SOLVED Greenshot – Freeware screenshot tool for Windows!

[Nibiru2012]

From: The Windows Club 6-14-2010

Greenshot is a revolutionary open-source screen capture software for Windows operating system, optimized for productivity.

Features:

• Save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file within a second.
• Apply text and shapes to the screenshot.
• Offers capture of window, region or full screenshot.
• Supports several image formats.

HomePage.
Worth a check-out!
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[andsome]

In Windows 7 you don't need third oarty programs, the snipping tool does a perfect job.

 

[andsome]

Here's another one.

 

[roban]

In Windows 7 you don't need third oarty programs, the snipping tool does a perfect job.

Agreed. I can't see any value in third party software to do this. I do appreciate open source tools however.

 

[andsome]

The snipping tool will also allw text to be added exactly the same as the third party tool.

 

[Nibiru2012]

Well, I was just offering this because it has more features and tweaks than the snipping tool in Windows 7. I thought someone might find a use for it, that's all. All of us uber-geeks know what features are in the Snipping tool.

Personally, I use Snagit. A much better window/screen capture application than either of these two with tons more features. But I like to let other folks know about free stuff, if they choose to do use it, that's their bag.

 

[chaoticOtter]

Never heard of it! I usually use the Print Screen button of my keyboard.

 

[Nibiru2012]

Never heard of it! I usually use the Print Screen button of my keyboard.

chaoticOtter - Using either the snipping tool in Windows 7 or a third-party software like Snagit, one can just take a capture of a small part of the screen, such as a window, portion of a web page, etc.

These tools allow one to be more specific and save extra steps of cropping and resizing.

See these examples:

 

[Veedaz]

The snipping tool in Windows 7 does work very well but saying that I do use a third-party software for reasons Nibiru has pointed out, so I will say thanks Nibiru will give Greenshot a run as I always like to give software I have not tried before a go :top:

 

[TrainableMan]

FYI: The snipping tool is not included in Starter or Home editions so this could also be beneficial to those users.