Best FREE ScreenCapture Tool!

mywebwork

15 years ago

This site contains a lot of interesting software, thanks for sharing!

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hkay

15 years ago

Sumit, i suppose the most popular one and widely used is snag-it - could you please tell what is the key difference between snag-it and handysnap

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Sean A McAlister 15 years ago

Jing.com

That one is pretty good...in fact its great
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Jassim

15 years ago

Jing is very nice screen capture software. But i guess with jing software you can capture only for 5 minutes.

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Chris Endres

15 years ago

And since no one really wants to listen to me for more than 5 minutes in a shot anyway...

I'm good with it

I love jing personally. I know you will not believe this but I was on the jing beta test team and when they sent out questions about improvements,.. well I sent back in the idea about the measuring of the capture area so it was a visible control.

They put the crosshairs in just cause I asked,.. how cool

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kswr123

15 years ago

what about camstudio?

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Riz

15 years ago

Thanks for sharing Sumit

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mikemcmillan

15 years ago

If you've got a intel-based Mac, and I'm speaking to a PC world, there is a thing called iShowU from shinywhitebox that works swell and it's only $29. If you've got a newer Mac it probably came with imovieHD and you can add special effects there. I think Camtasia is working on a Mac version but I don't think it's out.

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Ian25

15 years ago

mw snap screen capture is excellent

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Sumit Menon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by hkay

Sumit, i suppose the most popular one and widely used is snag-it - could you please tell what is the key difference between snag-it and handysnap

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Snag It = $49.95

This Tool = $0.00

Originally Posted by The IM Reporter

Jing.com

That one is pretty good...in fact its great

This tool is quite lightweight (Only 2.5 MB after installation.) If you want to use Jing, you need to install Microsoft .NET 3.0 too.

Originally Posted by Chris Endres

And since no one really wants to listen to me for more than 5 minutes in a shot anyway...

I'm good with it

I love jing personally. I know you will not believe this but I was on the jing beta test team and when they sent out questions about improvements,.. well I sent back in the idea about the measuring of the capture area so it was a visible control.

They put the crosshairs in just cause I asked,.. how cool

That wasn't very nice. :\

Originally Posted by mikemcmillan

If you've got a intel-based Mac, and I'm speaking to a PC world, there is a thing called iShowU from shinywhitebox that works swell and it's only $29. If you've got a newer Mac it probably came with imovieHD and you can add special effects there. I think Camtasia is working on a Mac version but I don't think it's out.

You can use Skitch on MAC, right? I've never used MAC. I heard they bringing a Windows version soon.

Originally Posted by saq3m

what about camstudio?

This is a Screen Capture tool. It doesn't record screen like Camtasia.

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mikemcmillan 15 years ago

I am not familiar with Skitch--sorry!
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TheToolWiz

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Sumit Menon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by TheToolWiz

It never fails to amaze me how much time people will spend trying to ferret out FREE STUFF to use to MAKE MONEY. Even a crappy job pays more than FREE!

God forbid you have yourself as a customer -- you'd spin your wheels and never make a penny.

Camtasia Studio trial is good for 30 days. (Even more if you can figure out how to crash it, cause it resets the counter!) If you can't make a video and sell enough copies during that time to pay for the license, why are you bothering to make videos? Oh, to give away to people looking for FREE STUFF. Right.

Tell me, how much food does that put into your pantry?

I'm 16. I have enough time for this and don't need to worry about buying food.

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Sumit Menon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by TheToolWiz

I'm 53. I have lots of time on my hands because I can't find work. I write software for a living. And it's hard to buy food when people are always looking for it for free, and steal it and give it to their friends for free. And then turn around and use it to make money and then put posts up in forums like this talking about how they're making 5- or 6-figures a month ... using free or cracked software. And they never think twice about the skills needed to create the software that enabled them to do that. But the car they drive ... wow! They sure didn't get THAT for free!

Not everyone uses Free Stuff!

If you make a thread in here saying- Which Screen Capture tool you recommend? - almost everyone would say I use and recommend Snag It.

It's just the people who are just starting out. Not everybody can afford to buy every tool. What do they do?

I mean, you are a programmer. You've got enough skills to make your own software. But, there are many guys (like me) who don't know much about coding. What will we do?

