I have been in the IT field for the past 20 years, pretty much dealing with all areas of it. I love it so much, that I spend a great deal of time working with pc's after work too.:smile: A primary interest of mine has always been experimenting with all the software out there.
I would like to recommend a screen shot program for you today. This is for Windows Users only. Sorry, no Mac. There are many screen shot programs out there on the market, both free and paid. There are also programs that are included with your Operating System, such as Paint (which after all these years, finally got a facelift in Windows 7) and new with Windows 7, is the Snipping Tool.
The screen shot programs are either very basic programs that only allow you to do very basic screen shots, or they're so bloated with features that they are difficult to use. I am suggesting Greenshot for several reasons.
1. It is a very small program, only about 1 mb.
2. It does all of the most important functions of taking a screenshot, and that's it.
3. The interface is very easy to learn and is nicely laid out, not cluttered up with all kinds of junk.
4. It's open source (free) and is actively still being developed.
We use it over at onepocket.org a lot, because it allowed us to diagram shots from screenshots of matches that were from DVD's or streams. You can open a image file and then draw arrows diagramming your choice of shots, save it, then upload it.
It's always been a little odd to me, that when a person suggests a program or a method of doing something a particular way, there are always several people that pipe in with comments, in this case, such as " I just use Paint, works fine for me" As stated above, I know there are many programs and ways of taking a screen shot, the point of this post is to alert you to a program, that if you try, I think you would make it your screen shot program of choice.
To support my recommendation, I have taken the time to showcase the features and to give you my reasons of why I think it is a invaluable tool. My recommendation is not to say there aren't other ways or programs that may do generally the same thing or do more or do less. I welcome anyone's feedback on what they use, but in order to contribute a meaningful post, you need to install this program, learn to use it to some extent, and then explain why you think you would rather stick with your original program, then go with this one.:smile:
Over the past 2 decades, dealing with users of all different levels of knowledge and comfortability with PC's, from family members to co-workers, to people that have a fair amount of experience, I have found a interesting behavior when it comes to software. It seems that once a person learns how to use a particular program or a specific method of doing something, they become "stuck" with that. They will not even entertain the thought of trying a different program, they just say their current program does the job. These people with closed minds, are really missing out on a lot when it comes to what they could be doing. I've seen people still using programs developed back in the Windows 95 days, just because it's what they got used to and they refuse to even try anything else. One guy sticks out in my mind. He always used Cardfile for his contacts. This was something back in the Windows 3.1 days, but he refused to ever convert it over to the current Contact variations.
I am constantly scouring all software available, to find the best program for each job at hand and which one would appeal to each group of PC users depending on their needs and knowledge.
So in regards to this program, all I ask is that you try it, play around with it a bit, then if you don't like it, just uninstall it:smile: Then come on here and tell us why you don't like it or why you did like it. So try and keep that in mind when you reply.... this thread isn't about what you use for a screen shot program, it's me suggesting a specific program, that I think you would love. Consequently, the only way you can tell me if you don't like it, is to actually install it and play around with it
A screen shot program to me, needs to be able to perform several functions. It must be able to capture a specific area of the screen, you should be able to include text boxes, arrows and be able to draw boxes or different shapes. It must also be able to capture anything on the screen. (some programs wont' capture menus from right clicks or videos from streams) You should also be able to save in several different file formats.
These are the most important features to me, as I deal with creating tutorials extensively, and being able to highlight different areas, use text and arrows to point them out. These features are at the heart of screen shots for that purpose.
So if you've made it this far.. here is the home page of Greenshot. and here is the direct download link to it. I make a few changes to the Preferences once I'm done.
[EDIT:] It looks like I'm going to have to research the issue with Vbulletin making these look so blurry. All of these files are under the 100kb limit, so it shouldn't have to re-encode them. They are sharp and clear as the original, but once you upload, Vbulletin converts them to .jpg , no matter whether you save as .gif or .png. I'll update this thread once I figure out what the issue is. You can insert these into most anything else and they stay sharp and clear.
I hope you will give it a try and after doing so, please come back and tell us all what you liked or didn't like about it. It's a great way of diagramming shots, when you would rather use the actual image of the balls on the table, rather then to try to place them accurately on a WEI table.
Cheers !
