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Is there any freeware answer to SnagIT?
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Depends what you want. Do you simply want a basic screen capture utility
or are you after more advanced functions, and if so, what?
 
Here is basic using .

If you are in any windows based program, just hit the Print Screen key
on your keyboard ( or Ctrl + V ) and you have a full screenshot.
If you hold down the 'Alt' key with the Print screen key, you will
capture only the window that is on your screen, not the whole desk
top.
This sends it to Clipboard , now you can Paste it into Paint ( go to
Edit ) or any other Windows based graphics program .
Save as...
If you need to crop it, put it in any Edit program and crop.

If Clipboard is not installed , go to Control Panel > Add/Remove
Programs > Windows Setup >
System Tools & click on Clipboard Viewer > follow instructions
..

If you don't have a Windows install disk , here is a free Clipboard
program .
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997...avisinternet.com/download/0/1099/cliptrak.zip

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Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1] wrote on 04/11/2004 14:11:
Is there any freeware answer to SnagIT?

Thanx/NSP
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Try MWSnap at http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html.

I spent a reasonable time looking for this sort of thing and this one
was the best I came up with, and is very good / functional.

It was the one I used constantly until I got a free HypersnapDX 4.52.03
on a magazine CD. If you can track this down it has excellent
functionality, but if not MWSnap is a real good'un. The product itself
is shareware, but as I said, they are giving the previous version free
on some magazine CDs here in the UK.

HTH!

Pete
 
Is there any freeware answer to SnagIT?

Thanx/NSP
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I have SnagIt installed but for simple screen capture I use HoverSnap from
www.hoverdesk.net . Much much smaller program using far less resources.

Will capture fullscreen, active window, or a custom area in any of jpg,
png, bmp or gif formats. Allows you to specify filename and destination
folder.
 
Peter said:
Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1] wrote on 04/11/2004 14:11:
Is there any freeware answer to SnagIT?

Thanx/NSP
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Try MWSnap at http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html.

I spent a reasonable time looking for this sort of thing and this one
was the best I came up with, and is very good / functional.

It was the one I used constantly until I got a free HypersnapDX 4.52.03
on a magazine CD. If you can track this down it has excellent
functionality, but if not MWSnap is a real good'un. The product itself
is shareware, but as I said, they are giving the previous version free
on some magazine CDs here in the UK.
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I tried MWSnap a long time ago (I don't think it's been updated since)
and found it very unstable. I find Gadwin Printscreen to be the closest
freeware to SnagIt:
http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/
 
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I tried MWSnap a long time ago (I don't think it's been updated since)
and found it very unstable. I find Gadwin Printscreen to be the closest
freeware to SnagIt:
http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/
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For W9x users, MWSnap has the notable drawback of its resources demands.
Just to merely launch it, before even doing anything:

-15/-15/-8 system/user/gdi

For a screen shooter, which isn't one of your heavy foreground apps, this
one takes a seriously large chomp out of the pie.
 
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