ScreenHunter

Wisdom Software

Screen Hunter is very useful for those users who need to capture their screens. Screen Hunter is more than a Screencaptor, because it allows you to edit the captured image. You will be able to add text or highlight some parts of the image by adding colored lines, circles, several shapes, or simply draw something on it. If you have to capture an screen and highlight something, this is your program because you will no need a third party program to edit the captured image. You can choose how you will capture the screen, as a jpg, bmp or pcx file. And you will choose the area that ScreenHunter will capture.

Astro Photography Tool - APT

APT

Owely

N/A

Owely is a free application for Windows that lets you take screenshots and share them instantly online with whomever you want. The program is simple, offering just three capture modes: entire screen, selected window, and custom screen area. When you take a screenshot, you can add simple indications with the mouse with a tracing tool. Once you've finished the screenshot process, just choose the name and description to post it. You get the web address of the photo instantly so you can share it via email or messenger. All these features make Owely a really useful tool for anyone who takes frequent screenshots.

WinSnap

NTWind

If you are looking for a different tool which allow you to capture any screen shown by your PC, for sure that you will like Winsnap PC. WinSnap is a complete program which you will be able to capture screens with. I lets you configure the kind of screenshot you want to do (fullscreen, rectangular area, full webpage,...) But maybe you have seen this before, so the important feature included in this piece of software is that it also includes a built-in editor, so you will be able to edit your screens without having to use a third party program. Of course, it includes shortcuts which will ease your task and will let you capture screens just pressing one key, and you will be able to configure them. From now on, once you capture a screen, you'll decide if you are going to modify it or not and it will not be a problem.

Tux Paint Portable

New Breed Software

AMCap

N/A

AMCap will help you with video capture performed using a predetermined capture device. The program is similar to Microsoft VidCap, although it adds extra characteristics from DirectShow. It allows you to do different types of captures according to the end use that the user has in mind for the file. You will be able to do anything from low quality videos for sharing across the net to professional quality projects thanks to its many configuration options. Moreover, you can select the type of compression that you want for both video and audio. It even has options for avoiding interlaced television formats that occasionally can hinder picture quality on personal computers. Furthermore, if your video capture program has a TV tuner function, you will be able to see and change the channels from AMCap.

SnagIt

TechSmith

SnagIt is the solution you were looking for to capture any element on your screen. The first difference with the others captors is that SnagIt allows you to capture any video image without having to configure RGB options in the video player. It is one of the most completes screen captors. You can choose 12 established patterns to capture images, you ca capture the full screen, a part of it, a web page (scrolling it automatically),... and if you don't like any of them, you can custom your own one. Once you have your captured screen, you can use the built-in editor and apply it lots of effects, from edging it, to paint and write on it. Of course you can add watermarks to the image. And the editor can be used with any image, it doesn't have to be captured with SnagIt. In addition, it includes a photo organizer, so you will not miss any picture. You can capture the images as jpg, bmp, gif, thm,... and you can use it to convert your own photos. All this is housed in an intuitive and easy-to-use interface.

Glitter Frame GIF Maker

FoxArc Software Tecnolog&iacut

Glitter Frame GIF Maker is a very easy-to-use application that allows you to create GIF animations of any photo by adding it an animated photo frame. The program includes ten frames that will let you surprise your contacts when they'll see your new pictures. You only have to choose the photo you want to decorate, choose the frame you want to use and press save GIF button. That's all. Once the process is finished, you can save the output file as GIF in any folder. If you have children, let them try Glitter Frame GIF Maker, they'll enjoy it.

