v10.6 [Jul 12, 2024]
You can now add Steps(1,2,3...) in "Draw Mode" of "Pin to Screen"
Added a right click menu to title area of capture toolbar
Enhanced "Capture Text" to process larger (more than 10000x10000 pixels) images
Enhanced "Screen Recorder"
Added "Set computer to sleep mode after recording is complete" option to scheduled (via a timer) screen recordings
Added right click menu to Microphone and Webcam icons
If mouse cursor is invisible in screen video, prevent cursor highlighter from showing
Made other small improvements and bug fixes
v10.2 [Jul 6, 2023]
Fixed a bug that caused audio noise in Screen Recorder.
v9.9 [Feb 4, 2023]
- Use MP4 as the default output format for Screen Recorder on Windows 10/11.
- Added "Convert to MP4" to Screen Recorder. You can use it to convert or resize video files (WMV and MP4) using the new MP4 format.
- Now Screen Recorder can detect and recover a screen recording from an unexpected Windows shutdown or restart.
- Enhanced the built-in video editor:
- Added a Title Page tool which allows you to insert title pages anywhere in the video clip.
- Added Emoji to the Draw tool.
- To trim a video clip, simply click and drag from the beginning or end of the timeline.
- In Screen Recorder's Options -> Notifications tab, you can customize the color and size of the control bar.
- Fixed a position error in zoom mode of Draw tool.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v9.7 [Sep 11, 2021]
- Introduced a new image format called FastStone Capture format (*.fsc). This loss-less format preserves annotation objects together with image data for future re-editing.
- Added "Filled Polygon" and "Emoji" to the Draw tool.
- Improved reliability and performance of "Capture Scrolling Window".
- Added Language option to the Settings.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v9.6 [Jun 22, 2021]
- Added option "Show Button Captions" to the internal editor to show/hide captions on the toolbar. This option can be accessed under the Settings menu of the editor or by right-clicking on the editor's toolbar.
- Added capability of "right-click to pick screen color" to all color boxes in the Draw tool.
- Added "Rename (F2)" to:
- The internal editor.
- The "Combine images into a single image file" tool.
- The "Convert images into a single PDF file" tool.
- The Print dialog.
- Enhanced multi-language support.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v9.4 [Aug 23, 2020]
- Added OneNote as an output option.
- Added 3 options to Editor tab of Settings:
- "Set default tool in Draw".
- "Highlight active tab".
- "Use workspaces to group tabs". This option allows you to organize and group captured images (tabs) in multiple workspaces. Each workspace remembers its last-used folder and works like a separate instance of FastStone Editor.
- Added "Stay on Screen" and "Minimize to System Tray" options to "Run when Windows starts".
- Added "Send to New Tab" (Alt C) to duplicate the current tab as a new tab.
- Added a count down text box to "Delay before Capture".
- Added Apply button to Settings window.
- Added 2 icons (left/right clicks) to "Insert Mouse Pointer" in Draw tool.
- Enhanced "Save As" and "Open" dialogs:
- Added "Hold Alt key to peek behind this window" option to "Save As" dialog.
- Resizable.
- Size and position are kept for next use.
- Added "Delay before showing" option (click [...] in Toolbar tab of Settings) for the hidden toolbar.
- Added preview option to "Spotlight" effect.
- Added a right-click menu to "Capture Fixed-Size Region".
- Added Contrast and Gamma auto-adjustment to "Acquire Images from Scanner". Enhanced the De-skew algorithm.
- Added tips for the toolbar buttons of FastStone Editor.
- In Draw tool, press Tab/Shift Tab to cycle through drawing tools.
- Enhanced "Screen Color Picker". After picking a screen color, click the "New" color box to fine tune the color.
- Enhanced Print dialog. Now you can:
- Print multiple images in batch mode.
- Print file name in the header area.
- Enhanced Edge/Watermark. Watermark image is resizable.
- Enhanced "Make Background Transparent" (Ctrl T) by adding 3 options: Preview, Tolerance and Anti-aliased.
- Enhanced "Fill with Color" in Draw tool by adding 2 options: Tolerance and Transparent Fill.
- Optimized loading speed of Draw tool. Now it re-opens much faster.
- Many other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v9.3 [Nov 22, 2019]
- Enhanced Draw tools:
- Added Indent option to Highlighter.
- Added Shape option to Line Highlighter.
- Added Bracket tool.
- Added Blur tool.
- Improved image quality of Magnifier.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v9.2 [Sep 13, 2019]
- Enhanced Draw tools:
- Added a Border option to Highlighter.
- Added a Highlight option to Magnifier.
- Added left/right click option when Mouse Pointer inserted.
- Smoother Pencil and enhanced L-Line.
- Draw tools load faster.
- Added Classic Skin option to Editor under its Settings menu.
- Added a new method (by entering diagonal length of screen) to calibrate Screen Ruler.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v9.0 [Jun 12, 2018]
- Added "Auto Screen Capture", which automatically and repeatedly captures the screen at user-specified time intervals.
- Added "Auto-Send to Clipboard" option to the right click menu in Screen Ruler. This option sends measurements to Clipboard automatically.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v8.7 [Nov 29, 2017]
- Enhanced the Draw tool, now you can: draw curved text; insert text along a curved line (Right-click on the line and select "Insert Text"); draw fancy lines (10 styles); and apply an Outline effect to lines, rectangles and ellipses.
- Added an option (Use @ in file name template) to generate random characters (0-9,a-z,A-Z) in file names. See "File Name" tab in the Settings.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v8.6 [Aug 24, 2017]
- Added an audio indicator to Screen Recorder.
