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This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
small program to fill this need?

Thanks,

Emily

 

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emily@nospam.com wrote:
> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
> small program to fill this need?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emily
>
Download Irfanview from www.irfanview.com. It will handle those screen
images neatly, and it is free. Loads instantly.


--
Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net

 

[Paul]

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Ron Hunter wrote:
>
> Download Irfanview from www.irfanview.com. It will handle those screen
> images neatly, and it is free. Loads instantly.


Super lightweight as requested. The only pain is changing the file type
from bmp to gif/jpeg *every* time. Open a file with it in your working
directory, paste, crop & ctl-s to save in that directory. Hit the escape
key to dismiss.

 

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:24:39 -0500, emily@nospam.com,
<news:0hhdv01p3pd21v70an4rf669odpbarbt0s@4ax.com> wrote this:

> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
> small program to fill this need?

This may be what you need...

http/www.gadwin.com/

 

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:28:55 +0000, Graham <fensman@gmx.invalid>
wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:24:39 -0500, emily@nospam.com,
><news:0hhdv01p3pd21v70an4rf669odpbarbt0s@4ax.com> wrote this:
>
>> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
>> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
>> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
>> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
>> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
>> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
>> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
>> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
>> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
>> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
>> small program to fill this need?
>
>This may be what you need...
>
>http/www.gadwin.com/

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but it lacked one vital
element -- the ability to crop the image. Any other suggestions?

Emily

 

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http/faststone.org/
FastStone Screen Capture
Loads quickly, has an easy Rectangular format plus freehand and other
choices. I've tried others including MWsnap3 (which I have kept) but the FS
Screen Capture is fast and easy.
Rose

 

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:20:43 -0500, "RoseW" <wdmn@NShurontel.on.ca>
wrote:

>http/faststone.org/
>FastStone Screen Capture
>Loads quickly, has an easy Rectangular format plus freehand and other
>choices. I've tried others including MWsnap3 (which I have kept) but the FS
>Screen Capture is fast and easy.
>Rose
>

Thanks. I will check it out.

Emily

 

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emily@nospam.com wrote:
> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
> small program to fill this need?

Personally, I just use the PRTSCRN key (for a full-screen capture) or the
ALT-PRTSCRN combo (for capturing the active window) and paste the results
into the Windows Paint accessory, crop from there and then save as a BMP
file.

Is there something your screen capture program does that you can't
duplicate with that process?

--Paul
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:55:41 +0000 (UTC), Paul Wylie
<paul@teamwylie.removemunged.org> wrote:

>emily@nospam.com wrote:
>> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
>> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
>> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
>> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
>> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
>> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
>> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
>> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
>> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
>> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
>> small program to fill this need?
>
>Personally, I just use the PRTSCRN key (for a full-screen capture) or the
>ALT-PRTSCRN combo (for capturing the active window) and paste the results
>into the Windows Paint accessory, crop from there and then save as a BMP
>file.
>
>Is there something your screen capture program does that you can't
>duplicate with that process?
>
>--Paul
>** Note "removemunged" in email address and remove to reply. **

Well, now that you mention it, no. ;-) I really didn't think to try
Paint. I've never liked the program much so I always used PhotoEditor
or Screen Thief. PhotoEd was easier because I could use the Alt-print
screen combo and then paste with Ctrl-V. Screen Thief worked well,
but took a few more keystrokes.

Did earlier version of Paint allow you to save in different formats?
My memory seems to be that only .bmp was available, and I've never
liked .bmp much because of the size of the files. Maybe I have it
confused with some other program.

Anyway, now that you've reminded me that Paint exists, I find it will
do OK for my purposes.

Thanks,

Emily

 

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emily@nospam.com wrote in news:0hhdv01p3pd21v70an4rf669odpbarbt0s@
4ax.com:

http/www.pmview.com/download.html

I've used PMView for many years. You can crop but you can also capture
only the part of the screen, or of a window, that you want. Shareware
with a 31 day trial (fully functional) period. Cost is $39.95


> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
> small program to fill this need?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emily
>

 

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Well, XP needs more memory than 98 to perform well right out of the box.

However, tried pressing "print screen" and pasting the shot into your fave
image editor?
--
Marada Shra'drakaii

 

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>> I'm looking for a small program that works with
>>WinXP Home to save screen shots
I use Paint Shop Pro for this purpose, but it could be overkill if that's
all you want it for.

Keith

 

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Keith Sheppard wrote:
>>>I'm looking for a small program that works with
>>>WinXP Home to save screen shots
>
> I use Paint Shop Pro for this purpose, but it could be overkill if that's
> all you want it for.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
Yes, that's using a sledge hammer to drive a thumbtack. Something like
Irfanview is much more suitable to the task, and will probably have the
picture saved long before you get PSP loaded.


--
Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net

 

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>>Personally, I just use the PRTSCRN key (for a full-screen capture) or the
>>ALT-PRTSCRN combo (for capturing the active window)
I used to do this but Alt + PrintScreen stopped working when I installed XP.
I assumed it was either a security feature or a Microsoft screw-up.

