Free Screen capture software

Rob Barron · 04-12-2006, 17:22

I was looking at Snag-It, a bit of software for saving screenshots from anywhere on the screen but then I saw a link to a free site called 'King Kong Capture.' I went and had a nosey and low and behold I got the software completely free and it works every bit as good as Snag-it without paying a penny. You can even hand draw around a selection on the screen and it will save just that so not just whole screens, windows or rectangles.

Link below for details

Cheers,
Rob

King Kong Capture

**stepheno** · 04-12-2006, 19:10

Thanks for the headsup Rob

Currently I use MWSnap. What does everyone else use?

megaera · 05-12-2006, 00:23

I use Wisdom-Soft ScreenHunter. It is free!! Extremely easy to use and it can capture full-screen or you can select any part of the screen you want to capture. Here is a link:

ScreenHunter screen capture - best screen capture solution - Free, Plus & Pro

LadyStardust · 05-12-2006, 13:34

I use an older version of PaintShop Pro (v 7.02). I sometimes use PSP for photo editing as well, as it sometimes does things more simply than in Photoshop CS2.

lolyton · 05-12-2006, 15:51

I'm on a mac and it has a built in utility called Grab. Perfect for me as i hardly ever use it!

orangepeel · 05-12-2006, 17:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by LadyStardust

I use an older version of PaintShop Pro (v 7.02). I sometimes use PSP for photo editing as well, as it sometimes does things more simply than in Photoshop CS2.

ditto

jockwav · 05-12-2006, 17:40

Hey orangepeel i am not far from you,i am in dalkeith,small world.

j sotelo · 11-12-2006, 02:11

Mostly every editing program has a way of capturing screen shots PSP,PS, etc, so you might have and not know it

dwramynydd · 13-12-2006, 09:34

I'll add FastStone Screen Capture to the list if only for it's ability to capture scrolling windows in their entirety.

Gwyn

***Steve*** · 13-12-2006, 10:08

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Originally Posted by dwramynydd

I'll add FastStone Screen Capture to the list if only for it's ability to capture scrolling windows in their entirety.

Gwyn

Thats a good point and to my mind what sets some of the specific screen capture programs apart from the method of using Photoshop or Paint. Its fine doing a screen grab but if you need to capture the whole page (including the bit off screen that you would have to scroll to see) then its not going to work without a specialist program.

Horses for courses

jaimej · 13-12-2006, 10:13

Thanks for the link Rob.

Rob Barron · 14-12-2006, 19:54

Thanks Gwyn, that one is even better and completely free so suits my needs perfectly!

That makes me sound a right Scrooge especially near Christmas but I promise I am more than happy to spend on my loved ones :o)

Cheers,
Rob

***Steve*** · 15-12-2006, 07:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Barron

That makes me sound a right Scrooge especially near Christmas but I promise I am more than happy to spend on my loved ones :o)

Cheers,
Rob

Especially now that you have saved money on your own stuff