“Simple and functional screenshot program”

As we've mentioned before, here at Softonic we have to take lots of screenshots everyday, so we need a screen capturing program that is simple to use, doesn't hog system resources and can provide us with a wide range of tools. After trying out a few, I must say Screenshot Captor meets all these requirements and does a great job.

This program enables you to capture images in a variety of ways, ranging from the active window to a fixed size zone and including objects, scrolling windows (great for capturing sites from top to bottom) and even your entire working space, which means that if you have multiple monitors Screenshot Captor will capture all of them. These capturing modes are conveniently available from a system tray icon and also via customizable keyboard shortcuts.

But the best is yet to come: Screenshot Captor includes an excellent set of filters and special effects for your screenshots: frames, borders, shadow effects, arrows and a lot more. We tried all of them and were satisfied with the results, although we missed the possibility to undo actions beyond the last step. We also had problems when trying to apply certain effects; the trick here is to make sure the image is not selected, as the program tends to select everything after taking a shot and this may interfere with other tools. Despite this, we found some really good tools like the possibility to automatically generate thumbnails from images or a zoom that can go up to an impressive 999%. You can actually see every single pixel in the image!

In general, the program features so many possibilities that you may feel a bit overwhelmed at the beginning. Our advice is to be patient and give the program a chance - it's really worth it.

Languages:

English

About the license:

Please donate to the author (see website above) if you like or value this free software

OS requirements for Screenshot Captor:

OS: Win98/98SE/Me/2000/XP

Pros

Great variety of capturing options
Many filters and effects to apply
Doesn't take up much resources
Simple to use

Cons

Problems when trying to apply some effects
Requires a learning curve

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From the publisher of Screenshot Captor

If, for any reason, you need to make screenshot captures relatively frequently (or only on occasion), Screenshot Captor is the ideal program, as much for its usability as for its characteristics and advantages, which include all that is necessary in this type of program.

Since it allows you to assign a number of distinct keyboard combinations for each type of capture (active window, entire screen, region to Clipboard…) it is optimised to make multiple consecutive captures with little intervention from the user. It also keeps saving the files in the folder that you assigned, using correlative names included in a folder.

Once you have all your captures, you will be able to set a series of effects like retrieving one part of the image while the rest remains hidden or of a greyish tone, tracing a colour square to retrieve a certain area of the capture or setting a shade effect to the whole image. Screenshot Captor also includes an integrated file manager that can be configured to open the captured image directly in your favourite graphics editor, even though it also offers a variety of customisation possibilities.