Freeware alternative to Hypersnap?

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Gordon Darling

I use Ksnapshot for screen capture but a friend with Windows XP is looking
for a good screen capture utility like HyperSnap.

Any recommendations?

Regards
Gordon
 
I use Ksnapshot for screen capture but a friend with Windows XP is looking
for a good screen capture utility like HyperSnap.

Any recommendations?

Regards
Gordon
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MWSnap

"MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing)
images from selected parts of the screen.

Current version is capable of capturing the whole desktop, a highlighted
window, an active menu, a control, or a fixed or free rectangular part of
the screen. MWSnap handles 5 most popular graphics formats and contains
several graphical tools: a zoom, a ruler, a color picker and a window
spy. It can be also used as a fast picture viewer or converter.

MWSnap does not require installation and does not need any special dlls,
drivers or system files which can mess up your system.

MWSnap is freeware, but your donations are gladly accepted."

Very nice program!!

http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html

Regards

Wayne D
 
Wayne said:
MWSnap

"MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing)
images from selected parts of the screen.

Current version is capable of capturing the whole desktop, a highlighted
window, an active menu, a control, or a fixed or free rectangular part of
the screen. MWSnap handles 5 most popular graphics formats and contains
several graphical tools: a zoom, a ruler, a color picker and a window
spy. It can be also used as a fast picture viewer or converter.

MWSnap does not require installation and does not need any special dlls,
drivers or system files which can mess up your system.

MWSnap is freeware, but your donations are gladly accepted."

Very nice program!!

http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
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Seconded. I use it everyday, its got almost every feature you want in an
app of its kind.
 
I use Ksnapshot for screen capture ....
....
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Cousin Gordon ....

Yesterday I tried using KSnapshot to get some ScreenShots
of menus opened from the KDE panel ....

{ Using : Linux/Debian/Knoppix_3.2/HDD_Install }

However, moving the mouse-pointer out of the KDE menu
and over to the KSnapshot dialog to start the SS
loses focus on the KDE menu and it closes ....

Can the KDE menus be pinned open somehow
and/or the KSnapshot started with a Key-Stroke ????

The KSnapshot checkbox regarding cursor position
didn't help ....

It seems I can get ScreenShots of everything
except the open KDE menus ....


You might be interested in the following bash script
provided by Cousin Blinky the Shark over on the NewsGroup
alt.os.linux.mandrake back on 2004-05-22 ....

<blinky>

"Here's a bash script { tweak as required }
that timestamp autonames a cap and saves it,
and opens it in The Gimp for whatever manipulation
is needed.

I run it from a taskbar shortcut.

One click and I'm looking at the screendump
in my image editor."

#!/bin/bash

name='date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S'

folder=~/graphics/cap

import -window root -quality 100 $folder/$name.jpg

gimp $folder/$name.jpg

</blinky>

This also works well under my Debian/Knoppix installation
and pops the screenie into GIMP for editing ....

However, I didn't manage to get the KDE menu screenies
using this method either ....
 
Cousin Gordon ....

Yesterday I tried using KSnapshot to get some ScreenShots
of menus opened from the KDE panel ....

{ Using : Linux/Debian/Knoppix_3.2/HDD_Install }

However, moving the mouse-pointer out of the KDE menu
and over to the KSnapshot dialog to start the SS
loses focus on the KDE menu and it closes ....

Can the KDE menus be pinned open somehow
and/or the KSnapshot started with a Key-Stroke ????
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<<snippage>>

Start ksnapshot on virtual desktop One. Set as full screen. Snapshot delay
20 seconds. Switch to virtual desktop two. Open menu structure. Wait.
Ksnapshot will pop up with capture. Crop to suit.

Is this what you want?

You might be interested in the following bash script
provided by Cousin Blinky the Shark over on the NewsGroup
alt.os.linux.mandrake back on 2004-05-22 ....
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Many thanks. Added to my collection of useful bash scripts. I do find
a.o.l.m a chore to plough through because of the sheer quantity.

Regards
Gordon
 
<<snippage>>

Start ksnapshot on virtual desktop One.

Set as full screen.

Snapshot delay 20 seconds.

Switch to virtual desktop two.

Open menu structure. Wait.

Ksnapshot will pop up with capture.

Crop to suit.

Is this what you want ?
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Most likely ....

I'll give it a shot ....

Thanks for the recipe ....
Many thanks. Added to my collection of useful bash scripts.

I do find a.o.l.m a chore to plough through
because of the sheer quantity.
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I WAS plowing at the time because I was testing Linux Mandrake 10
on this machine, but due to ADSL connection time-outs under MDK,
I've now reverted to a Debian/Knoppix HDD install which seems
to have rock-solid ADSL connections ....

Soon to go to a full Debian installation, NO Knoppix ....

The more I use Linux, the more I like it ....

It is much more stable on the SAME machine
than is the Win98_SE system that I've been using
for the past 5 years ....

o It always starts without problems ....

o It always shuts down without problems ....

o It doesn't blow me out of the water intermittently
when I right-click an open window in the taskbar ....

o etc ....
 
I started thinking something odd was going on in alt.comp.freeware
I use Ksnapshot for screen capture but a friend with Windows XP
is looking for a good screen capture utility like HyperSnap.

Any recommendations?

Regards
Gordon
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If you want to take screenshots of games and such (directx etc.) then
there is an extremely simple tool called "grab clip save". Wont do
anything fancy but will capture things like video and/or game
screens.

http://www.boumchalak.net/

The author also has an extremely simple image batch processor
 
I started thinking something odd was going on in alt.comp.freeware


If you want to take screenshots of games and such (directx etc.) then
there is an extremely simple tool called "grab clip save". Wont do
anything fancy but will capture things like video and/or game
screens.

http://www.boumchalak.net/

The author also has an extremely simple image batch processor
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Thanks a lot, I'll pass the link along.

Regards
Gordon
 
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