Snipping Tool: 5 good alternatives for Windows
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Everyone has come into the situation of having to take a screenshot before. If you do not want to use the standard program Snipping Tool, we present 5 alternatives in this article.
Tool with many functions: Greenshot
The screenshot tool Greenshot is characterized by a wealth of functions.
- With the mouse button pressed, select an area to be photographed. A screenshot of this area is created with the "Duck" button. With "Shift + Print" you can photograph the same area again. Photograph the entire screen with "CTRL + print" and a single window with "Alt + print".
- After taking the screenshot, a window opens with which you can determine the further use of the photo. You can save it immediately, set a storage space, open it in the Greenshot editor, send it to a printer, copy it to the clipboard, import it into one of the MS Office programs or on Flickr, Picasa, Confluence, Upload Jira, Box, Dropbox, Imgur or Photobucket.
- Greenshot also has an editor where you can edit the screenshot you have made.
Office-style screenshot program: PicPick
The PicPick program is designed in the style of the MS Office tools.
- With PicPick, the entire screen is displayed with "Print", a single window with "Alt + Print", a window object with "Ctrl + Print", scrolling with "Alt + Ctrl + Print", a certain area with "Shift + Print", a fixed area with "Shift + Ctrl + Print" and a freehand selection with "Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Print". The shortcuts are also configurable.
- You can edit the created screenshot directly in the program.
- You can also export the screenshot to the web, a cloud service, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, email, the MS Office programs, an FTP server and an external program.
Snipping tool with more functions: Snipping Tool Plus
The design of the Snipping Tool Plus is based on the original, but the program offers even more functions.
- With "Print" you can take a screenshot of the entire screen in the Snipping Tool Plus. With "Shift + Print" a screenshot of a window is taken. You can also edit the abbreviations.
- The screenshot can also be edited afterwards.
- The photo can be saved, printed and sent as an email.
Screenshot program with video function: Screenpresso
Screenpresso also offers the option of taking a screen shot.
- Create a screenshot of an area with "Print", if you want to repeat it "Shift + Print". An active window is shown with "Alt + Print", the entire screen with "Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Print", a screenshot with scrolling with "Win + Shift + Print", a video with "Ctrl + Print" and a video in a specific area created with "Shift + Ctrl + Print". You can also configure these key combinations yourself.
- You can import the screenshot directly into an image editing program of your choice.
- With Screenpresso you can link your accounts from Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, E-mail, Evernote, File Copy, FTP, Imgur, OneDrive, OneNote, Script, Twitter, YouTube and Hightail.
Screenshot tool with own cloud: Monosnap
If you take screenshots with Monosnap, you can then upload them to the Monosnap cloud.
- Take a screenshot of a certain area with "Alt + Ctrl + 5" and if you want to upload it directly to the cloud, with "Alt + Ctrl + 4". Take a photo of the entire screen with "Alt + Ctrl + 6 and with a delay of 10 seconds with" Alt + Ctrl + 7 ". For a game, take it with" F11 ".
- The screenshot can then also be edited.
- In addition to the Monosnap cloud, you can also set up your SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and Amazon S3 account.
In the next article, we'll explain what a screenshot is.