screen capture

PrtScr Brings Snipping Tool To All Versions Of Windows

6:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you noticed Snipping Tool in the screen capture Hive Five and were disappointed it wasn’t available in pre-Vista Windows, take heart. PrtScr is a supercharged remix for all versions. More »

Extensoft Screen Capturer Grabs Desktop Images, Video And Audio

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you need to grab both video and still screen captures, but don’t have the need or budget for professional software, Extensoft Screen Capturer can do both with ease. With Extensoft’s app, you can capture the entire screen or specified areas of it. Captured images can be saved as BMP, JPG, PNG, and TIFF formats. Video captures can be saved in either WMV or AVI format—there are codecs for DiVX, ffdshow, and XviD, among others, for post-processing, and audio can be grabbed during video sessions as well. Almost all of the menu commands for controlling Extensoft Screen Capturer have corresponding keyboard shortcuts, making it easy to use mouse-free. Screen Capturer is free but does require a basic name/email registration. The registration is sent instantly and requires no validation. Extensoft Screen Capturer is freeware, Windows only. Extensoft Screen Capturer [via Confessions of a Freeware Junkie] More »

Lightscreen Captures Region Screenshots With Ease

3:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows only: Tiny open-source application Lightscreen takes screenshots with a configurable hotkey and automatically saves them into a folder of your choice. Lightscreen is a simple application designed to do nothing more than take screenshots, which are saved with a choice of JPG, BMP or PNG format to auto-numbered filenames and copied to the clipboard. Lightscreen has no built-in editing or annotation tools, leaving any editing tasks to separate applications like Paint.NET. If all you want is screen capture directly to a file, this utility might be worth a look. Windows Vista users will need to right-click on the setup application and choose “Run as Administrator” if installing to the Program Files folder. Lightscreen is a free download for Windows users. Thanks Paul! Lightscreen More »