Simviation Forum - screenshot program

Jul 8^th, 2006 at 5:17pm

lilley Ex Member

hey guys

what do you think is the best Freeware program, hopefully with simple editing tools, and an easy capture ability

(not Irfanview)

thanks
james

by the way it doesnt have to be able to capture the screens, i have downloaded a program just now that can do that

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Reply #1 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 5:29pm

flyboy 28 Offline
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Prt Scrn.

That's what I use, then go into Paint Shop Pro and crop to my desire.

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Reply #2 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 5:31pm

lilley Ex Member

what i meant was a program that i can use to edit screens, not majorly like bananabob, but simple but effective stuff, much like what sir_jon has done recently

thanks
james

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Reply #3 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 5:44pm

flyboy 28 Offline
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Ah, I'd say try Picasa, by Google

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Reply #4 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 6:13pm

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Ah, I'd say try Picasa, by Google

And Id agree! I can get amazing edits with picasa merely by changing colors and using effects

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Reply #5 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 6:16pm

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I use the GIMP simlar power to photo shop but free and open source Grin

http://www.gimp.org/

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Reply #6 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 7:33pm

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I use sharpshooter you can get it http://nomadsoft.info.se

Current version: 2.11
Platform: Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP

SnapShooter is a small and easy freeware application that is able to capture the active window or screen directly to a file on your disk, rather than having to manually fire up an image processing app and save it from the clipboard your self. An excellent choice for managing screen captures from within games!

Features

* Save to BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PNG
* Specify JPEG compression level
* Automatically resize captured images
* Save to specified folder
* Specify custom image naming pattern
* Save from clipboard or directly from screen
* Minimize to tray
* Start on Windows startup
* Extensive logging

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Reply #7 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 8:44pm

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I would have to say the GIMP is the closest thing to photoshop after you get used to it. Its missing some key features and abilities that photoshop has but what can you expect?? Photoshop is $600 Gimp is free Grin

I used gimp before I got Photoshop and i was VERY happy with how it handled. Oh and if i rember correct it can handle photoshop files which is a BIG plus for any program.

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Reply #8 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 9:19pm