Meet Greenshot

By default, Windows offers us several ways to take screenshots . The most common is to press the Print Screen key, and then paste the screenshot into another application, such as Paint or Word, where we can edit, crop, and save it.

We also have the Snipping tool, included in the system, which allows you to immediately select a specific area to capture (in instead of taking a full screenshot). And in Windows 8, the WIN + Print Screen combination was also added, which automatically saves a full screen capture to the Pictures folder.

Each method has its pros and cons, but the truth is that they all fall a bit short in terms of versatility, since they force us to go through many additional steps to perform basic tasks (for example, uploading a snapshot to the web and sharing it, or getting a snapshot of specific dimensions).

"Greenshot comes pretty close to what could be the ultimate app for taking screenshots."

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Greenshot gets pretty close to what could be ">lots of configuration options, but at the same time maintains a enormous simplicity in its use.

We can invoke it simply by pressing the key Print ScreenThis will bring up an interface that allows us to take screenshots with precision thanks to an integrated magnifying glass, and indicating the exact dimensions of the image. When you finish selecting the area, a contextual menu will be displayed to choose where to export the image. We can leave it on the clipboard, send it to print, to an Office application (including OneNote), or to any of the image editing programs that we have installed.

Greenshot also integrates with web services, such as Flickr and Imgur , thus allowing us to upload our captures with a single click, and instantly obtaining a URL to share from the clipboard. In addition, a history of uploaded images is saved, which allows you to copy a specific URL at another time, even after we have uploaded other images, or replaced the content from the clipboard.

You can also send your screenshot to an image editor integrated with Greenshot, which provides basic editing options such as typing text, draw lines, underline and apply simple effects, being able to later export the result to another application, upload it to a web service, or simply save it.

On top of that, Greenshot also includes other keyboard shortcuts, which allow you to take full screen screenshots (Ctrl + Print Screen) , of the current window (Alt+ Print Screen), or of an entire page in Internet Explorer (Ctrl+Shift+Print Screen). You can even edit these shortcuts, or even take screenshots from the Greenshot menu itself in the notification tray, and thus be able to immediately select the window or tab you want to capture.

Best of all, Greenshot is totally free, it doesn't even include ( although the developers ask us for a voluntary contribution to maintain and improve the application), and it also does not consume many resources on the system.All things considered, there's almost no reason not to give this excellent tool

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