Alternatives for Screen Capture
Screen capture software comes with most computer systems. The print screen feature allows you to take a snapshot of your desktop or active window. The snapshot saves to your clipboard for you to paste into a file or email. However, more advanced screen capture alternatives allow you to take video, edit snapshots that you can send in an email. Most of these programs are free to download.
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Snippy
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With a little icon on your taskbar, you use Snippy to capture any part of your screen by clicking the scissors. Once you download Snippy, the icon goes on your taskbar for you to click when you need to capture a part of the screen. When ready, you click the scissors, the cursor changes to a pen and you mark any area of the screen, which then copies to the Windows clipboard. By pressing shift while clicking, you create a rectangle to mark an area of the screen to take a screen capture. In addition, Snippy has a free version of screen capture software.
FastStone Screen Capture
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FastStone creates image editing tools for Windows including a screen capture program, an image browser, converter, photo resizer and viewer. As of 2011, FastStone is updated to work on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The screen capture software allows you to capture anything on your screen, such as windows, objects and the full screen. You can capture in rectangular blocks or free reign marking and menus. FastStone also has software that allows you to record screen activities and sound into video files for later playback.
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Screen Hunter
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Screen Hunter is a free screen capture software that allows you to take screenshots. The software allows you to mark a rectangular area, select an active window and capture the content on your screen. Screen Hunter also allows you to automatically name and save the files and comes with a system tray icon. The not-so-free versions include more options, such as high-quality zooming, image viewer and conversion, automatic captures and watermarking.
Gadwin PrintScreen
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Gadwin PrintScreen is software that prints the entire screen with the press of a hotkey. However, the print screen feature of most Windows systems allows you to do the same thing. The difference with Gadwin is the image editing options, which allow you to capture, edit and annotate any of your screen captures.
Jing
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Jing is an integrated screen capture program, which means that after taking a screen capture as a picture or video, you share the picture instantly through a web URL, email, instant message, Twitter or blog update. With instant screenshots and screencasts, you show your friends or business partners exactly what you need using your computer. The program is quite nifty for users frequently on the go or a gamer who likes to capture video while playing to broadcast to YouTube.
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