A small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots Windows Snapshot Maker (shortly WinSnap) is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots.
WinSnap automates all manual work and handle technical issues that previously you might perform only with Photoshop or other image editors. Initially, WinSnap was designed simply to take snapshots of non-rectangular windows, such as windows with XP visual styles, skinned media players, etc.
Now it is supplemented with professional smoothing shadows, coloring effects, canvas transformations, ability to automatically save images in various image formats and more.
WinSnap helps you easily make small thumbnail previews and full-sized screenshots for your web blog and home page, visualize technical and educational materials, send reduced-size images through email. You will perform professional screenshots immediatelly with one click!
WinSnap v2.x was especially designed for capturing the new Windows Vista UI. It can handle all possible issues with translucent window frames and rounded corners. WinSnap can draw a drop shadow effect which is very similar to the Aero theme.
Now shadows are semi-transparent! It allows really easy image compositing, and it is very useful when placing your screenshots on multi-colour backgrounds.
WinSnap v2.x allows you to select and capture multiple objects (e.g. windows, dialogs, buttons and controls) at once. Just place a few windows on the screen and easy combine them into one screenshot image.
You can quickly open screenshots in your favourite image editor using the Tools menu or shortcut keys. It also allows you to automatically save images into different directories and in different formats.
Here are some key features of "WinSnap":
Flexible screen capture capabilities
Smoothing shadow effect in Photoshop style
Powerful image processing and basic canvas transformations
Support of various image formats and advanced auto-save options
Easy Web publishing and E-Mail sending
Multilingual user interface (Unicode based)
Easy makes screenshots of windows with rounded corners
WinSnap saves info about window form and adds real smoothing shadows.
Alpha-Channel and PNG/TIFF transparency are supported.
Unique "Application" capture mode allows you to capture all visible windows of the foreground application with one click.
Unique "Multi-Object" capture mode allows you to select multiple windows on the screen and easy combine them into one screenshot.
Basic coloring effects and canvas transformations.
Advanced auto-save and auto-copy options.
Configurable External Tools menu to open image editors and optimizers.
Usual keyboard and mouse control (Print Screen replacement).
Make all this work with one 100-kb application - smaller than Paint!
NOTE: Registered users are able to download a Portable Edition of WinSnap. It is a special edition of WinSnap designed to run it from a removable media: USB flash drive, memory stick, iPod/MP3 player, network share, etc.
Limitations:
30 days trial
WinSnap Portable Edition