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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Snipping Tool - take custom screenshots of your screen

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

WIN+SHIFT+T gives you a crosshair cursor, outline what you want, then you can doodle on it, highlight stuff, etc.

[–] SamXavia@kbin.run 4 points 2 years ago

The Snipping tool is so useful when I'm trying to explain to someone what's going on, on one of my screens without taking a large 3 monitor screenshot.

[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Even better, try Flameshot. Open source, cross platform, and lets you do very useful simple edits, like add arrows, shapes, text, and censoring.

https://flameshot.org/

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm a Greenshot user here. Similar ability to edit and customize default actions when hitting print screen. It's the one thing I miss in Linux

[–] nix@merv.news 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why greenshot over flameshot? Flameshot works on Linux

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Wasn't aware it was available for Linux. I'll check it out

I use a ball mouse and so I can't adjust the width of the drawing tools easily. Greenshot is a little less slick much easier for me to use.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Greenshot

I used to use this on XP πŸ₯² great to hear it's still around though!

[–] nix@merv.news 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does this have any screen recording features? Can’t seem to find any on the web page the editing feature is what has me thinking of trying it over shareX but i love screen recording with sharex too

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Have you tried the built-in recorder from the game bar?

[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

No, it's just a screenshot program

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Windows Shift S. Select an area of your screen which you can then paste. Also, Alt printscreen captures the current window.