I haven't get enough pocket money to buy Snag It. I haven't got enough skills to write a program like Snag It, too. There isn't much I can do but use Free programs.

And besides, Freeware apps are there for a reason.

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trippmarxx

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Sumit_Menon

Not everyone uses Free Stuff!

If you make a thread in here saying- Which Screen Capture tool you recommend? - almost everyone would say I use and recommend Snag It.

It's just the people who are just starting out. Not everybody can afford to buy every tool. What do they do?

I mean, you are a programmer. You've got enough skills to make your own software. But, there are many guys (like me) who don't know much about coding. What will we do?

I haven't get enough pocket money to buy Snag It. I haven't got enough skills to write a program like Snag It, too. There isn't much I can do but use Free programs.

And besides, Freeware apps are there for a reason.

Agreed.

This thread even specifically states "Best FREE screen capture toll", not "What is the best paid software for screen capturing that I can get for free?"

Nobody is looking to rip off anyone. I believe the OP is specifically looking for a free tool that is already out there for free.

On another note, are you able to save Jing videos to your desktop and use them on your own website? The only reason I ask, is that if you record a video that you want for your subscribers, you don't want that floating out in the SE's or other shared sites.

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Lloyd Buchinski

15 years ago

If you have Vista, the snipping tool is great. Just click the start
button and type it in the search box. I uninstalled Fireshot from
FF after I used this a couple of times. I can't quite say it is free
but after you've paid for Vista, this is included.

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JesseM

15 years ago

Put me down as another Jing fan. I really like it.

Not sure there's anything else of substance I can contribute to this discussion, so I'll mosey on outta here now... : ) (Feel like all the other replies are in paragraphs lol, but it's just a screen capture program!)

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oneempowered 15 years ago

You can download Camtasia 3 for free. It's an older version, but still useful.

You can download it
'http://download.techsmith.com/camtasiastudio/enu/312/camtasiaf.exe

and then register it
'http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/pcpls.asp

Then, I think you can still upgrade to the newest version for a discount.
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rafaelapolinario 15 years ago

Thanks for sharing Sumit, this is really a great resource.. and this forum has really generate a lot of info as to what best Screencapture is available now, you just have to choose what might be the great option that is best for you.
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madison_avenue

15 years ago

Try this , it's decent and free:

EasyCapture Free Screen Capture Software - Best Screen Capture Freeware

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Sumit Menon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by oneempowered

You can download Camtasia 3 for free. It's an older version, but still useful.

You can download it
'http://download.techsmith.com/camtasiastudio/enu/312/camtasiaf.exe

and then register it
'http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/pcpls.asp

Then, I think you can still upgrade to the newest version for a discount.

This offer expired a year ago.

Originally Posted by madison_avenue

Try this , it's decent and free:

EasyCapture Free Screen Capture Software - Best Screen Capture Freeware

I don't like their arrows. They are pretty lame.

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katarina1 15 years ago

Just 1,59 Mb
I like it,simple,easy to use
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qubex

15 years ago

Great info folks! I've been using Camtasia for a while now, and haven't even thought about free solutions. I'll be sure to test a few of these...

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Sumit Menon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Traffic-Bug

Use ScreenToaster (free)

This looks interesting! I haven't heard of it before.

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DavidO

15 years ago

CamStudio is also very good, and free.

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Sumit Menon 15 years ago

Originally Posted by DavidO

CamStudio is also very good, and free.

This is not about a screen recorder! It's more of a Screen Capture utility.
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Louis Raven

15 years ago

Are we talking screen capture or recording here?

Recording:
CamStudio! <-- FREE and next best to Camtasia.

Screen capture (pic):
ScreenPrint v2.3! <-- FREE and next best to Snaggit.

Louis

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Elaina

15 years ago

Wow, thanks for the help!

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gerardhevey 15 years ago

This is the best free tool in my opinion.

uTIPu.com

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Barbara Eyre

15 years ago

I use CaptureWiz. Free 30 days and then you can buy $29.95 for lifetime.

And yes, the OP was asking for screen capture, not recording.

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deu12000

15 years ago

I really like this one:

Screenshot Captor - Mouser - Software - DonationCoder.com

and it's free.

For webpages I use:

ScreenGrab
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146

It's also free.

Those two programs are free and they are very valuable in my arsenal of tools. I use them almost every day for one thing or the other.