yuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLooking for some windows programs that are helpful that people don't really mention?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down111
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minus-squaresquirrellinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSnipping Tool - take custom screenshots of your screen
minus-squareKazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 year agoShareX is great for this! https://getsharex.com/
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWIN+SHIFT+T gives you a crosshair cursor, outline what you want, then you can doodle on it, highlight stuff, etc.
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWindows Shift S. Select an area of your screen which you can then paste. Also, Alt printscreen captures the current window.
minus-squareSynthead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoEven better, try Flameshot. Open source, cross platform, and lets you do very useful simple edits, like add arrows, shapes, text, and censoring. https://flameshot.org/
minus-squareWashedOver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI’m a Greenshot user here. Similar ability to edit and customize default actions when hitting print screen. It’s the one thing I miss in Linux
minus-squareNix@merv.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWhy greenshot over flameshot? Flameshot works on Linux
minus-squareWashedOver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWasn’t aware it was available for Linux. I’ll check it out
minus-squaregrabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI use a ball mouse and so I can’t adjust the width of the drawing tools easily. Greenshot is a little less slick much easier for me to use.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago Greenshot I used to use this on XP 🥲 great to hear it’s still around though!
minus-squareNix@merv.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDoes this have any screen recording features? Can’t seem to find any on the web page the editing feature is what has me thinking of trying it over shareX but i love screen recording with sharex too
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHave you tried the built-in recorder from the game bar?
minus-squareSynthead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo, it’s just a screenshot program
Snipping Tool - take custom screenshots of your screen
ShareX is great for this! https://getsharex.com/
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WIN+SHIFT+T gives you a crosshair cursor, outline what you want, then you can doodle on it, highlight stuff, etc.
Windows Shift S. Select an area of your screen which you can then paste. Also, Alt printscreen captures the current window.
Even better, try Flameshot. Open source, cross platform, and lets you do very useful simple edits, like add arrows, shapes, text, and censoring.
https://flameshot.org/
I’m a Greenshot user here. Similar ability to edit and customize default actions when hitting print screen. It’s the one thing I miss in Linux
Why greenshot over flameshot? Flameshot works on Linux
Wasn’t aware it was available for Linux. I’ll check it out
I use a ball mouse and so I can’t adjust the width of the drawing tools easily. Greenshot is a little less slick much easier for me to use.
I used to use this on XP 🥲 great to hear it’s still around though!
Does this have any screen recording features? Can’t seem to find any on the web page the editing feature is what has me thinking of trying it over shareX but i love screen recording with sharex too
Have you tried the built-in recorder from the game bar?
No, it’s just a screenshot program