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February 8, 2013
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Screen Capture Software

  • February 8, 2013
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I notice that the ZScreen homepage shows that development has stopped on this software.
Is it still a good bet for screen capture, or is there a later and better, free program?

Cheers,

John


John Wayman, C.Eng, FIED
Senior Mechanical Engineer

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    JMSCRA1-Visitor
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    February 8, 2013
    We are using MWSnap freeware here. I am on XP

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    branden1-Visitor
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    February 9, 2013


    Many have mentioned Snag-it by Techsmith, if you want strictly a screen capture tool with no editing, they also have Jing. I love it. But no editing.


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    bokm96061-Visitor
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    February 9, 2013
    Jing is excellent. Quick. Easy. Free.
    On Feb 8, 2013 4:58 AM, "Jose M Resendis" <->
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    > Hi John,
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    > The snipping tool in Windows 7 works very well. If you need something
    > with a bit more functionality, SnagIt.
    > Its not free, but not very expensive at all.
    >
    > Best Regards,
    >
    > *Jose M. Resendis*
    > Mechanical & Optical Engineering Center (MOEC)
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    nbradley11-Visitor
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    February 9, 2013

    A few of my colleagues use Jing, but I prefer the opensource Greenshot (http://getgreenshot.org/). I've used it in XP and 7, and it is configurable to allow annotating or not. You can set different hotkeys for the type of capture you are wanting (area, window, screen) and the destination (clipboard, file, editor, printer, email, or any combination). I've used it ever since my company disallowed the use of Gadwin Printscreen (since its freeware version is only for personal use).

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    ptc-1699471-Visitor
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    February 10, 2013
    John,

    I use Gadwin printscreen. Good for what I need and free.

    Stefan

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    JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
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    February 11, 2013
    Just to throw one more option into the mix: I find that I can do everything I want by using the built-in Windows PrintScreen (for the whole display) or Alt+PrintScreen (for just the active window), and then pasting into Paint.NET.

    This is a free image editing program which I find very easy and quick to use; it can crop, annotate (using layers if required), colour process (greyscale, colour replace etc), pixelate regions you want to obscure; and then save in all common formats.

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    wbowling1-Visitor
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    February 11, 2013
    Upon occasion I have a need to illustrate a set of menu options. To do this, I hold the alt key down, activate the menu with the mouse, and then, while holding the alt key down, hit the Print Screen button. This puts the window with its menu options displayed into the clipboard buffer. I then open PowerPoint and paste the clipboard onto the slide using options as required. From there, if I want a specific region, such as the menu options isolated, I use the Windows 7 snipping tool to grab what I want from the image in the PowerPoint slide.



    This, of course, is for less professional graphics rendering that is used to help users through email.





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