Since implementation depends heavily on the Operating System and the technology stack you are using, I have broken this down into three common scenarios:
Why do we use clipboard screenshots rather than saving files? Because . It turns a spatial-visual event (what I see) into a temporal-interactional object (what I can paste now ). This aligns with the HCI principle of external cognition : offloading short-term memory to the environment. clipboard screenshot
If you use Windows Snipping Tool, clicking the notification that pops up after a capture allows you to draw arrows or highlight text before it stays on your clipboard. Since implementation depends heavily on the Operating System