It makes for rapid screengrabbing compared to having to paste into an image editor. It will either capture the screen, an active window or a region of your choosing, then automatically turn it into either a JPG, GIFF, or BMP image file and save it where you set it to save.
It is a free and simple little application that will initiate when the key of your choice is pressed. I never really got into it at the time, I think I was searching for a free video screen recorder, but in my born again screengrab thinking a went and fetched it this time and boy is it light and fast. Video is quick and easy for the creator, and handy for people who just want to get the scope of something, but when detailed step by step stuff is required (say, for complete newbies) then I think the good old screen grab is needed.Ī long time ago Vivian Evans pointed me to ScreenHunter Free for Windows.
Easy to follow along to (so long as the person creating the screencast is thorough) and very portable when printed. For a while now I’ve been thinking to return to the good old days of screencasting – plain old screen grabs with text.