Screen Captures
One of the pieces of software that I use the most is software that does screen captures. Of course, you can always capture an entire Windows screen by simply choosing PRINT SCREEN and pasting into a document or image-editing program. (And, on a Mac, there are easy ways to do this within the operating system!) However, for training purposes, sometimes you just want to include part of a page or just an open window. There are commercial programs that do this well and include enhanced features (i.e. ScreenPrint Platinum and Screen Hunter 4.0 Pro and Plus), but there are some free programs that also get the job done in a pinch.
Windows-based machines
ScreenHunter 4.0 Free
http://www.wisdom-soft.com/downloads/downloadfiles.htm
List of other screen capture utilities
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturepc/
Macintosh
http://www.pure-mac.com/screen.html
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturemac/
...two lists of freeware, shareware, and commercial screen-capture programs
--Kathy Schrock
Windows-based machines
ScreenHunter 4.0 Free
http://www.wisdom-soft.com/downloads/downloadfiles.htm
List of other screen capture utilities
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturepc/
Macintosh
http://www.pure-mac.com/screen.html
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturemac/
...two lists of freeware, shareware, and commercial screen-capture programs
--Kathy Schrock
6 Comments:
Great stuff Kathy!
Irfan View works as well as screen capture program - and you can convert between almost all image formats.
You might also like wink:
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
It offers screen annotation as well as the same functionality, and it is free.
If you are doing screen recording, I have a few free tools listed on my blog too:
http://www.teachinghacks.com/2005/02/09/screencasting-on-a-budget/
Take Care
Hi, Kathy!
Thanks for the info. One of those ways to take a screen shot of just a portion of your screen (when using a Mac) is to simultaneously hit Ctrl+Command+Shift+4. This will give you little crosshairs. At this point you click and drag over the area you want a picture of. When you release, your image is copied to the computer's clipboard awaiting you to paste it into the document you are creating. If you are using the image in a web page you should paste it into an application that will let you save it at a .jpg. I use this funtion often when creating instructional guides for teachers and students who need to SEE what they are reading. Hope this helps.
Ryan Palmer
Maine
hi, i am kate, i use Amor Screen Capture, you also can have a try!
Thanks Kathy, I found some of the information here very useful! I stumbled across your site because I was looking for a screen recording product that could record to flash swf and that was capable of capturing lots of screen updates (like the playing of a video). I only found one product that worked well.
http://www.sentryworks.com
I will post a link to my own blog if anyone is interested in reading the reviews of all of the products that I tested.
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