Free Screen Capture Software

If you contribute to training manuals or other content that requires images of software or websites, then you know how awkward it can be to capture screen shots and prepare them for insertion into your content. As for me, I was excited to hear about a free software that helps on the front end to speed up that process.

FastStone Capture is exactly that. I've been using it for a few days now and have been really pleased so far.

My favorite features:
1. Capture Rectangular Region
2. Capture Freehand Region
3. Straight to clipboard
4. Multiple image file formats
5. Capture Delay

Thanks to lifehacker.com for turning me on to this software. And thanks to portablefreeware.com for hosting the portable version.

You can check out the latest version of FastStone (v.6.1) @faststone.org, but I've heard complaints about registration nags and trial version woes, so I just went with version 5.3 (on portable freeware) instead.

Does anyone know of any other cool screen capture software out there? Please share in the comments.

Now you know,
Garrett Woodroof