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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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Simple program to edit screenshots (add texts and arrows, mark stuff) on Linux

I have quite often the need to take screenshots and do the following: Crop them Add texts (where I want to be able to choose the color) Add arrows (where I want to be able to choose the color) Mark ...
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Free Windows program to save screenshots immediately on a key press

There are many ways to take a screenshot, edit it and save it to disk. But sometimes I want to take a series of screenshots possibly quick and process them later. Is there a free Windows program ...
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Tool for taking screenshot and quickly editing it

I'm looking for a screenshot utility that would help me when I try to explain over email how to use a program. I'd like it to: Take a screenshot, Add a red arrow or circle like this: Upload the ...
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Is there a Chrome extension that will take a screenshot of the whole page?

I often like to take screenshots of lists online. They vary by size and purpose, but it's a pain when the section I want to document is longer than my screen. This happens not that often, but it's ...
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Take a screenshot of BIOS

I am working on a project at work where I am documenting steps on how to set up new computers for deployment to the field. For a couple of the steps, the techs need to go into the BIOS to change ...
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Firefox plugin to save complete rendered page as image

I am looking for a Firefox plugin that meets the following requirements: Saves an image of the complete, rendered page (not only the current visible viewport) as it currently appears on the screen ...
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Windows application for circling, pointing, highlighting and writing comments on a screenshot [duplicate]

Does anyone know of an application that I can use to highlight/circle/comment parts of a screenshot? I sometimes train users, so I need to guide them by showing screenshots of applications. Currently, ...
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No-GUI tool to take screenshots of websites

I want to generate screenshots of a lot of webpages, and doing it manually would take too much time. Is there a tool to which I can give a list of URLs (public websites) and it would take screenshots....
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Windows application for taking screenshot of current active window

I know on Windows 8 you can use this hidden shortcut to take a screenshot of the screen and copy it to your clipboard, but I'm looking for an application where I can either set up a shortcut or has ...
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Print the whole webpage in a single image file

Sometime, we encounter a long webpage and at the same time, we need to screenshot. However, it is difficult to screen shot since it is a long webpage and need to screenshot multiple times and later ...
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Software to capture screenshot in DOS mode

Many years ago I wrote a program in 320x200x 8 bit video mode. I'd like to capture the graphical display somehow from a Windows XP machine. I can run it on Windows XP in full screen mode, but the ...
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Measuring distances between screen pixels on Linux

Does there exist software for Linux that will allow me to measure distances between two pixels? Possibly with a zoom feature.
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Copying a portion of the screen to the clipboard in Windows 7

I am looking for a program that can copy a portion of the screen to the clipboard in Windows 7. Upon hitting some keyboard shortcut, it would ask me to select the region of the screen that I want to ...
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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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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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Switch screen to greyscale temporarily

I am working on graphics design which shall be used in presentations (Powerpoint, color) and web (color) but also be suitable for printing (greyscale). Since I work in the programs defined by the ...
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Tool to take screenshot of a specific HTML element of a webpage

In order to get a dashboard (including Flash charts) from a local web portal and show them in PowerPoint presentations, I need a tool that allows me to take a screenshot of the content of a specific ...
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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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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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Screenshot Centric Documentation Tool

I need to create simple User Manuals/ Handbook/Documentaions / HowTo's for my web application. My idea is not to create a lot of text but to document every step I do with screenshots. I prefer ...
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Hourly screenshot taker

I'd like to take a screenshot on an hourly basis (with an option for as short as minutely, or long as daily would be nice). And automatically delete previous day's/week's screenshots. It'd be nice ...
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How can I take a scrolling screenshot within an iframe?

Our website is designed such that the text scrolls within an iframe while the background (an image) remains static. Is there any tool in the market that will help me to take the screenshot of the ...
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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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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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How can I save a screenshot with each git commit?

