two outputs that I’ve renamed “Original” and “Web copy”.

The “Original” output has a single action that saves the original screenshot captured by Window Clippings to a special folder where I might keep my originals.

The “Web copy” output first adds a unique watermark to the image. It then resizes the image (that includes the watermark) and then copies the result to the clipboard. The altered screenshot can now be pasted into a blogging tool or some other application.

Outputs and actions help you automate much of the tedium around creating screenshots and processing the resulting images.

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