screen capture software

does anyone know of any freeware screen capture software? thanks

 

what specifically are you wanting to capture?

if its a still image, pressing the prt scr button on your keyboard will (usually) save a snapshot to your clipboard which you can then paste into whatever paint program you like to use.

otherwise for a little bit more control this is pretty good

 

Or, if you are looking to record screen activity as a movie then you could give wink a try.

I've been mucking about with this recently and found it to be pretty good at doing stills and movies.

It only saves as Flash Video .FLV though

 

Nice tip, I'll have to test that one out too...

 

thanks guys. I looked at snagit and fastone but they're not freeware.

 

Gadwin Print screen is pretty simple and is free.

 

Another freeware alternative is Snapper, which takes screen shots and saves them as jpg files to your chosen path, with a filename prefix of your choosing. With sequential mouse clicks one can take, say, screen shots of each screen seen during a software install. Snapper is a single EXE file (save it to your path) and is simplicity itself, and loads/unloads very easily.
Download at http://www.ovosoft.net/snapper

 

You have a key on your keyboard labeled print screen. It captures/copies the screen image to the clipboard and you can paste into whatever.
Free!

 

Ok, here is a list for you:

FS Capture (still free) at http://www.portablefreeware.com

http://greenshot.sourceforge.net/
Greenshot is a revolutionary screenshot tool optimized for productivity.
* Save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file within a second.
* Apply text and shapes to the screenshot.
* Offers capture of window, region or full screenshot.
* Supports several image formats.


PrtScr
Accessable through Ptr Scr, Ctrl+Prt Scr, or custom hotkey
Captures full screen, rectangle selection, freehand selection, or active window
Can capture mouse cursor
Supports multiple monitors
Allows annotation over capture, with smooth, natural mouse drawing
Saves capture straight to desktop or to any file, sends it as email, edits, prints or sends to clipboard
Exports as JPG, BMP, or PNG (transparent or opaque)
Can re-scale capture before exporting
Can pre-fill capture title & comments with window title & browser URL

Jing
from TechSmith the makers of SnagIt - also video.

For more video options check out http://camstudio.org/ they started a whole line, they sold the program to Robohelp, who sold to Adobe (CamStudio was originally released by a company called RenderSoft who were subsequently bought by a company called eHelp who used some of the technology in their program, RoboDemo ...

Some time later, eHelp was bought by Macromedia who wanted RoboDemo (which was to become Captivate) )
And someone else mentioned Wink - good for making demos.


FS capture is really good, do you need any more?