Screen Capturing programs

[Ted]

Hello all!

I'm wondering what's a good screen capture program?

I've heard of (and I believe have used at one time) ScreenHunter. Is it any good? Easy to use/manipulate/etc?

I would especially like it so that when I make myself notes on how to use things for my "Photoshop Binder" (hehehe), I can post pictures of even small things (like various icons/buttons/drop down menus, etc)...

I've seen people, in tutorials, show captures of the littlest part of their screen.

Please advise...and thank you in advance! :)

[Karen]

Ted I use ScreenHunter and find it an excellent programme, very easy to use :)

[Tina]

I was told ScreenHunter was a free program, but after a 30 day trial, it stamps everything with SCREENHUNTER in red...

did I DL the wrong program, Karen?

[kompressor]

here is a free one that I found.... Haven't used it but looks like user reviews are good....
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/ScreenRip32/screenrip.html

[Ted]

Thanks a bunch, Randy! I've downloaded it and now will have to figure out how to access the Help file! :)

Again, thanks! :)

[Karen]

Tina pmed you :)

[Lorne]

xnview (www.xnview.com) has a nice screen capture feature built in, and it's free.

If you have PSP, it also has a decent screen capture feature.

At work I've used GrabIt as well, which isn't free, but has a couple nice features (like automatically scrolling a window to take a "screenshot" of the whole thing as if it were taller).

And, there's always good old PrintScreen (capture entire screen into the clipboard) and Alt+PrintScreen (capture the currently selected window into the clipboard). Then just go to your photo program, (or Word or whatever), and press Ctrl+V to paste it in.

The trickiest things to capture are popup tooltips, video stills, and DirectX surfaces...for that you might need to use something like fraps (which is a kind of video recorder used by computer gamers to record their gaming sessions or make "machinima" movies).

[Ted]

Hi Lorne,

Thanks very much for responding. Wow, another guy! :) Between you, Kompressor, and me... we just may start breaking out the nachos and baseball games! ;) Perish the thought! :)

Thanks for your advice... do you possibly mean "Snagit" instead of Grabit? I looked at Grabit and it seems like it's geared more for newsfeeds, etc? Maybe I didn't look hard enough?

Snagit looks pretty good and I may just end up going with that. It has a "menu capture" feature and that's pretty handy. :)

On a related note, would you happen to know of any good screen recording program (those that are used for tutorials, etc?) that includes audio ability with a microphone? I've tried a few free trials online but my computer keeps not liking them and I get an error saying my computer is dumping my memory... whatever that means! LOL! :)

Thanks again for your help! :)
Ted

[Lorne]

Thanks very much for responding. Wow, another guy! :) Between you, Kompressor, and me... we just may start breaking out the nachos and baseball games! ;) Perish the thought! :)Quick, hide the frilly lace embellishments...oh no where did I put that monster truck layout... :D
Thanks for your advice... do you possibly mean "Snagit" instead of Grabit? I looked at Grabit and it seems like it's geared more for newsfeeds, etc? Maybe I didn't look hard enough?Oops, you're totally right, I meant SnagIt. :o I haven't used it in a while -- I've been using the one built into xnview because I find it a bit easier to use.
On a related note, would you happen to know of any good screen recording program (those that are used for tutorials, etc?) that includes audio ability with a microphone?I know we've used Camtasia for some of our tutorial videos. There's a newer capture program out of Australia called CaptureCAM (http://www.cintinel.com/) that is really good, too. Neither of those are free, though. :)

[Tina]

Thanks Karen!!!!!!!

[Lizzerd92]

I tend to use the Print Screen button that's right on the keyboard (copies to the clipboard), then Ctrl-V (paste) into my graphics program...

[Ted]

Hi Liz,

Thanks for responding.

I guess I was looking for something where I can specify the region, including pull-down menus, to capture...

I reckon I could do that in Photoshop, however. :)

I'm a guy. Lazy is my middle name. Actually, it's Daniel, but you get the idea. ;)

[gordonbl]

I use printkey 5.1 at work. It is very easy to use. Here is a link http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm

Brenda G