Computer program for taking pictures of screen?

leewei

What is the program you can use to "take a picture" of what is on your computer screen?

I want to used them to show people what steps to take when using a website or software. Any ideas where to download it?
thanks!

nearlyrich

You can just use the prt sc key and paste it into a word doc or presentation,mine is on the top row of the keyboard and youpress the ctrl key to action it. Hope that helps.

dudleyboy

Hi, nearlyrich is right - you can just use the "Prt Scrn" key, usually on the right of F12 on a standard keyboard. This'll take a screen shot of the whole screen and save it to the clipboard so it can be pasted into Word or whatever.

If that's not enough for your needs then you might be interested in the following software:

http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

http://www.camstudio.org/

penrhyn

I use Screenhunter 5.0 free.

http://wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm

Englishlever

I use a freeware programme called MWSnap:

http://www.mirekw.com/

Lord_Gardener

Screen Print & Capture is another easy to use freebie!

http://www.download.com/Screen-Print-Capture-32/3000-2384_4-10188787.html

Phil51

If you have multiple windows open when you press Prt SC it copies the whole screen as seen. To get a print of just the active window press the left hand ALT key and Prt SC at the same time

f1charlie

dudleyboy wrote: »

http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

The latest version is no longer free. For the last free version:

http://oldapps.com/old_version_FSCapture.php

superscaper

It does sound like what you need isn't a screenshot but something like Wink which dudleyboy gave a link to, computer tutorial software that captures the actions you are doing onscreen and also allows annotation.

Schneaky

If you are using Windows Vista then there is a useful little tool called 'Snipping tool', which allows you to select an area on screen which you can then save as an image. Once you have 'snipped' your image, you can use a highlighter or pen tool to write on the image.

random456

btw on laptops its usually fn and prtscrn as opposed to alt/ctrl