Sniptool

Dan Stromi

Snipping Tool

Microsoft Corporation

Snipping Tool is the official Microsoft application for the Screenshot tool. With it, you can take a screenshot of a specific part of the screen on Windows, then save the file with just a couple of clicks. To use Snipping Tool, simply press the keys Win + Shift + S. After pressing this combination, a small drop-down menu will open at the top of the screen, where you can choose the type of screenshot you want. For example, you can take a screenshot of the whole screen or just a part of it. After taking the screenshot, the image will be saved directly to the default folder. Snipping Tool also allows you to make small edits to these screenshots, such as using a marker to circle or comment on something in the image, as well as the option to crop the content you've captured. Therefore, if you want to take screenshots on Windows, Snipping Tool is one of the best options available since it's natively integrated into the operating system, making it easy to share screenshots from there to other apps.

AKVIS Enhancer

AKVIS

Akvis Enhancer is a plugin for the main photo-retouching programs that allows you to uncover the details that are hiding in the under- and over-exposed parts of an image. The improvements that you can make using this extension are surprising, especially for those photographs that you took with the sun shining directly at the camera's lens. The program doesn't make changes to the whole image, but rather just the parts that are over- or under-exposed. In addition, it allows you to improve the quality of not only this type of images, but of any image. The photos will recapture the colors of the place where you took them, getting rid of those annoying shades of gray that digital photos often have. Akvis Enhancer works with the following applications: Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel Photo-Paint, Corel Painter, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact and many more. Read the help section to find out how to run the plugin from the program that you have installed.

PicPerk

Nsdai Software

PicPerk is a free photo edition program that will give you the possibility to apply filters and effects to your photos. Although it is not the best program for advanced photo edition, it is a good choice when you want to apply some filters and power up your photos in an easy way. The main advantage of PicPerk is that it is very easy to use, a very intuitive interface is the way you will find to hae a good photo. Add effects, cut, crop, resize, change the brightness and illumination,... PicPerk supports JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PCX, WMF, and TGA, but it can work with some more formats. It offers several view modes, zoom effects, 33 filters, printing functions, red-eye reduction,... In short, PicPerk is a free program that ca be a good choice if you don't need advanced features but you want good results not wasting your time.

ClipClip

Vitzo LLC

If you're looking for a good tool for copying and pasting with less hassle, plus the advantage of additional functions, ClipClip is the best application on the market. This clipboard manager will change your life, providing everything you could possibly need to save time copying and pasting. ClipClip is mainly designed to streamline your copying and pasting by creating a clipboard history. This way, you can access multiple texts whenever you want. Gone are the days of reopening websites or documents to search for what you copied; simply click on your clipboard history to find what you need. Another great feature of ClipClip is that you can create various shortcuts. This can help you paste more than one thing, paste with proper formatting, copy only the title, or even copy and paste images. You can also check how long ago you copied the text, assign a name to each one, favorite ones you use often, delete them, or hide them, all in a matter of seconds. Finally, this tool lets you create folders to organize your history. This way, everything you need to copy and paste is at your fingertips, helping you work more quickly with multiple documents and tasks without losing your way. Enjoy the convenience of ClipClip, never again wasting your time on something as basic as clipboard management.

Skitch

EverNote Corporation

Skitch is a screen capture tool that, may won´t be especially useful in professional circles (a server, for example, couldn´t use it for all their daily tasks), is excellent for making occasional screenshots and editing them at the same time. Skitch then, combines features from an image capture program, with those from an editor, to offer a unique experience. With a simple key combination, you can capture any section of the screen you like. Once done, you get passed through to the editor where you find lots of useful tools. These tools range from the classic coloured markers, to object tools for arrows etc, to text editors complete with an underline function. Each of the tools, including one to 'censor' the images, is designed to work perfectly with screenshots. Skitch is a great tool that will work well for anybody who wants to make screenshots on their PC and then edit them. Once done, you can upload them automatically to the Internet.

Screenpresso

LEARNPULSE

Screenpresso is a free application for Windows that allows you to capture different areas of your screen in various formats, as well as edit the results both simply and easily. You will have access to various modes of capture: window, fullscreen, customized region, last region captured, and capture with scroll (ideal for websites and documents). Once you've taken the capture, you can edit it using the editing tool that comes with the program. This tool allows you to add text, symbols, arrows, and borders to the capture. You can also resize and crop the image. As you can see, Screenpresso is a comprehensive and effective tool.