- Added resizing handles to the "Acquire Images from Scanner" tool.
- Standard sizes for fixed-size region are customizable.
- Converts multi-page TIFF file to PDF file.
- Improved support for 4K monitors.
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
v8.4 [Jan 15, 2016]
Added support for high-DPI/high-resolution/4K monitors.
Added a tool called Screen Focus, which helps you stay focused on the task under the mouse pointer by dimming the rest of the screen
Added an option to show file names to the output of the "Join Images Side by Side" tool.
Added "Adjust Lighting" to the Colors menu.
Enhanced the Resize tool so you can resize the image based on pixels or percentage.
Enhanced the Screen Color Picker. Now you can:
-Press Space/+/- key to zoom in/out. Picking a color from an enlarged image is easier.
-Specify prefix and suffix to customize the format of RGB, Dec and Hex values.
Enhanced the "Acquire Images from Scanner" tool by allowing you to adjust the colors and lighting of scanned images
Other improvements and bug fixes
v8.3 [Oct 15, 2015]
Added support for unicode filenames throughout the software. Screenshots can be saved in different types of characters (e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian ...)
Added "Eye Dropper" to all color dialogs
Added "Pixelate" as a new option for blurring images
Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool. Now it supports Microsoft Edge browser in Windows 10
Improved the "Draw" tool. Both number and letter stamps can be used on screenshots
Other improvements and bug fixes.
v8.2 [Apr 28, 2015]
Version 8.2 (April 27, 2015)
Minor improvements and bug fixes
v7.9 [Jul 30, 2014]
- Added "Polyline" and "Insert Mouse Pointer / Icon" to the Draw tool.
- Added "Remove Strip / Insert Strip" to the right-click menu on a selected area.
- Added "Lock Toolbar Position" option (a pin icon) to the new capture toolbar activated from the editor. This will lock the toolbar position for next use.
- Now, you can join images together into a new tab directly. In previous version, it is required to save the file first.
- Other minor improvements.
v7.7 [Feb 8, 2014]
Version 7.7 (February 07, 2014)
Now you can use drag-and-drop to move (copy when Ctrl key is down) selected area
Added two new selection methods
Added Undo/Redo buttons on the menu bar of the editor
Added Spotlight effect
Many small improvements and bug fixes
v7.6 [Jul 27, 2013]
- Added "Screen Crosshair". It displays two full-screen intersecting lines (crosshair) on the screen with a magnifier showing the details of the area around the mouse pointer. You may find it helpful to align screen objects, compare chart or tabular data and underline the text you are reading.
- Added "Join Images Side by Side". You can use it to combine multiple images into a single image file
- Added option "Show resizing handles on image borders" to the Settings (in Editor tab). By dragging the resizing handles, you can remove unwanted borders or add blank space to the image easily and precisely
- Added option "Copy captured image to Clipboard automatically" to the Settings (in Capture tab). Check this option if you want to send a copy of the captured image to Windows Clipboard automatically every time you make a screen capture
- Added a "Reset" button to the Settings window so you can reset your settings to their default values
- Improved "Video Editor"
- - Added "Step Forward" and "Step Backward" for navigation between video frames
- - Fixed a bug: some part of video frames are black when viewed in the video editor
- Improved "Screen Ruler"
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v7.5 [Jun 4, 2013]
-Enhanced the Draw tool:
-Now you can draw both straight and curved lines using the Line tool
-Added 10 styles to the Line and Pencil tools
-Added Number Stamp
-Added Eraser
-Added L-Line
-Added "Align" (top, left, right, bottom, width, height and size) to the right click menu on multiple objects
-Enhanced "Select Canvas". Now you can crop, blur, copy, cut, paste and delete a selected area. You can even fill it with a screen color
-Now you can select multiple objects and change their attributes as a group
-Added "Print" tab to the Settings. Now you have an option to print directly to the default printer without showing the Print dialog
-Added Drop Shadow option to the Reflection tool under Effects menu
-Enhanced the video editor of the built-in screen video recorder
-Other minor improvements and bug fixes
v7.4 [Mar 15, 2013]
Supports touch interface
Added 2 new options in the Settings:
"Auto-hide capture toolbar when it reaches the top of the screen"
"Bigger buttons on capture toolbar"
Improved the Print dialog
Improved the "Fixed Region" capture tool: now you can press Shift arrow keys to adjust the width and height of the fixed region
Added a hotkey for "Import from Clipboard" in the Hotkeys tab of the Settings
Now it is possible to use the screen capture and screen recorder at the same time if you disable the new option "Hide Toolbar when using Screen Recorder" in the Settings
Now you can preview the fonts in the font list of the Draw tool
Added a "Blur" button in the image editor
Added a "Save" button to the Email window when "To Email" is selected as the Output destination
Added an option to adjust the volume of mouse click sound for the screen recorder
Supports output to Excel
Other minor improvements and bug fixes
v6.9 [May 26, 2011]
- Added "Acquire Images from Scanner". It supports batch scanning to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and PNG. It allows users to rotate, crop, deskew, annotate and save scanned images directly within this tool
- Added "Capture Fixed-Size Region"
- Added "Repeat Last Capture"
- Now it is possible to use drag-and-drop to open an image in the internal editor
- Added "Fit to Width" (press K) option to the internal editor
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes
v6.5.5301 [Jul 5, 2009]
Improved Capture Window / Object
Improved Print dialog
Fixed a bug in Capture Scrolling Window
