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Posted By Quentin Carnicelli on August 21st, 2008
Fast and easy screenshots are something we take for granted on Mac OS, with Command-Shift-3 producing a picture file on the Desktop dating back to System 7, and Command-Shift-4 letting you do a Selection screenshot starting in OS 8.
Windows users have never been so lucky, with the Print Screen keyboard button simply putting the screen contents onto the Clipboard. This in turn leads to all kinds of awkwardness when trying to give that screenshot to someone else.
Which leads me to Snapper, a recently released Windows screenshot utility created by our own David Hammerton (the programmer behind Airfoil for Windows and both Airfoil Speakers for Windows and Linux). I’ve been using Snapper myself to take our screenshots of Airfoil for Windows for a few months now. Whenever I had to take them before, it was an absolute chore to get done. With Snapper, I don’t have to give it a second thought, just like on Mac OS. That’s exactly how it should be. For our Windows users out there still suffering with Print Screen, check out the free utility Snapper.
Glenn Fleishman says:
August 21st, 2008 at 1:50 pmHave you really never heard of HyperSnapZ? I’ve been using it for a decade, I believe, and it’s better than SnapzPro in terms of options. I can’t believe you never heard of that! (No offense to Snapper, which I’m sure is easy as pie, and simple to use.)
Quentin Carnicelli says:
August 21st, 2008 at 2:03 pmGlenn – I was actually using MWSnap for a bit until I switched to Snapper. HyperSnap sure looks powerful. To each his own, I suppose.
Adam says:
August 21st, 2008 at 3:05 pmLooks great, but it crashed on my very first attempt to use it. I tried capturing a window and got this:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: A generic error occurred in GDI+.
at System.Drawing.Image.FromHbitmap(IntPtr hbitmap, IntPtr hpalette)
at System.Drawing.Image.FromHbitmap(IntPtr hbitmap)
at ScreenShot.Modal.ScreenShots.Capture.CaptureAll(Rectangle& capturedBounds)
at ScreenShot.Modal.ScreenShots.Capture.DoCapture(Rectangle& capturedBounds)
at ScreenShot.View.ScreenShotWindowManipulator..ctor()
at ScreenShot.View.NotifyIcon.DoWindowScreenShot()
at ScreenShot.View.NotifyIcon.captureWindowMenuItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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Snapper
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Snapper/Snapper.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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System.Design
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Design/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Design.dll
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
Chad says:
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:19 pmWindows Vista includes a new snipping tool that allows for better screen capture capabilities than what Windows offered before. How does Snapper compare against Vista’s snipping tool?
Favomodo says:
September 5th, 2008 at 8:59 amTry Jing, the skitch clone on Windows. Works very well!