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• Oct 9 2008 11:01am
  Mitch K (Visitor)
  I picked up this program last time it was offered on BitsDuJour. All I can say is, "I love this program". It is reasonably priced and makes my life easier. Definitely a great way to make the your computer's "PrintScreen" functionality work the way you want it to.
• May 14 2009 5:26am
  Barry Kintner (Visitor)
  Does this screen capture software support 'scrolling' capture (or the capture of the entire page, including the area below the first screen?
• May 14 2009 11:46am
  STE Fan (Visitor)
  Please, is this offer for version 3 ?
  
  For which versions is this discount license? Also for the next versions?
  
  And is this license also valid to use the portable version?
  
  Thanks for an answer.
• May 14 2009 12:10pm
  Alexander Avdonin (NTWind Software Vendor)
  The discount is on WinSnap Personal License ($24.90 value) which includes FREE upgrades to all future versions of WinSnap. So, yes, this offer is for version 3.0 and for the next versions too.
  
  You can choose any edition according to your needs:
  * WinSnap 32-Bit Edition (standard, for all OS)
  * WinSnap 64-Bit Edition (for XP/Vista x64)
  * WinSnap Portable Edition (run from USB drives)
  * WinSnap U3 Edition (portable, for U3 drives only)
  
  URL: http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap/download.html
• May 14 2009 12:25pm
  Alexander Avdonin (NTWind Software Vendor)
  2 Barry Kintner
  
  No, the current version of WinSnap does not support 'scrolling' capture. It is designed to capture visible windows & objects (Vista UI, multiple application windows, buttons and dialogs).
  
  http://images.ntwind.com/winsnap3/winsnap_vs_other.png
• May 18 2009 8:20am
  Steven Avery (Visitor)
  Hi Folks,
  
  WinSnap has always been a very fine program. Some more expensive screen capture programs are super-sophisticated, a bit on the complex side, some even have an text grabbing component (a special feature which itself has more than one method possible). Some are super-simple, like Purrint.
  
  WinSnap has been one of my fav toward the simpler end, and this discount is enuf to play with it the next few days and if still has a nice feel, taket the Bits Du Jour special.. Especially with a lifetime license. ("All future versions").
  
  Especially now that I am comfortable with Notezilla or Stickies as an annotation" method. (You create the sticky before you take the picture and make it any size and color and place on the screen. In a sense this is far simpler than the picture program adding the feature. This is a note for the WinSnap author, since the question comes up on his forum. Oh, good point, WinSnap has a true forum for support, questions, enhancements, always a big plus.
  
  I tried Jing for the "quick save to the cloud" screen capture for awhile, and found it reasonably good. (Nice for when you want to place a link on a forum in one-step.. less good for your own indexing and remembering.)
  
  Something similar, a cloud interface, would be good for a future WinSnap release. I think the problem is that WinSnap has to make a connection with a vendor, and cloud vendors are not the most stable and reliable creatures of the sky.
  
  Shalom,
  Steven
• May 18 2009 6:56pm
  Alexander Avdonin (NTWind Software Vendor)
  2 Steven Avery
  
  Thanks a lot for your comments here!
  
  I'm not sure if I'll be able to maintain an image hosting service in the near future. But there is a way to add "Upload to Flickr" or "Upload to ImageShack.us" commands to the Tools menu:
  http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2007/02/20/13993.aspx
• May 19 2009 4:58pm
  Frank Stephens (Visitor)
  I also agree that WinSnap is very high-quality for what it does. NTWind does an excellent job of producing high-quality products, and keeping them up-to-date, especially on Vista, where many utilities fail to function properly. I also particularly like another one of their products, WindowSpace.
  
  Those with NVidia graphics cards should note that NVidia only cares about 3D gaming, and fails in other areas, especially basic 2D support. I had to downgrade from the Vista GeForce 185.85 driver to 182.50 because the multi-monitor support was completely broken. You may have problems capturing some DirectX screens, but that's a problem with NVidia's drivers, no other screen capture utility will do any better. If Object capture doesn't function properly, your NVidia driver has flaked out (it does that a lot in many 2D areas), and you'll need to restart Vista.
• May 21 2009 5:10am
  Barry Kintner (Visitor)
  Thank you for the reply on the scrolling feature - but no comment was made as to whether the 'scrolling' feature will be added.
• May 21 2009 6:45am
  Mitchel Haas (Visitor)
  I got this the last time it was offered on BDJ, and have always been very pleased with it. It does an excellent job, and provides the same features as similar utilities costing much more.
• May 21 2009 11:08pm
  Steven Avery (Visitor)
  Hi Folks,
  
  Thanks Alexander. Just went for the purchase.
  
  A perfect example of where Bits Du Jour shines. A little-known yet fine software. Lots of worthy competitors, freeware, paid, donation and even its own "last freeware version". Might get lost in the shuffle, yet with the discount you rethink ..
  
  So .. how can you pass by a $12 purchase for a lifetime license for a fine friendly, helpful, useful software ? Then you can give a little support to a small good programming company, you can ask lots of questions on the forums as an active user and you can give feedback and suggestions toward future enhancements.
  
