Greenshot - screen capture, image edit, and uploader

[freakazoid]

If you delete all languages except English, the uncompressed filesize is 1.80 MB.

Memory usage is comparable to ShareX; both use roughly around 27 MB RAM, which isn't great.

Benefits of Greenshot over ShareX is the built-in image editor. However, ShareX has the option to upload automatically to the image host of your choice; this could be a pro or con depending on how you look at it.

Both are pretty good overall.

If FastStone Capture had an auto-upload feature, I would stick with that. In the meantime, I'll be testing between both Greenshot and ShareX to see which one I like better.

[webfork]

> ShareX has the option to upload automatically to the image host of your choice; this could be a pro or con depending on how you look at it.

Greenshot can be setup to send directly to one of the supported upload sites. I have mine save to a temp folder for later reference as well as push to the clipboard so I can paste it (usually into RIOT).

[alan7654]

This program saved my ass multiple times in the last 2 days. I had to add it to the database.

http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2340

Vote away

Just been updated

1.0.4 build 2177 Release Candidate 4

Bugs resolved:
* Fixed error during OAuth process due to authorization dialog not opening, see bug #3578480
* Fixed error in external command plugin, see bugs #3578391, #3578379, #3578377
* Fixed editor window not being resized to image size, see bug #3578325

[SYSTEM]

Just been updated

1.0.4 build 2177 Release Candidate 4

Bugs resolved:
* Fixed error during OAuth process due to authorization dialog not opening, see bug #3578480
* Fixed error in external command plugin, see bugs #3578391, #3578379, #3578377
* Fixed editor window not being resized to image size, see bug #3578325

Thanks. I have updated the entry. (The update was filtered.)

The version number is too long to fit in the "version number" field. I shortened it to 1.0.4.2176 RC4.

[webfork]

A stable v.1.0.x version is now available -- updated entry. Program keeps getting better.

[joby_toss]

I tested the version "Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-1.1.0.2422-UNSTABLE" and there was no empty "Greenshot" folder in AppData. The path for the "Output\Storage location" I selected was ".\"

[I am Baas]

I tested the version "Greenshot-NO-INSTALLER-1.1.0.2422-UNSTABLE" and there was no empty "Greenshot" folder in AppData. The path for the "Output\Storage location" I selected was ".\"

Thanks for checking, joby_toss. The stable version (v1.0.6.228) still does though.

Any idea how to remove some of the systray icon right-click menu items (see image)?

[joby_toss]

Like this?



Only if you delete/change extension of the plugins you're not using.
We could use some kind of enable/disable option for plugins.

[I am Baas]

Thanks. I was afraid that the only option at the moment is to remove the plugins. I added a .bak to the file name as a temporary measure but an enable/disable feature would be ideal.

[I am Baas]

Greenshot v1.1.4 build 2622 Released:

Features added:
* General: Added zoom when capturing with a option in the settings for disabling the zoom. (this can also be done via the "z" key while capturing.)
* General: Better Windows 8 integration: Capture window from list now has the apps and the interactive window capture is not confused by apps or the app launcher.
* General: Added Special-Folder support for the OutputPath/Filenames, now one can use the following values: MyPictures, MyMusic, MyDocuments, Personal, Desktop, ApplicationData, LocalApplicationData. Meaning one can now set the output path to e.g. ${MyPictures}
* General: Greenshot now also comes as a "for PortableApps" download, this now will be released just like the other files (installer & .zip)
* Editor: Added a new image format "Greenshot" which allows the user to save the current state and continue editing later. (was already in the 1.1.1.2550)
* Editor: The capture is now displayed in the center of the editor, the code for this was supplied by Viktar Karpach.
* Editor: Added horizontal and vertical alignment for text boxes.
* Printing: Added option to force monochrome (black/white) print
* Plug-in: Added Photobucket plugin

