Comments on: Taking Screenshots the Easy Way

By: webringnet.com

webringnet.com — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:38:02 +0000

i use data beckerdrw. btw nice info

By: Tyler Mulligan

Tyler Mulligan — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:07:56 +0000

Yes but MWSnap only weighs in at 417kb and has many more features :-P

Though I use fireshot for quickies.

By: Mark Fulton

Mark Fulton — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:56:33 +0000

I use Firefox plugins for doing all of the tasks you mention here, screen capture, ruler, color picker.

They rock.. do a quick search for these… ColorZilla, FireShot, & MeasureIt.

By: Derek Anderson

Derek Anderson — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:27:57 +0000

Sorry about that.

I was out of my mind for a bit. I’ll restrain myself next time. Please remove the offending comment.

Derek

By: Tyler Mulligan

Tyler Mulligan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:33:15 +0000

Awesome, thanks for the tip. I’ll look into it. I’m always looking for good alternatives.

By: Derek Anderson

Derek Anderson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:14:32 +0000

Tyler,

Have you had any success with Faststone Capture?
5.3 is the free version. Since then they have gone shareware.

FS Capture has a built in editor that allows for cropping as well as drawing and adding text boxes to the captured image.
The program can also be used to capture menu windows including pointer and highlighted item if desired. I personally like the control window as I can set it ‘always on top and it only measures about 50px x 250 px (fits nicely in blank toolbar areas)
Unfortunately there is no ruler tool. But there is a magnifier and color picker tool. You can also add a custom watermark and you will get pixel width and height when defining a rectangle capture.

I’m not expecting you to switch programs. I just thought you might like to present this to your readers as a possible alternative.

Downloads of free version are still available.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download/fid,64857-page,1-c,downloads/download.html#

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