diff --git a/hypr/lua/binds/capture.lua b/hypr/lua/binds/capture.lua
index 9561b4a..29cfa09 100644
--- a/hypr/lua/binds/capture.lua
+++ b/hypr/lua/binds/capture.lua
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ local scripts = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/hypr/scripts/"
 -- ------------------------------------------------------------- screenshots
 -- PRINT selects a region, CTRL grabs the focused window, SHIFT saves to disk
 -- instead of the clipboard.
-hl.bind("PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd('grim -g "$(slurp)" - | wl-copy'))
-hl.bind("SHIFT + PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd('grim -g "$(slurp)" ~/Pictures/Screenshots/$(date +\'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S\').png'))
-hl.bind("CTRL + PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd(scripts .. "screenshot_window.sh copy"))
-hl.bind("CTRL + SHIFT + PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd(scripts .. "screenshot_window.sh save"))
+-- All four go through scripts/shot.sh, which also posts a notification with
+-- the capture as its thumbnail (Open, Edit with satty, Save).
+local shot = scripts .. "shot.sh "
+hl.bind("PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd(shot .. "region copy"), { description = "screenshot an area to the clipboard" })
+hl.bind("SHIFT + PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd(shot .. "region save"), { description = "screenshot an area to a file" })
+hl.bind("CTRL + PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd(shot .. "window copy"), { description = "screenshot the window to the clipboard" })
+hl.bind("CTRL + SHIFT + PRINT", hl.dsp.exec_cmd(shot .. "window save"), { description = "screenshot the window to a file" })
 
 -- ------------------------------------------------------- replay and camera
 -- On release, so the shortcut is not caught mid-chord.
diff --git a/hypr/scripts/shot.sh b/hypr/scripts/shot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..22846ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hypr/scripts/shot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Screenshots with a receipt: every capture lands on the clipboard and comes
+# back as a notification with its own thumbnail, so a keypress that used to
+# vanish silently now shows what it took.
+#
+#   shot.sh region copy    pick an area, copy it
+#   shot.sh region save    pick an area, save it to ~/Pictures/Screenshots
+#   shot.sh window copy    the focused window, copy it
+#   shot.sh window save    the focused window, save it
+#
+# A copy is kept in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR only so the notification has a picture
+# to show; its Save action moves it into ~/Pictures/Screenshots. Edit opens
+# satty when it is installed. Cancelling the region picker does nothing.
+
+set -eu
+
+target=${1:-region}
+mode=${2:-copy}
+
+dir="$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots"
+stamp=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
+
+case "$target" in
+    region)
+        geometry=$(slurp) || exit 0
+        name="$stamp.png"
+        ;;
+    window)
+        info=$(hyprctl activewindow -j)
+        geometry=$(printf '%s' "$info" | jq -r 'if .at then "\(.at[0]),\(.at[1]) \(.size[0])x\(.size[1])" else empty end')
+        if [ -z "$geometry" ]; then
+            notify-send -a Screenshot "Screenshot" "No window is focused."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        app=$(printf '%s' "$info" | jq -r '.class // "unknown"' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9_-]/_/g')
+        name="${app}_$stamp.png"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "usage: shot.sh region|window copy|save" >&2
+        exit 2
+        ;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$mode" = save ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$dir"
+    file="$dir/$name"
+else
+    file="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/shot-$name"
+fi
+
+grim -g "$geometry" "$file"
+wl-copy --type image/png < "$file"
+
+title=$([ "$mode" = save ] && echo "Screenshot saved" || echo "Screenshot copied")
+body=$([ "$mode" = save ] && echo "${file#"$HOME"/}" || echo "On the clipboard")
+
+set -- --action=open=Open
+command -v satty >/dev/null 2>&1 && set -- "$@" --action=edit=Edit
+[ "$mode" = copy ] && set -- "$@" --action=save=Save
+
+# notify-send waits for the notification to close and prints the action
+# that was chosen, so run it in the background and act on the answer.
+(
+    choice=$(notify-send -a Screenshot -i "$file" -h "string:image-path:$file" \
+        "$@" "$title" "$body") || exit 0
+    case "$choice" in
+        open) xdg-open "$file" ;;
+        edit) satty --filename "$file" --output-filename "$dir/edited_$name" --copy-command wl-copy ;;
+        save) mkdir -p "$dir" && mv "$file" "$dir/$name" \
+                && notify-send -a Screenshot -i "$dir/$name" -h "string:image-path:$dir/$name" \
+                    "Screenshot saved" "${dir#"$HOME"/}/$name" ;;
+    esac
+) >/dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/quickshell/components/NotifCard.qml b/quickshell/components/NotifCard.qml
index 4bf06a7..f92ad8c 100644
--- a/quickshell/components/NotifCard.qml
+++ b/quickshell/components/NotifCard.qml
@@ -185,7 +185,14 @@ Item {
                 id: inline
                 x: 1
                 y: 1
-                source: root.notif?.image || ""
+                // A path given as an image hint (notify-send -h image-path:…)
+                // comes back routed through the icon provider, which treats
+                // it as an icon name and returns a placeholder. Load the file.
+                source: {
+                    const img = root.notif?.image || "";
+                    if (img.startsWith("image://icon//")) return "file://" + img.slice("image://icon/".length);
+                    return img.startsWith("/") ? "file://" + img : img;
+                }
                 sourceSize.height: 90
                 fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
                 asynchronous: true