[Microsoft AI Feature] Snipping Tool : Perfect Screenshot - Introduction
The Snipping Tool app allows you to take a snapshot to copy words or images from all or part of your PC screen. Use Snipping Tool to make changes or notes, then save, and share. Perfect screenshot is a new AI-powered feature in Snipping Tool that allows you to precisely capture content on your screen without the need to crop or resize it post-capture on your Copilot+ PC. Perfect screenshot automatically adjusts the capture area to tightly frame on-screen content, reducing the need for post-capture cropping.
Snipping Tool is a Microsoft app. For details, please refer to: Use Snipping Tool to capture screenshots
Minimum System Requirements
Perfect Screenshot supports all Copilot+ laptops.
If your laptop is not a Copilot+ model, please refer to the following information to check if your device supports the Perfect Screenshot feature.
Supported processors and an NPU with a minimum of 40 TOPS are required: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 series, Intel® Core™ Ultra 200V series, Snapdragon® X, Snapdragon® X Plus, Snapdragon® X Elite
If you're unsure about your laptop's NPU performance, visit the ASUS official website, search for your laptop model in the top-right corner, Click [Tech Specs] -> [Processor], and check if the NPU’s TOPS meets Perfect Screenshot’s requirement (≥40 TOPS). (Take S5507QA as an example)
Operating System Requirement
Please update your Snipping Tool app to version 11.2504.38.0 and higher for Windows Insiders on Windows 11.
How to use Perfect Screenshot?
(1) Press Windows logo key + Shift + S to start a snip
(2) Select the ①[Perfect screenshot button] on the Screen Snipping bar, and ②[select a region] of your screen you want to take a screenshot of
(3) Perfect screenshot ③[automatically adjusts] the capture area to tightly frame on-screen content, reducing the need for post-capture cropping. You may click on "Capture" to obtain the desired screenshot.
Q&A
(1) My laptop meets the minimum requirements and has updated Windows to the latest version, so why can't I find Perfect Screenshot?
Perfect Screenshot requires the use of NPU. Please follow the steps below to check whether the NPU driver meets the minimum requirements.
Right-click the Windows icon in the lower left corner of the Windows desktop, then click [Device Manager]. Find and expand [Neural processors] in Device Manager. Quickly click [NPU Compute Accelerator Device] twice with the left mouse button. Click [Details] in the new window to query the current NPU driver version.
- AMD NPU minimum driver version: 32.0.203.240
- Intel NPU minimum driver version: 32.0.100.3717
If your laptop's NPU driver does not reach the minimum version, you can update it manually.
Please go to the ASUS official website, find your laptop in the search box in the upper right corner, and then find and install the driver in [Support] -> [Diver & Tools] -> [Chipset].
- For AMD platform Laptops, please select [AMD Graphics Driver] to download and install.
- For Intel platform Laptops, please select [Intel NPU Driver] to download and install.
AMD Graphics Driver (Include NPU Driver)
Intel NPU Driver
The above information comes from Microsoft's official website. If you have any questions, please contact Microsoft for further information.
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