AliveColors

AliveColors

If you are one of those users who like to improve digital photos or maybe you have a photo you want to have improved because the colours in it are really poor, AliveColors is the tool you need to correct, edit and improve it. Alive Colors puts in your hands the way to correct the focus, luminosity, saturizatin, contrast, brightness and more. Furthermore, add it some good artistic and design effects. Maybe it’s not the best software you can find, but it offers really good results, it’s free and easy to use.

HeliosPaint

Darren J Osborne

HeliosPaint is an image editor developed in Java that improves on the classic Windows Paint by incorporating a series of advanced features to its normal functionality. Basically, it presents the same drawing tools as the original Point (pencil, paintbrush, line, fill, shapes, or text) but is different in that each one has new features that modify its functionality. For example, with the line tool you can draw freehand strokes, point to point, or bezier curves; you can also select the type of line, the format of the ends of the line, width, and type of connector. HeliosPaint also includes selection tools such as the magic wand, lasso, and the marquee tool. You can also flip, rotate, resize, and focus the edited image. The output file formats that HeliosPaint can produce are: JPG/JPEG, BMP, GIF, JPG, PCT/PICT, PCX, PGM, PNG, PPM, PSD, RAS, TGA, TIF/TIFF, and XPM.

PrtScr

FireStarter

Although there are lots of advanced screen grabbers already available, there are only a few free ones that offer the quality to match the latest operating systems. PrtScr is a free Windows application that lets you take screenshots and apply outstanding and impressive graphic effects. But the originality of PrtScr not only lies in its effects, but also in the range of features it offers to make captures, from full screen shots to cut out sections directly from the same screenshot. PrtScr also lets you edit the resulting screenshots with your favorite graphic editor, choose the image format, or send it via email, all with very little effort.

RapidDrawing

Rapiddrawing.com

If you hink that you have tried all kind of editors, you'll realise that you haven't when you'll try RapidDrawing. It's a totally free application which puts in your had a powerful and easy to use tool to create your own drawings just using curves and straight lines. The only way offered to draw is by using those curves, so it will be something new and the results will be really good. The more you'll use it the better your drawings will be. Make your brain to work a bit and create your own new drawings. It's funny. Have a look to our screenshots and you'll realise that it's not difficult to draw by using it.

Artweaver

Boris Eyrich

Really good drawing application which you will be able to express yourself throughout paintings with. Now you can create your own illustrations and designs thanks to this intuitive and full featured software. We have to highlight the high number of different brushes included in ArtWeaver, it is easy to use and in just a pair f minutes you will be able to create your own illustration with no problem. Artweaver also includes some tampons with exclusive images: apples, puzzles, rock walls,... In addition, when you think your picture is finished, you can apply some effects and make it even more surprising. It supports AWD (Artweaver), BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, PNG, and PSD. And if you have a Tablet PC you can use it.

Active Photo Editor

Aleksei Taranov

Right now, you could be searching for an application to substitute your outdated Windows image editor. The following tool could help you out. Active Photo Editor is an image editting application for Windows that you can use to expand the features of Window's standard image editing program. You will have at your disposal common editting tools that works for image formats like BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and ICO. Also, you can add interesting effects to your images, like applying focus and unfocus, texture, or color filters. And if that wasn't enough, it also includes an integrated screen capture, that turns your Active Photo Editor into a all-in-one editting program.

SnapTouch

Rayslab

AliveGlow plugin

AliveColors Company

AvancePaint

Guy Roels

Looking for a graphic editor but not sure where to find one? Not satisfied with Microsoft Paint? Don't worry, there are alternatives. AvancePaint is a free graphic editor that is simple but complete. It has all the options included in traditional text editors, plus some extra features. Its interface is very similar to other graphic editors, with similar tools and layout. It includes tools like the pen, border editor, and brightness editing, as well as a long list of effects and textures that would delight any graphic designer. If you're looking for a graphic editing program, we encourage you to take AvancePaint for a test drive.

