Marvin Lee Dot Net

I was recently introduced to a screen capture software, the X-Shot 2002.

Although it is dated, and probably limited in features, it does it job well if what you want is a quick and easy way to make screen captures.

It is especially good when you want to make a sequence of screen captures on a particular position of a screen or the whole desktop.

This software is created by a German and can be downloaded from its homepage at http://www.x-shot.de/download/download.html.

It does not require installation and you can just run the executable.

However, the program (exe) only runs on Windows and it will stay on system tray or windows taskbar.

The following are some screen capture of the software itself.

You can configure the filename prefix and also the folder where the screen captures will be saved to.
On the screenshot click, an image with enumerated number will be saved to the folder specified.
That’ll save a lot of time naming the file or saving it manually with the usual keyboard Print Scrn function.
You still have the option to perform those manually though.

There are options to select what time of file format and also the compression rate of the images.

You can even create a watermark with your preferred text and put it at the top, middle or bottom of the image.

Selection area is the area of screen capture. You can make a full desktop screen capture by unselecting the ‘Use Selection’.
Personally, I think this feature can be improved as it requires the user to know exactly the position of the screen capture area.

This program also allows you to schedule your screen capture. I think it is useful for servers, for monitoring purposes.

The above is an image of a screen capture where an area is selected.

The above is an image of a full desktop screen capture.

This is an image snapshot with a browser opened and screen capture selection area made over it, thus having the correct area of snapshot.

One very important feature that I think is missing, is the ability to capture screen and scroll, especially for browser.

There are quite a number of screen capture software available nowadays, differing in features like how quick and easy to use it, advanced features like scrolling screen capture, and also licensing options (paid or free software).

What is your favourite and most used screen capture tool? Would you mind sharing?

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