One of the easiest way of taking a screenshot is by pressing the Print key which will send a screenshot of the desktop to the Clipboard from where it can be processed further. Screen capture tools like Greenshot or the previously reviewed MWSnap add interesting new options to the screen capturing process.
Greenshot, a screen capturing tool for the Windows operating system, does not only offer to take a screenshot of the desktop but also of a selected window or custom rectangle. The results can be send to the default image editor, saved as a jpg file to the computer, printed on a connected printer or added to the clipboard. One of the interesting aspects of Greenshot is that several of the processing ways can be selected. A user could copy the screenshot to the clipboard, save it in a selected image format and print it at the same time.
The print screen key will be utilized as the main hotkey for the screen capturing process. Pressing the print key will make it possible to take a screenshot of a rectangle that the user can draw on the computer screen. Pressing Alt and the print key will activate windowed mode which allows the user to take a screenshot of a window and CTRL plus the print key will take a screenshot of the full screen.
Greenshot’s options contain various settings that can be used to customize the output. The user can select the image format, the filename pattern, storage location and image quality of the screenshots. There are also several print options like shrinking or enlarging screenshots automatically to fit the paper size.
Greenshot comes with its own image editor that can be used to add shapes and text to the screenshot before saving a final version to the computer system.
The screen capturing tool will remain in the system tray all the time. The only drawback is its computer memory usage of around 35 Megabytes. The previously mentioned MWSnap uses less than six Megabytes of computer memory.
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Last free version of Faststone Capture (5.3) remains the best for me.
Built-in editor, big number of formats to chose from and – what most programs definitely lack – you can see projected size of image to save with particular settings, and preview window to see how good it will look like.
Alt+PrintScreen captures only the current window regardless of any screen capture software.
Picasa 3 automatically saves screen captures without requiring any user interaction — hit PrintScreen, capture gets saved. Hit it again, another capture is saved. For me that works best, because I usually need to capture a series of screenshots which I would crop later if necessary. No BS, just gets the job done.
Have been using Snippy (http://mponteres.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/snippy-screen-capture/)