Screen Capture/Graphic editor What Program is this?

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I've seen HansV and a couple others post screenshots with portions highlighted, like the image in this post

I remember having a similar program but cannot remember program is was.

Forgot I could link images :bash:
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Of course, 5 minutes after I ask, I find the program I was remembering. It was Screenshot Captor from Donation Coders. I don't think it's the same on HansV used as this one has square corners as opposed to the rounded corners in Hans' post. Then again, I may not be able to find that setting.
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I use FastStone Capture. I have the current release which is shareware, but you can still find the last freeware version if you search for it.
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I use the Snipping Tool that come with Windows 7, and works just fine.
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DaveA wrote:I use the Snipping Tool that come with Windows 7, and works just fine.
I just tried that and it is very neat and tidy! I also use FastStone Capture but this could be useful for small captures. :thankyou:
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Yes, but can you draw the pretty little boxes with the Snipping tool. This wouldn't be an option for me since I don't have W7.

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The snipping tool has a freehand pen and a marker pen, but no tools for lines, arrows, rectangles, ovals and text annotation. Most third-party screen capture tools do have some or all of those.
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True, but I just use the yellow highlighter to mark what I need. And no I do not have a steady hand.
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HansV wrote:I use FastStone Capture. I have the current release which is shareware, but you can still find the last freeware version if you search for it.
I grabbed the last freeware version from Oldversion.com

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mbarron wrote:...I grabbed the last freeware version from Oldversion.com...
I used the last freeware version of faststone capture for a long time, but I was using it so often and the price was so low that I paid for the shareware version.
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FastStone Capture is an excellent utility, like the others from the same developer. Support is also good: I once had a minor problem, e-mailed the developer and got a succinct helpful reply in an hour or two.
The paid version has some nice extras, such as a screen recorder tool that produces remarkably sharp videos with a small file size.
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I have always used Snag It and been happy with it. I like the ability to capture a scrolling web page.
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dasadler wrote:I have always used Snag It and been happy with it. I like the ability to capture a scrolling web page.
Little sir echo here. ( :laugh: ) The FastStone Capture program also handles scrolling windows and it's "only" $20 USD, quite a bit less than SnagIt.

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I agree though I have been with Snag It for years - long before I heard of the alternatives. Doubt they would give a refund 'cause I found something just as good and less expensive.
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HansV wrote:The snipping tool has a freehand pen and a marker pen, but no tools for lines, arrows, rectangles, ovals and text annotation. Most third-party screen capture tools do have some or all of those.
Is there an option in any of these graphic capturing programs that allows you to just copy/paste to the screen rather than saving it and attaching it as an image? I have the free version of Faststone Capture and also have tried the snipping tool included with Windows but each time I have to save it and attach it and I wondered if there was a better way? I've checked quoting some of these responses to see how the graphics were presented, but either they link to another http or it's an image.
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Screen capture programs let you place the image on the Windows clipboard, so that you can paste it into another application, for example into a Paint picture or a Word document. You don't have to save the image to disk for that.

But you can't paste an image into a web page. Pictures on a web page always refer to a file on a web server. Forum software offers two options for this:

- If the picture is already available on the web, you can use the [img]...[/img] tags and specify the URL of the image file.
- Otherwise, you have to upload the file from your hard disk to the board's web server and add it to the post as an attachment.
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Thanks. I understand about copying to clipboard and also about uploading to here for use. I wasn't sure what the [img] tags were for as I tried to use them but they didn't work, so thanks!!
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You can use the "image" tag if you know the web address of a graphic including those from your own web site.
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DaveA wrote:You can use the "image" tag if you know the web address of a graphic including those from your own web site.
Does it put the entire web page up or does it isolate the image using the image tag?
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The [img]...[/img] tags display only the image, not the entire web page. You have to use the URL of the picture itself. You can find this for example by right-clicking it and selecting Properties from the popup menu.
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