Loom

Loom, Inc

Loom is a software that allows you to record your screen in the blink of an eye. Once you finish a recording, it will be automatically uploaded to your user account, from where you can share it using a link, so that anyone else can watch it instantly. And, of course, if you don't like the recorded video, you can also delete it before anyone else sees it. Loom's main goal is to make the life of people working from home more comfortable. But how? Replacing many of the meetings you have throughout the day with short videos that you can easily record and narrate, without having to synchronize with the rest of your colleagues. Anyone watching the video can leave comments or react with emojis, so you can have instant feedback on all the shared videos. After all, why have a meeting when surely a two-minute explanatory video that everyone can refer to when they need it is more useful? The options you will have when recording your videos are huge. You can choose if you want to record the whole screen or just a window, to add your image using the webcam or not, or to use a microphone. While recording, you can use different drawing and writing tools, which will allow you to make the explanations much simpler and more visual. You can even record your videos on pre-designed canvases, specially designed for some of the most common scenarios. Loom is a very useful tool for teams working remotely. Thanks to it, you will be able to record videos and share them in a matter of seconds. Creating a user account is also a very quick and smooth process, as it can be done automatically using your Google or Slack account. Afterward, all the videos will be stored in your list automatically.

Twistedbrush Pro

Pixarra

TwistedBrush is a Digital paint art software, powerful enough for the professional artist yet simply enough for novices. TwistedBrush has a very versatile and powerful brush engine, yet it was designed from day one to be easy to use. Though it was designed from the first day to be easy to use, it has resulted in a very versatile and powerful brush engine. TwistedBrush is not an usual paint tool, it’s more than that. Maybe we can say that it is one step between the photo editor and the painting tools, because it includes a lot of excellent features. It is really easy to use, but if you use it, you will learn new things everyday, so we recommend you to download it now and start enjoying.

CaptureIt

Anuraj P

CaptureIt is one of the most comprehensive screen capture tools available. It includes editing options alongside a wide variety of selection tools to use when taking a capture (active window, circle, fixed area, personalized shapes, fullscreen, and more). The basic features offered by this program are: - Support for multiple monitors - Support for various image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WMF, and TIFF (with the ability to choose the quality) - Modifiable keyboard shortcuts - Choice between a range of customizable colors - Basic editor that allows you to add notes, text, and shapes, as well as crop and resize the images (among other things) - Animated GIF creator that uses the screen captures you've made CaptureIt enables keyboard shortcuts to make using it even faster and more convenient. It also includes some extra utilities: GIF Builder (to create animated GIFs with your captures), screenshot editor, and color selector.

Ushot

PbyP APps

Schirmfoto

Abelssoft

Schirmfoto is a small application that allows you to take screenshots in the simplest way possible: it adds a small button to each window, just to the left of the usual close, maximize, and minimize buttons. That way, once you've installed the application, you can take a screenshot of any window just by clicking this button. After you take a screenshot, a new window will appear in which you can make some minor edits to your capture, like cropping, adding text, drawing figures, etc. When you've finished editing you can even upload the results to a social network like Facebook or Twitter. Of course, you can always use the traditional 'print screen' button to take similar screenshots, if you so choose. Schirmfoto is a pretty useful application that stands out among the rest for its perfect integration with the Windows shell. One click, and you've got exactly the shot you want.

Shotty

Thomas Baumann

Shotty is a screenshot capture tool that allows you to edit your images and upload them directly to the internet using different servers. The screenshot editor allows you to crop some parts of the image, highlight text, blur something (which is very useful for text that you don't want people to read), make little doodles and write. Another option, which is almost as interesting as being able to edit the screenshots you've just taken, is the possibility of uploading the images directly to any online image server with just a click. So, it's a lot easier to share the images or upload them to forums or blogs. Shotty is a very interesting application. Its small size, the fact that it uses very few resources, and its excellent functions make it a very good alternative to the most well-known programs.