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Recommendations for software that can capture the entire screen, or specific areas of the screen, to an image file or online storage.

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Is it possible to save files (e.g., screenshots) via a Chrome extension directly to a Saved Drive / Team Drive folder?

Is it possible to save files (e.g., screenshots) via a Chrome extension directly to a Saved Drive / Team Drive folder? I've been having trouble finding an answer to this, as most sites seem to focus ...
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Software for taking screenshot of marked text in pdf

I am looking for a tool that allows me to take a screenshot of a marked part of a pdf and just of that, i.e. if I mark some text on a pdf then as a result I would like to get just this Is there any ...
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Persistent floating screenshot - windows 10

I am often working with a number of documents and windows simultaneously and am looking for an app that will allow me to screenshot a portion of my screen - and that screenshot then remain visible (...
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Firefox extension (or external application) to take screenshots of pages with both scrolling and fixed elements

I recently had a long 2 hour chat conversation with Amazon's infamously incompetent customer support. As I tired from dealing with them, I wanted to save a screenshot of what transpired. ...
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Screenshot app suggestion

Can someone suggest me an app for android to take screenshots that: • Can change the storage location of screenshots to SD Card • Won't be an assistant (I can't compromise Google assistant for this) • ...
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How to take screenshot via Command Line

I am using Windows 10, and I am looking for a builtin command line tool to take a screenshot from either a Window or screen. I found a few solutions which require external software, but in my case I ...
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Simple image editor for post-screenshot processing (add highlights, arrows, ellipses, rectangles, etc.)

... in Windows 10. I have used both Greenshot and ShareX - both of which are excellent and have their own particular strengths. Also, they both come with their own simple image editor from which I can ...
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Capture screen in Linux, similar to PickPic

I need a Linux program to take screenshots with these caveats: Pressing PrintScreen should capture screen without further input (no modal window asking where to save or asking if I need to save to ...
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Screen ruler for Mac

I'm looking for a screen (pixel) ruler for MacOS. With the following features: Automatic screen artifacts (text, lines, esges) detection and auto measurements between them Free hand measurement, so I ...
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Text recognition (OCR) for screenshots

I find text recognition (OCR) has gotten quite well for scanned papers. Such software needs to deal with tilting, noise, dust and dirt, but the high resolution of the scans (150 dpi or more) seems to ...
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Android screenshot and tutorial maker

Often I need to explain certain actions in an Android app. What I usually do is take a bunch of screenshots. Then put those screenshots in a series like a step-by-step guide. Also annotate them, red-...
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Workflow and tools to augment screenshots with custom arrows, numbers, boxes etc

I am looking for a workflow and tools to achieve the following: Create a screenshot (from a specific region of the screen) Add custom-made icons to the screenshots (such as arrows, numbers, boxes etc....
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PDF viewer with floatable screen-shots and “page holding”

So, for textbook reading often I have to refer to a diagram and text at the same time or want to look at different pages or sections of different pages all at the same time. If it were possible for a ...
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Alternative To Greenshot for Linux( With Exporting Screenshots to a file .Eg Word or docx file

I want to take screenshots of window and want to save it in a doc file(or any format in which I can also write few lines later eg Docx) then again when I take a screenshot the second screenshot should ...
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What is an alternative screen recorder for Zoom Meetings?

Have you tried to record your screen using by Zoom? It is recording into very small and good quality video file. I know the news about Zoom and wanna record my screen (even if I'm not making meeting) ...
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Tool to screenshot a list of local URLs or automatic spider of a website

I have a localhost (development) website that requires login and I want to automatically take a full page screenshot of several URLs I have. The URLs can be a fixed list I provide or even better if ...
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Best software for recording GIFs screen captures with good quality and low sizes for forums

I'm not sure my question is related to this forum or Graphic Design forum. But I guess here is more suitable than there. I see many GIFs screens captures in StackExchange communities and forums that (...
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Alternative to KDE screenshots on Windows

At home I use KDE, and take screenshots with printscreen button, a window popsup, I can select whether I want to screenshot only an active window, or a fullscreen, or a custom rectangle, etc. Then I ...
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screenshot tool for extremely long pages firefox and chrome

Is there a screenshot tool that works without bugs for extremely long pages with firefox and chrome. Preferably external (software) or internal (add-on) ? I haven't found yet an add-on that works. I ...
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Higher Resolution Screenshot for Print (Linux)

I am working on a Linux OS and need to print a screenshot in a book and therefore I need a software, which takes higher resolution screenshots (at least 300 DPI) than for example GIMP screenshot or ...
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Looking for command line (debian if possible) tool doing screenshot of webpage

The topic is less easy than it looks. I need to be able to get png or jpg screenshot from some website on specific interval. So a simple cron job is OK, but I can't find a tool that really works. I ...
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Seeking a program to get full-size screenshots on live websites all from from the terminal

I am looking for a program that simple captures a full-size screenshot of a webpage via a terminal command. chrome --headless --disable-gpu --screenshot --window-size=1280,1696 https://www....
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I am looking for a live snip tool

I am imagining a program like the Windows Snipping Tool but instead of making a jpeg, it creates a 'window' with a live view of just the highlighted area of that application's window. Sidebar: it ...
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Automate taking screenshots of the same region on the screen

I am looking for a way to be able to automate to take the screenshot of the same region on the screen. That is, when I click, it should take the screenshot of a specific region on the screen. (Windows ...
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How to take screenshot of a Facebook post + All children and grandchildren comments?