I'd like to be able to associate an image with some of my git commits, so that I can browse through them at a latter date. I code a lot of visualisations and often find myself wanting to go back to a ...
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Software for fast review videos stills and grab screenshots

I have to review for work various videos from different file formats but mostly are h264 in .mkv or .mov containers and take some screenshots of the most interesting stills in a small amount of time. ...
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Chrome/Firefox extension for screenshots that are wrapped in a browser window

We're currently developing a SaaS platform. Part of showcasing our product is publishing and editing a lot of website screenshots. Is there a plugin / extension or even an external app that can ...
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Open source Firefox add-on to take screenshot of whole page

I want to take an image of a whole web page, including what is not shown currently on-screen (scrolling). Absolute requirements: MUST BE OPEN SOURCE (unlike in that other question), please provide a ...
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Copy url with screenshot

I am currently using the 'Print Screen' function to take screenshots of several Webpages and add them together to one Word document. To do this, I open my Webpage, 'Print Screen', go to my Word ...
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Photo capture / screen shot with mouse click

I am looking for software that will take a photo via webcam and screen shot when someone clicks the mouse anywhere on the screen. The software should run on Windows-7 64bit. It will be used for a ...
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Which screenshot software can write the "data taken" information of a screenshot?

Amazon photo seems using the information of "date taken" for odering uploaded photos. For also saving my screenshots with order, I would like to know: is there any free or open source ...
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An app to automatically access IP cams and take screenshots on a given interval

I have a few IP cams, mainly Foscams. Some of them have an SD slot some don't, and that's where the problem starts, as the ones with the SD slot can do that, but the others don't unless I define an ...
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Take screenshot from "command line"

For test automation purposes I am looking for a "command line" tool that takes screenshots. Until today I was satisfied with NirCmd, which can be used like nircmd savescreenshot screen.png ...
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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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Screenshot capture tool that supports Direct X

I'm searching for a Windows 7 all-in-one screen capture program (preferably freeware, or relatively cheap) that in addition to the regular desktop screen, supports in-game screenshots (such as the ...
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To manage a large collection of screenshots and storing them efficiently in a timeline

I have a huge collection of screenshots that I keep taking over the time. They have been taken while: Browsing webpages like Wiki's / Registration links / Profiles Playing Games Reading Texts in PDF'...
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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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Browser add-on that automatically takes screenshot when I visit a certain page and saves it locally

Is there a browser add-on that automatically takes a screenshot when I visit a certain page and saves it to <site>/<timestamp>.png? It could be for Firefox or Chrome, doesn't matter.
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Bookmarking service with webpage screenshot

I’m looking for a bookmarking service similar to Pinboard, but with screenshots of the webpages. Key factors I’m looking for: Clean/simple UI Transparent and reliable founders/dev Reasonably priced (...
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Taking a screenshot of a whole scrollable view in Android

I am looking for an Android application that can capture a single element of a long list of options, or a complete scrollable list in one shot, i.e. not cropping like this: just like Capture View or ...
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Linux-based Screen Capture program? [closed]

So I've been using greenshot on windows and it is great, I've recently made the switch to linux and I need a screenshot program that is 'up to par' with greenshot.
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Software to take screenshots during gameplay?

I have a Kindle Fire 1st Generation, and there is no way to take screenshots using the Power and Volume buttons, like there is in newer version of the Kindle Fire. I need a good app that lets me take ...
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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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super lightweight screen capture utility [duplicate]

I need a very simple screen capture program to create lots of screenshots. All I need is: press a key combination such as ALT-PRT screenshot is saved somewhere as a png file with a generated file ...
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Screen capture with scrolling, capturing drop-downs, cursor and tooltips

I am looking for a gratis and free for commercial use Windows screen capture program. At home, I have always used the last free version of FastStone screen capture (here's an alternative link for ...
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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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Open Source solution for sharing screenshots

I am searching for an open source solution to take screenshots and upload them to my website. I know of many services for it, but they upload images to their own sites. If I give this link to my ...
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Create thumbnails (screenshots) of websites from list of URLs

I'm looking for software that will take my list of URLs and for each one create a thumbnail of the site. It must: Be free software I can run on Windows or Debian Linux Create thumbnails of equal ...
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Extremely customizable screenshot tool for OS X

I'm on OS X 10.9, and am aware of the awesome native screenshot tool: Cmd+Shift+3 for fullscreen screenshot and Cmd+Shift+4 for a screenshot of a portion of the screen. However, I'm looking to "...
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Suggest software for capturing video screen shots

I am trying to find software for capturing high quality video screen shots. Assume I have a 1080 pixels video song with a duration of 1 minute. And I am looking for software to capture the video ...
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