Keith

 

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Keith Sheppard wrote:
>>>Personally, I just use the PRTSCRN key (for a full-screen capture) or the
>>>ALT-PRTSCRN combo (for capturing the active window)
>
> I used to do this but Alt + PrintScreen stopped working when I installed XP.
> I assumed it was either a security feature or a Microsoft screw-up.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
Just used the Alt/PRTSCRN to save just this active window. Worked
great. WinXP/SP2. Perhaps the screwup is on your end. Something like
a screensaver, or other program using the alt key for other purposes???


--
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emily@nospam.com wrote:

> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
> small program to fill this need?

www.irfanview.com - an excellent, small, super-fast FREEWARE image
viewer/tweaker with full TWAIN/WDM import/capture/acquire support,
screen-capture functions built in, and handy thumbnail and slideshow
viewers.

 

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Keith Sheppard wrote:
>>> Personally, I just use the PRTSCRN key (for a full-screen capture)
>>> or the ALT-PRTSCRN combo (for capturing the active window)
> I used to do this but Alt + PrintScreen stopped working when I
> installed XP. I assumed it was either a security feature or a
> Microsoft screw-up.
>
> Keith

Alt-PrintScreen works just fine under XP.

David

 

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<emily@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
> small program to fill this need?
>

Use Irfanview--it has a small footprint in memory. Capture a screen with
"printscrn" or a window with "alt-printscrn", alt-tab to Irfanview, Cntrl-V
to paste, mouse out the desired area, Cntrl-Y to crop, press "S" to Save As,
and "ESC" to exit. Very quick and efficient--I use it all the time.

If you don't want to keep Irfanview in memory, just put a shortcut icon on
your tool bar and it's only one click away to paste, crop, and save. I use
it all the time.

 

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Paul H. wrote:
> <emily@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:0hhdv01p3pd21v70an4rf669odpbarbt0s@4ax.com...
>> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
>> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
>> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
>> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
>> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
>> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
>> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
>> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
>> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
>> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
>> small program to fill this need?
>>
>
> Use Irfanview--it has a small footprint in memory. Capture a screen
> with "printscrn" or a window with "alt-printscrn", alt-tab to
> Irfanview, Cntrl-V to paste, mouse out the desired area, Cntrl-Y to
> crop, press "S" to Save As, and "ESC" to exit. Very quick and
> efficient--I use it all the time.
>
> If you don't want to keep Irfanview in memory, just put a shortcut
> icon on your tool bar and it's only one click away to paste, crop,
> and save. I use it all the time.

I *knew* I had a program in this vein: HyperSnap
HyperSnap-DX ver. 4.31.01

"HyperSnap-DX 4 is a screen capture tool for
Windows. Captures screens from standard desktop
programs and hard-to-grab DirectX/Direct3D, 3Dfx
Voodoo and Glide mode games. HyperSnap-DX 4 even
snags frames from many DVD players and other video
software. The program can auto-scroll and
concurrently capture long web pages and other
documents, enabling it to grab more than is
visible on the screen. The program integrates
with the Windows clipboard, and has new painting
and editing features, too. Version 4.x contains
many new or improved features requested by our
users. These include improved handling of 3dfx 32
bit color mode screens, a completely new set of
color and image manipulation tools, improved
printing, tight integration with the Windows
system tray, new painting tools added to the
button palette, the ability to set the Windows
wallpaper, "send by e-mail" feature within the
program that lets you send captures across the
Internet, and a comprehensive help system that
provides context-sensitive "pop-up" help for
virtually every aspect of the program.

HyperSnap-DX ver. 4 is distributed on "try
before you buy" principle. If used without a
license, it will add Hyperionics stamp to images
that you capture or edit with it. To purchase a
license, visit our web site at
http/www.hyperionics.com"

 

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I love 'SnagIt' from www.techsmith.com. Very versatile and includes
capturing scrolling windows on the Internet etc and lots of options on how
to say, you can annotate and highlight from within the program and save
different profiles for the different tasks. Not free of course but I think
it is worth the money (about $US40.00, I think) for what it can do!

Regards,


Anne Logan


<emily@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:0hhdv01p3pd21v70an4rf669odpbarbt0s@4ax.com...
> This is somewhat off topic, I suppose, but it seemed a good place to
> ask this question. I'm looking for a small program that works with
> WinXP Home to save screen shots. I just switched to XP from Win98,
> which had PhotoEditor that I used for this purpose. Unfortunately,
> PhotoEditor won't work with XP. I want to avoid having to open
> ThumbsPlus every time I make a screen shot. Possibly there's no
> problem, as XP seems to handle memory a lot better than Win98 did.
> This new computer has less RAM than the old one, but opening TP if I
> had any other programs open always slowed things down a lot. And I
> always seem to have several programs open. Any suggestions for a
> small program to fill this need?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emily
>