Free screenshot tools

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Screenshot utilities for Windows

I'm looking for a free tool to help with logging bugs. This usually consists of:

1. Taking a screenshot of the bug
2. Pasting it into mspaint/gimp/etc
3. Selecting only the relevant parts of the image (esp. with multi monitors)
4. Saving it with a format like png to keep it small

Anything good out there?

Thanks.

Answer 1

ScreenHunter...clean and beautiful to use.

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm

Answer 2

There's one built it into Windows 7 itself called Snipping Tool. Click START and type Snip and it ought to show up in your list of programs.

Features include Free form capture / rectangular capture / windows capture or full screen capture.

After capture, you can use rudimentary marking tools like a highlighter / pen / eraser etc.

You can save the resulting clip as PNG / GIF / JPG / HTML (MHT) and also email the resulting clip from within the applet.

An extended list of freeware screen capture tools is available here.

Answer 3

What do you mean by a "screenshot of the bug"? Do you mean a screenshot of the unhandled exception dialog box? What do you mean by "logging bugs"? Do you mean saving information about an unhandled exception to a location on disk, or committing said information to a SQL Server database, or sending said information to a remote location via email or some other protocol?

If the answer to these questions is yes, I don't see what value the image is adding that you can't already get from the exception. You can handle and log this information using an unhandled exception handler.

Setting up the handler:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException +=
    new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(CurrentDomain_UnhandledException);

A handler:

static void CurrentDomain_UnhandledException(
    object sender,
    UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e
) {
    var exception = e.ExceptionObject as Exception;
    // log the exception  
}

Answer 4

Ducklink Screen Capture

I found it while searching for a screen capture tool that auto-scrolls to get the full length of a web page.

It has three other modes (rectangle/polygon region, window, fullscreen) and you can do all your steps 1-4 directly from Ducklink. Additionally, you can add annotations.

Answer 5

If you're looking for something specifically for capturing information for bug reports, consider using BugShooter. It has extra features for testers, like the ability to automatically post a screenshot into a bug tracker like JIRA.

Answer 6

I use Gadwin PrintScreen for almost 2 years now
nice features:
- saves the file in what format and where you want it
- it works in the background, you just press the PrintScreen button and it creates the file in your folder, then you can postprocess it how you like it