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Window Clipping helps you make better screenshots

by Brad Linder on July 27, 2007 at 01:30 PM

Looking for a free Windows screen capture utility now that FastStone has gone from freeware to shareware? Well, for simple screenshots you can still just hit print screen and paste into your favorite image editor. Or you can use irfanview's screen capture utility to capture individual windows.

But if you're looking for something a bit more advanced, you might want to check out Window Clippings. The light-weight application comes in free and $10 varieties.

The free version lets you:

Include multiple windows in your selection
Launch option window or screen capture from command line
Convert images to black and white

For $10 you get a few more options, like the ability to include the mouse cursor in your screenshot, freeze the window while capturing, and capture a file to the clipboard.

[via CyberNet]

Tags: freeware, screen capture, ScreenCapture, screengrab, screenshot, window clippings, WindowClippings

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JamusJul 27th 2007 1:58PM

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I have had good luck with ScreenHunter Free:
http://wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter.htm

I tried Jing a week or two back and it just annoyed the crap out of me.

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JoshJul 27th 2007 2:53PM

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Why need extra software in Vista when you can use snip? It's definitely one of my favorite features in Vista.

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DboGJul 27th 2007 3:03PM

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Just a note that you don't need irfanview to capture an individual window. If you use ALT + Print Screen, it will only capture your active window.

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bdgbillJul 27th 2007 10:47PM

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Every article about screen grab utilities should include a mention of Snagit.

Snagit is worth every penny. I have used it just about everyday since I downloaded it (think I heard about it here).

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