For those unfamiliar with the process, capturing a screenshot of something on the ol’ PC and sending it to a friend, colleague or support person can be a bit of a challenge. There is the Print Screen button (which really does no printing at all), the question of how to get the image into a program for editing and then the dreaded “how do I send this to someone else?” Thinking back to my first experience with screenshots, I remember thinking “Wow, I am going to use this a lot.” Luckily, a new FREE program titled ScreenCatch has come along to shorten the gap between confusion and Wow!
Our friends at Lifehacker posted a great article about ScreenCatch this morning that introduced me to the product and I couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to share it with my readers. The author Jason Fitzpatrick wrapped up the concept of ScreenCatch perfectly: “If you’re looking for a lightweight – 193k! – and portable screen capture tool without tons of features you’ll never use, ScreenCatch is a good match.”
While the program is meant to be simple and efficient, it still packs many of the features that the average user will need:
- Handy Windows Application (doesn’t require installation!)
- Take screenshots from within the application or by double clicking the taskbar logo
- Easily crop and annotate your screenshot before uploading
- Uploads directly to their server and gives you a direct link to the screenshot online, where you can discuss the image
- Options to Save and Load images on your computer
- Images are online indefinately & are timestamped on their server. This means the upload date cannot be altered!
An Example of a ScreenCatch Image
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Tags: FREE, image, screencatch, screenshot, share, Software