I would like to recommend a screen shot program for you today. This is for Windows Users only. Sorry, no Mac. There are many screen shot programs out there on the market, both free and paid. There are also programs that are included with your Operating System, such as Paint (which after all these years, finally got a facelift in Windows 7) and new with Windows 7, is the Snipping Tool.
The screen shot programs are either very basic programs that only allow you to do very basic screen shots, or they're so bloated with features that they are difficult to use. I am suggesting Greenshot for several reasons.
1. It is a very small program, only about 1 mb.
2. It does all of the most important functions of taking a screenshot, and that's it.
3. The interface is very easy to learn and is nicely laid out, not cluttered up with all kinds of junk.
4. It's open source (free) and is actively still being developed.
We use it over at onepocket.org a lot, because it allowed us to diagram shots from screenshots of matches that were from DVD's or streams. You can open a image file and then draw arrows diagramming your choice of shots, save it, then upload it.
It's always been a little odd to me, that when a person suggests a program or a method of doing something a particular way, there are always several people that pipe in with comments, in this case, such as " I just use Paint, works fine for me" As stated above, I know there are many programs and ways of taking a screen shot, the point of this post is to alert you to a program, that if you try, I think you would make it your screen shot program of choice.
To support my recommendation, I have taken the time to showcase the features and to give you my reasons of why I think it is a invaluable tool. My recommendation is not to say there aren't other ways or programs that may do generally the same thing or do more or do less. I welcome anyone's feedback on what they use, but in order to contribute a meaningful post, you need to install this program, learn to use it to some extent, and then explain why you think you would rather stick with your original program, then go with this one.:smile:
Over the past 2 decades, dealing with users of all different levels of knowledge and comfortability with PC's, from family members to co-workers, to people that have a fair amount of experience, I have found a interesting behavior when it comes to software. It seems that once a person learns how to use a particular program or a specific method of doing something, they become "stuck" with that. They will not even entertain the thought of trying a different program, they just say their current program does the job. These people with closed minds, are really missing out on a lot when it comes to what they could be doing. I've seen people still using programs developed back in the Windows 95 days, just because it's what they got used to and they refuse to even try anything else. One guy sticks out in my mind. He always used Cardfile for his contacts. This was something back in the Windows 3.1 days, but he refused to ever convert it over to the current Contact variations.
I am constantly scouring all software available, to find the best program for each job at hand and which one would appeal to each group of PC users depending on their needs and knowledge.
So in regards to this program, all I ask is that you try it, play around with it a bit, then if you don't like it, just uninstall it:smile: Then come on here and tell us why you don't like it or why you did like it. So try and keep that in mind when you reply.... this thread isn't about what you use for a screen shot program, it's me suggesting a specific program, that I think you would love. Consequently, the only way you can tell me if you don't like it, is to actually install it and play around with it
A screen shot program to me, needs to be able to perform several functions. It must be able to capture a specific area of the screen, you should be able to include text boxes, arrows and be able to draw boxes or different shapes. It must also be able to capture anything on the screen. (some programs wont' capture menus from right clicks or videos from streams) You should also be able to save in several different file formats.
These are the most important features to me, as I deal with creating tutorials extensively, and being able to highlight different areas, use text and arrows to point them out. These features are at the heart of screen shots for that purpose.
So if you've made it this far.. here is the home page of Greenshot.
and here is the direct download link to it. I make a few changes to the Preferences once I'm done. [EDIT:] It looks like I'm going to have to research the issue with Vbulletin making these look so blurry. All of these files are under the 100kb limit, so it shouldn't have to re-encode them. They are sharp and clear as the original, but once you upload, Vbulletin converts them to .jpg , no matter whether you save as .gif or .png. I'll update this thread once I figure out what the issue is. You can insert these into most anything else and they stay sharp and clear.
I hope you will give it a try and after doing so, please come back and tell us all what you liked or didn't like about it. It's a great way of diagramming shots, when you would rather use the actual image of the balls on the table, rather then to try to place them accurately on a WEI table.
Cheers !
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and make sure you NEVER EVER try anything different. Same with that old Notepad (that comes built in windows), no need to get anything more robust, notepad lets you type in words, what else do you need. Same with the Photo Viewer (comes built in windows)it can open most pics.. what more do you need then to be able see the picture.