Bugs resolved (for bug details go to http://sourceforge.net/p/greenshot/bugs and search on the ID):
* Bug #1327, #1401 & #1410 : On Windows XP Firefox/java captures are mainly black. This fix should also work with other OS versions and applications.
* Bug #1340: Fixed issue with opening a screenshow from the clipboard which was created in a remote desktop
* Bug #1375, #1396 & #1397: Exporting captures to Microsoft Office applications give problems when the Office application shows a dialog, this is fixed by displaying a retry dialog with info.
* Bug #1375: Exported captures to Powerpoint were displayed cropped, which needed extra actions to correct.
* Bug #1378: Picasa-Web uploads didn't have a filename and the filename was shown as "UNSET" in Picasa-Web.
* Bug #1380: The window corners on Windows Vista & Windows 7 weren't cut correctly. While fixing this issue, we found some other small bugs which could cause small capture issues on Vista & 7 it also used more resources than needed.
* Bug #1386: Resize issues with some the plugin configuration dialogs.
* Bug #1390: Elements in 1.0 are drawn differently as in pre 1.0
* Bug #1391: Fixed missing filename in the Editor title
* Bug #1414: Pasting captures as HTML-inline in Thunderbird doesn't work when using 256-colors.
* Bug #1418: Fixed a problem with the editor initialization, in some small cases this gave an error as something happend at the same time.
* Bug #1426: Added some checks for some configuration values, if they were not set this caused an error
* Bug #1442: If copying an image from Outlook via the clipboard the image was cropped
* Bug #1443: Image exports to Microsoft Word didn't have the "Lock aspect ratio" set
* Bug #1444: Colors were disappearing when "Create an 8-bit image if colors are less than 256 while having a > 8 bits image" was turned on
* Bug #1462: Auto-filename generation cropping title text after period
* Bug #1481: when pasting elements from one editor into another the element could end up outside the visible area
* Bug #1484, #1494: External Command plug-in issues. e.g. when clicking edit in the External Command plug-in settings, than cancel, and than edit again an error occured.
* Bug #1499: Stability improvements for when Greenshot tries to open the explorer.exe
* Bug #1500: Error while dragging an obfuscation
* Bug #1504: InvalidCastException when using the brightness-filter
* Reported in forum: Fixed a problem with the OCR, it sometimes didn't work. See: http://sourceforge.net/p/greenshot/disc ... d/31a08c8c
* Not reported: Flickr configuration for the Family, Friend & Public wasn't stored.
* Not reported: If Greenshot is linked in a Windows startup folder, the "Start with startup" checkbox wasn't checked.
* Not reported: Some shortcut keys in the editor didn't respond.
* Not reported: Fixed some issues with capturing windows that were larger than the visible screen, logic should now be more reliable.
* Not reported: Fixed some cases where Dragging & Dropping an image from a browser on the editor lost transparency.
* Not reported: Undo while in an Auto-Crop made the editor unusable.
* Not reported: When first selecting a printer, the main printer destination has been replaced by the selected one, making the Windows printer dialog unavailable for further prints
* Not reported: Open last capture in explorer doesn't open the right location
* Not reported: Fixed some issues where the sub-menus of the context menu moved to the next screen.
* Not reported: When having Outlook installed but not the Office plugin there was no EMail destination.
... and more

Languages:
* Added Indonesian
* Installer: Added Spanish
* Installer: Added Serbian
* Installer: Added Finnish
* General: Fixes for many languages

Known issues:
* Greenshot general: a captured I-Beam cursor isn't displayed correctly on the final result.
* Greenshot general: Not all hotkeys can be changed in the editor. When you want to use e.g. the pause or the Windows key, you will need to be modified the ini directly.
* Greenshot general: Can't capture 256 color screens
* Greenshot general: Hotkeys don't function when a UAC (elevated) process is active. This we won't change as it is a Windows security measure.
* Greenshot general: Capturing apps on Windows 8 when having more than one screen still causes some issues.
* Greenshot editor: Rotate only rotates the screenshot, not the added elements or cursor

Dl @ http://sourceforge.net/projects/greensh ... hot%201.1/

[I am Baas]

v1.1.4 build 2622 tested: portable

[webfork]

Update I noticed this week: Greenshot now auto-detects Microsoft Office and Paint.NET programs and will let you send to those apps quickly and easily. Great stuff. You can obviously add Portable GIMP as well, although that's not automatic. I didn't test installed GIMP.

[webfork]

Greenshot's been an excellent program over time and the updates just keep getting better and better (especially on the editor) but I came up with a wishlist:

• Editor: Easy fit-to-screen, zoom-in, and zoom-out buttons. Maybe hotkeys like ctrl+ and ctrl- and/or ctrl+mouse scroll wheel. Sometimes the program has a hard time with really large screenshots (multi-screen.)
• Compression: Some additional PNG compression options to cut down on colors similar to Paint.NET or RIOT. Maybe a preview window to let you gauge this automatically. Right now I always export to another program before saving as I can usually cut file size down as much as 30%. An optional, more intense PNG compression tool like PNG Optimizer or other tools might be good.

[Enternal]

Also either I'm missing something or I'm just completely blind, it seems like Greenshot does not support taking a screenshot of a scrolling window like FastStone Capture? If it does not, maybe that can part of the wishlist too.

EDIT: Oh. Looks like someone did request it years ago but the author has a hard time implementing a generic solution for all Windows. Oh well, FastStone will remain as a backup solution whenever I need to do that then.

[giulia]

hi
may i know one thing ?

i upload to imgur a screenshot

but why doesn't it open a page with the link ?