I think I just found the best screen capture software ever, or at least the best looking one. The aptly named PrtScr is originally intended to fill the void created by the Windows snipping tool which can only be found on tablet Vistas and some other select distributions. It has the same basic functionality, with some added extras and much better looks.
You can invoke the tool by pressing the print screen button (you can bind it to anywhere else), and the tool will pop up. It has a great mechanism because you can draw on your desktop before you create the “snip”, so depending on what you draw you might decide you need a bigger area. You can then use a box or a freehand tool to select the area you need and snip it.
Once that is done the snipped image will sort of hover on your desktop in a very cool way, you really have to see it to appreciate it, take a look on the website above or at youtube directly. You can save it to the clipboard, edit it with Paint or your can save it to your hard drive. My only problem was that the edit option opens up Paint and apparently there is nothing you can do about this. Since you can send to clipboard it’s not that bad, you can open it up in Gimp or Photoshop by simply pasting, but since you can choose saving format, timer option and so much, to me the inclusion of this feature would have been obvious. Great looking app though, give it a go!
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Nope, the best screen capture program I have EVER run accross to this day is still “5 Clicks”.
Called 5 Cicks as that’s all it takes to open, move the tool, capture the screen, print and close the program.
Small install footprint too.
Every friend I have ever shown this program too has used it as the “go to” program for screen grabs/captures.
Linky > http://download.cnet.com/5-Clicks/3000-2192_4-10074975.html
I can’t recommend this program more highly!
How about Zscreen? You can choose which tool to use for editing and you can auto upload your screenshot to imageshack (or somewhere else)
It’s even OSS.
http://brandonz.net/
csonic, you actually paid for 5clicks? there are so many free apps that do so much more. why would you do that?
ok! i just tried this. amazing. do not dismiss this as just another screenshot app. you have to try it to believe it. revolutionary really. hoping they continue to develop and add more features. props to the devs!
Who said I paid for it?
Registration of the program is required after a 30 days evaluation period.
To register the program please go to the website and select one of the payment options. You can pay by a US check, cash, money order, any major credit card online, by phone or fax.
For me taking a screenshot with prtscr takes 3 clicks actually, and also, I found that you can just drag the image into Photoshop to open it. This is an amazing application!
This is freakin awesome. I agree with archer. Do not dismiss this as just another screenshot utility. I really dig it. Great find Daniel.
The editor that is launched when you click Edit seems to be determined by what editor you have associated with the Edit command on the relevant file type (PNG by default) in the Windows registry. On my computer, the Edit command for PNGs points to Photoshop, so that’s what I get when I click Edit in PrtScr.
Nice looking app, very eye-catchy.
But I stick with FSCapture for the built-in editor, though I wish it could be as pretty as Jing.