A Windows only tool, ZapGrab is an easy to use screen capture program. ZapGrab is one of those applications that I can’t live without. It is a free program and has been around for several years. I usually keep it right in my Quick Launch area (the little black box icon below).
Clicking the icon brings up the application (shown below). The application stays on top of all the other windows that you may have open. When you are ready to capture a screen shot you press the Grab button. Pressing this button changes your mouse cursor into a crosshairs and by then clicking the left mouse button and dragging over the desired area you can capture your screen shot. The resulting screen grab is placed on the clipboard to be pasted in the application of your choosing.
Any part of the screen may be captured. Here’s an example:
ZapGrab is portable and is a perfect candidate to keep on your flashdrive.
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Nice, I’ll have to check that one out and see how it compares to Cropper which I use.
I’ve been using it for quick a while now. It’s free also and comes with source code and has some plugins available or you can write your own. Specifically I like to use the CountdownPng plugin which lets me position the capture, then waits x seconds so I can open menus etc. under the capture to get what I want. There are also plugins like SendToFlickr, SendToEmail etc.
Richard,
Thanks for the tip. That looks like a handy program as well. I like how it shows the pixels as your making your selection.
~Scott
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