Is there a tool or way to automatically take screenshot of entire expanded comment chain of a Facebook post? Currently I need to manually scroll and expand all children comments one by one.
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Timesnapper / Personal Screen Tracker for MacOS

I use a windows app called Timesnapper. It records everything you do across all your screens the entire day. You can enter a password and playback things that happened through the day. This is useful ...
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Clipboard manager or other utility which will copy the text from a defined region on the screen each time

There are screenshot utilities which take a picture, as an image, of a defined rectangle of user-defined dimensions (such as the one by Donation Coder). I need something similar, but to copy text. ...
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Screen capture program that would have the option of capturing a predefined fixed region in Linux [Redhat/Centos]?

I am trying to find a screen capture utility that could offer the above option in Centos 7. In the old days of Windows, I used to have a small utility called MWSnap that was perfect for this task. ...
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Saving a full screenshot of just one display on a multiheaded system on macOS?

I have a workstation with 5 monitors, but I need to save just one entire screen / display contents immediately to a file (a region is an option, but it would need to be a predefined region at the ...
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Browser extension that sends a full page capture of a website to Pinterest

I use Chrome, and found Page2Images Pin Full Page. Works great, except that the image captured was so small that I can't read the text, and some text and layout are screwed. Anyone came across any ...
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repeatedly save picture of previously defined region directly to file

I'm searching for a screen capturing software for Windows which allows me to capture a defined region of my screen over and over again by pressing hotkeys (or timed intervals would work too) while ...
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Alternative to gnome-screensot

Is there an alternative to gnome-screenshot (in Ubuntu) to take screenshots that are automatically saved in a specif directory and that no message is shown every time one presses the Print Screen key? ...
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Tool to remove system bars (status bar + bottom bar) from Android screenshots

I have hundreds of Android screenshots, and must remove the system bars (status bar + bottom bar) from them, because they add no value and take precious marketing/documentation space. The screenshots ...
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Capture entire webpage as a screenshot

I need to capture an entire web page as a screenshot (PNG). I checked for a few extension (they are saying that they are capturing the full page) but actually, they only capture the visible part of ...
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Windows Tool for automatic regular screenshots

Windows Tool for automatic regular screenshots Somehow similar to Hourly screenshot taker but for time tracking and so with other requirements: Lossless image format (preferrably PNG) multi monitor ...
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Automatic screenshots with cursor

I want to automatically capture my desktop every 5 seconds and create a one day time-lapsed video of my work. Ideally, I want to be able to store images in Google Drive/Dropbox so I don't take up a ...
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Looking for a Overlay UI marking program for screencasting

I make lots of quick gifs but I cannot annotate them that well. The program needs to do following: Hold Rightclick (or some modifiers + rightclick) on mouse Draw Strokes Strokes stay on screen until ...
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Cloud app for desktop with the ability to make screenshots

Can anyone suggest a Cloud app with the desktop client which is able to conveniently made screenshots of the full screen and its part and save those screenshots to the Cloud automatically? With at ...
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Windows 10 Snipping Tool replacement for immediate snip?

Finally jumping in to Windows 10, and there are so many quirks I want to turn off or revert, I'm thinking I should use a different OS, lol The Windows 10 Snipping tool changed 1 behavior and I'd like ...
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Tool to add a mouse pointer or cursor to an existing image or screenshot

Many years ago, I had a program that could take a screenshot, and from within the program, I could add mouse pointers (as many as I wanted) to me screenshot after it was taken. I'm aware that there ...
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Is there a Chrome extension that takes a screenshot that contains the URL?

I currently use FireShot to capture a full webpage and then save it to a PDF. I like FireShot, except for the fact that it does not add the URL anywhere to the screen capture. Without the URL, one ...
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Screenshot with step by step click path

I has saw a screenshot with clicks path (step-by-step). I would like know which software (open-source or free) it´s recomended to do this. My system operation is Windows. Example. I clicked 2 x 3 = ...
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Chrome extension to take screenshot / screen capture of Twitter conversation?

I need to save some important Twitter conversations as image files for a project. On desktop Chrome, Twitter conversations live in a floating window above a background page. I've tried many ...
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Messagebox simulator

I am looking for a program than lets me configure a standard Windows message box dialog and then shows it so I can take a screenshot of it. must support icons must support buttons must support ...
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Andoroid screenshot with delay timer

I am looking for a gratis Android app. Minimal functionality: must be able to delay the screen shot (still image) by X seconds where X is preferably user-defined initiated by an icon, NOT by a ...
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Screenshot and Editing on OS X

Looking for a screenshot tool with the following functions works on OSX start up quickly able to take screenshot with hotkey able to continuous take screenshot at predefined interval (eg. 1 every 5 ...
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Lossless Screenshot Resizer - automatically detect “empty” regions

I asked a similar question on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf, but I'd require a version with a bit usability. Here's what the software shall do: get screenshots from clipboard open screenshots ...
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Stable alternative to Snagit for Mac

I'm having multiple issues when using SnagIt on Mac: Taking videos often freezes my computer Taking full-page screenshot does not work Hence I am looking for a good alternative to SnagIt for Mac. ...
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Screen capture tool with uploading to a server for Ubuntu?

I'm using Ubuntu and I'm looking for a tool that can make a screenshot, upload it to a server and give me a link. There are tons of similar programs for other operating systems. For example: http://...
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Simple Screen Capture for Mac OSX

I am looking for a simple screen capture tool for the current Mac OS. Most apps on the App Store seem to include Video, which is over the top for me. I would like something which includes: Capture ...

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