  Screen capture is funny, sometimes you may want lots of bells and whistles (the excellent Snagit, Hypersnap and others) and surely image annotation is a nice feature on some occasions, as are scrolling images and, when available, text capture. And more. Maybe in the long run you buy one of the big boys, and go through the learning curve, maybe not.
  
  However .. simplicity, clarity, friendliness. Almost all the time that is all I ask. Quick print to the printer or a file or the cloud. Window or full-screen. Clean and crisp. Even Purrint is usually fine, to go to the ultra-simple (only full screen). WinSnap simply offers a very nice balance, it has always been a pleasure to use and I look forward to using more the NTWind software, pleased to be back, I'll look at the other software too.
  
  Shalom,
  Steven Avery
• Nov 8 2009 3:04am
  Frank Stephens (Visitor)
  Everything from NTWind gets my recommendation, the developer knows his stuff. WinSnap is simple but can capture things which other capture tools mess up on Vista and higher. It has some effects. For annotation, I recommend the free FastStone Image Viewer (Edit, Draw Board), it supports PNG transparency. You can also load the image back into WinSnap to add effects like reflection after annotation.
• Nov 12 2009 6:30am
  DAVE TOMS (Visitor)
  DOES IT COME WITH LIFETIME UPDATES?
• Nov 12 2009 6:54am
  Alexander Avdonin (NTWind Software Vendor)
  Yes, it comes with lifetime updates + you can install any edition you want to use (32-bit, 64-bit, portable).
• Nov 12 2009 10:21pm
  Bob S (Visitor)
  This is a very nice tool, with a number of useful features. I plan to buy, but am concerned about one of the features.
  
  I had selected "contour" and then deselected - unfortunately, when selecting a region the object shown in the display window has "rounded corners," which makes it very difficult to precisely locate the cross-hairs on the corners of the object. This doesn't seem to be correct, so I wonder how I get back to "square" regions showing, as opposed to the contour.
• Nov 13 2009 2:17am
  Alexander Avdonin (NTWind Software Vendor)
  @Bob
  1) start the Region capture mode
  2) right-click the screen to open the context menu
  3) select "Rectangle" from the menu (it is the default region shape)

• May 18 2010 6:26pm
  Frank Stephens (Visitor)
  Excellent basic screen-capture tool with advanced support for Aero.  For annotation, you can use the free FastStone Image Viewer (Draw Board) or the commercial MicroInvention CrossGL SnapDraw (it can capture, too, but I had problems with SnapDraw and Aero).
• May 18 2010 7:35pm
  M B (Superstar)
  I currently use Snagit 9 and wondered how this compares?
  
  I know Snagit 10 just released, but for the cost this may be a nice way to go.
  
  Does it have anything like the Snagit Editor to manipulate the captures?
  
  Thanks for any insight on this.
• May 18 2010 8:46pm
  Ulrich Peters (Frequent Flyer)

  I have ordered a license for WinSnap a couple of weeks ago, because I was sick of the lack of decent PNG transparency in SnagIt 9. I have lost track of how many times I had to edit images made with SnagIt, placing a white rectangle behind the captured PNG to undo transparency introduced at the wrong place, yet keeping the rounded corners of the window. With the WinSnap 3.5.1 beta, things just work as they should: I get a clean capture in PNG with an optional alpha-blended shadow and/or a cool looking reflection, like I always tried to achieve in SnagIt and was never able to. In version 10 it seems that it this finally done properly, but it is too late for me - I am not paying for yet another upgrade. I am a customer for 10 years, so this might give you an idea how much I actually liked WinSnap. It just does what I need, no bloat. (Page curl effect, I am looking at you.)

  WinSnap does not have its own capture editor, but Alexander's software allows me to send the capture to a real PNG editor like Fireworks, where I have all the tools I need to get the effect I want. So, while WinSnap does not have all the features of SnagIt, for me this is just a case of "less is better". You should definitely get the software and try it out.

• May 19 2010 10:54am
  Doug A (Visitor)
  Wasn't too sure about this offering at first. I use MWSnap quite regularly, but on Vista it seems to have some issues. One feature I use all the time is "Repeat Last Capture" along with Region selection; where you select a region, and snap a new picture each time the area in the region changes. I don't want to have to define a new region every time, and I'm not capturing a window or an object, but a selected area within a window.
  
  I thought you couldn't do it in the demo, but found a great tip in the NTWind forum:
  
  "You can store the region size and position in WinSnap (since version 2.x):
  
  1) start the Region selection mode
  2) select a region on the screen
  3) right-click somewhere, check "Fixed size" and "Store position"
  4) take the shot
  
  Next time you start the Region selection mode, press Enter\Space or use left-click to capture the same region."
  
  Works great and you made a sale!
• May 19 2010 11:11am
  Ash Goyal (Superstar)
  I have used SnagIT for years and lately found a light weight freebie "Faststone Capture" that does a good job quickly and saves the captured file automatically. I love one feature - capture of scrolling window

  
  

  The paid version has extra features e.g. hide private info from the captured screen.
• May 19 2010 7:50pm
  Jim J. (Bright Spark)
  Can one add comments or notes to the captured imagine at location of choice?
  
  Ability to insert arrows and other icons would also be nice.
  
  Are the above features supported or planned?
  
  
  
• May 19 2010 7:51pm
  Jim J. (Bright Spark)
  Sorry, careless typo, "image" not "imagine"

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