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TinyGrab Captures And Shares Your Screen
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Mac OS X: TinyGrab makes instant screenshot sharing a snap on the Mac. With a simple keyboard command and a free account, you can share screenshots in a matter of seconds. More »
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PicPick Covers Your Image Capturing, Editing Needs
5:30AM Erin Schwendemann | Windows only: If you’re looking for an all-in-one image capture tool that offers more than just capturing, look no further than PicPick. More »
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Five Best Screen Capture Tools
2:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Capturing your computer screen is a terribly handy trick in all sorts of situations, ranging from creating tutorials to capturing web moments for posterity. Take a peek at the five most popular screen capture applications. More »
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ZScreen Grabs Screenshots, Puts Them Anywhere You Want
1:10AM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: Zscreen is one of a long line of screenshot tools we’ve checked out at Lifehacker HQ, but it’s got a few unique features that set it apart. First off, it’s an open-source project, helmed up mainly by one programmer. More important to most, however, is its flexibility in working with other screenshot and image tools, both through its configurable hot keys (working Shift, Alt, and Ctrl keys to good effect) and being able to send screenshots to an FTP server, the clipboard, a custom-named file, or any other image program you’ve got. If you’re pushing your screens to a file, you can set its JPEG capabilities to scale—after a pic is 100K, for example, you tell ZScreen to scale its quality down to 80 percent. ZScreen lacks the features that blog publishers might want baked-in, like annotation and highlighting, but for straight-up grab-and-edit, it’s hard to beat. ZScreen is a free download for Windows systems only. ZScreen [via Download Squad] More »
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Bug Shooting Does Advanced Screen Capture and Annotation
7:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free application Bug Shooting is a simple but powerful screenshot application designed to make sharing screenshots via email or with bug tracking applications a cinch. In fact, the application is set up to work with several popular bug tracking applications out of the box, but it also integrates with your default email client, Skype, or any other application on your desktop with the right setup. The application supports several markup options and advanced screenshot features—like screen magnification—that we’ve primarily seen in commercial apps like SnagIt in the past. Bug Shooting is freeware, Windows only, requires .NET 2.0. Bug Shooting [via Digital Inspiration] More »
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GrabUp Makes Screenshot Sharing Effortless
6:00AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Freeware application GrabUp automatically uploads screenshots to the internet and pastes the URL in your clipboard for quick and easy sharing. The application installs as a preference pane in your System Preferences and integrates with your Mac’s default screenshot shortcuts. So if you hit Cmd-Shift-3 and select an area for a screenshot, it’s automatically uploaded to the GrabUp servers and the URL is copied to your clipboard. You can enable or disable GrabUp through the preference pane, and if you enable GrabUp for your menu bar you can go through the history of your screenshot upload URLs. GrabUp is freeware, Mac OS X only. For more robust alternatives, check out previously mentioned Skitch and Jing. GrabUp More »
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GetPDAScreen Takes Screenshots of Your PocketPC
11:30PM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows only: PocketPC app GetPDAScreen takes screenshots on your mobile device. There’s no installation required: simply launch the EXE on your PC, and take a screen capture of any device connected to your computer via an Active Sync connection with a mouse click. Save the resulting screenshot as a bitmap or copy it directly to the clipboard for pasting into your favourite image editor. GetPDAScreen is a free download for Windows only. GetPDAScreen [PocketPCFreeware] More »Capture and Share Images Instantly with Skitch
3:15PM Gina Trapani | Mac OS X only: Dead simple screenshot and image-sharing service Skitch, formerly in private beta, is now open to anyone to download and try out. Skitch is a Mac desktop application that talks to a webapp: sign up for a free account at Skitch.com, install the app, and publish, share, screengrab, and annotate images from your Mac instantly. Great for sharing and discussing images with friends and co-workers online, it’s hard to explain just how easy Skitch is to use, so hit the play button above to see it in action. I just started playing with Skitch, and in about 15 seconds I took a screenshot of my desktop, annotated it, and uploaded it to my public Skitch page. Neat. Skitch is a free download for Mac only. (We can’t wait to see this one for Windows.) Skitch.com [via doctorparadox] More »Capture and Share Images Instantly with Skitch
12:15PM Kaan Kivilcim | Mac OS X only: Dead simple screenshot and image-sharing service Skitch, formerly in private beta, is now open to anyone to download and try out. Skitch is a Mac desktop application that talks to a webapp: sign up for a free account at Skitch.com, install the app, and publish, share, screengrab, and annotate images from your Mac instantly. Great for sharing and discussing images with friends and co-workers online, it’s hard to explain just how easy Skitch is to use, so hit the play button above to see it in action. I just started playing with Skitch, and in about 15 seconds I took a screenshot of my desktop, annotated it, and uploaded it to my public Skitch page. Neat. Skitch is a free download for Mac only. (We can’t wait to see this one for Windows.) Skitch.com [via doctorparadox] More »
