FastStone Capture is a screen capture tool that besides taking snapshots lets you record video from your screen. The application stands out for its numerous features, which make the task easy and fun, adding features like annotations, post editing, sharing, and more.
With FastStone Capture you can take screenshots of the full screen, any active window, object, rectangular region of the screen, and even any screen area using the free-hand tool. It works by means of a small floating window and it's also possible to activate its functions via customizable hotkeys. By default, once a screenshot is generated, the app opens its integrated image editor so that you can crop, resize, add captions, and improve the overall aspect of your image before publishing or sharing. Images can be saved in any of the popular image formats and easily shared via e-mail and also printed.
The video recorder, on the other hand, works in a very simple manner as well, generating video in the WMV format. With it, you can record the activity of a window/object, a rectangular area of the screen, and the full screen with or without taskbar. A recording can be started and controlled via the floating window and also by means of custom hotkey combinations. It's possible to include audio in the recording, which can be obtained from the microphone, speakers, or a combination of both. Also, it is possible to define whether you want to highlight the mouse pointer and adjust details like the shape and size of the highlight.
Delving into the settings dialog there is a bunch of other features to configure, for example, to define the quality of the image or a delay before capture, choose the image format and output folder, etc.
In short, FastStone Capture is an efficient screenshot and screencasting tool that stands out for its simplicity and array of features. The licensed version of FastStone Capture has a cost of 19.95 and there is a fully functional 30-day trial available for downloading.
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