7 Ways to Screenshot in Windows 10

[Julio Franco]

A few of you are probably thinking: "isn't it easy to screenshot in Windows 10? You just press the print screen button and a screenshot is saved to the clipboard!" And you'd be correct; But Windows provides several other ways to screenshot, many of which are better options depending on your requirements.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/article/1340-windows-10-screenshot/

 

[mcborge]

I still use irfanview which has very good screenshot/capture features... Much better then those built into windows.

 

[MonsterZero]

Go get snip office Mix - It's literally a MS garage project that they should have made the standard replacement in Win10 for the stupid snip too they left from Win7.

https://mix.office.com/snip

 

[Kibaruk]

I currently use the PrtScn button along with Dropbox, so they go straight into my box either being full screen or just a window. Whenever I need something particular I just snipp it which is quite cool since you just copy paste it anywhere.

 

[Puiu]

I've found Gyazo to be very useful, especially when I need a quick link to what I want to share.

 

[Julio Franco]

Thanks for the app suggestions once again. I use Monosnap, it's pretty good and cross-platform. But it's handy to know the Windows built-in stuff for when you are not in your own computer, for example.

 

[HaMsTeYr]

I had to use Mac for work at my past job, and the one thing that I really liked from the mac was the command + shift + 3 or 4 to screenshot.

I installed Greenshot on all my computers now, and set the shortcuts similar to that of the mac, except that I set it to save to clipboard instead of to desktop. Makes the act of quickly capturing screenshots for people much more fast and fluid, since many apps support pasting image from clipboards.

much more natural than win + printscreen (need to take your hand off the mouse), where this is all a left hand affair.

 

[Capaill]

I've been using the Windows Snipping Tool for years, I have it on my Taskbar. It's very handy for taking screenshots for documents or for pasting into Skype. I have recently found out how to use it to take screenshots of those pesky dropdown menus that never stay open when you click somewhere else. Open Snipping Tool, press Escape (Snipping Tool loses focus), open the dropdown menu, press Ctrl+PrtScn (Snipping Tool gets focus), drag the box to select and copy. If you're on a laptop you may need to press another key to activate PrtScn like Ctrl+Fn+PrtScn.

 

[anastrophe]

Greenshot.

 

[JaredTheDragon]

I still use irfanview which has very good screenshot/capture features... Much better then those built into windows.

This is a cool program, but check out XnView if you want a bit more power. Also it has a much less stupid name. What is an Irfan? I don't know what an "Xn" is either, but it sure sounds cooler.

 

[mcborge]

This is a cool program, but check out XnView if you want a bit more power. Also it has a much less stupid name. What is an Irfan? I don't know what an "Xn" is either, but it sure sounds cooler.

Thanks, I'll have to check that out. Irfanview was named after its creator Irfan Skiljan.

 

[Julio Franco]

Indeed. Irfanview is old school but the good kind of old school. We've been an official download mirror of Irfanview for the past decade or so.

 

[mcborge]

Indeed. Irfanview is old school but the good kind of old school. We've been an official download mirror of Irfanview for the past decade or so.

Agreed, it's one of the first things I put on a new windows system and I have done since XP. Very few programs these days stick to the format that made them great in the first place... No ads, no bloatware to avoid in the installer and a lightweight interface. It just does what it does and that's it.

 

[alansmith]

I'm another Irfanview fan, I use it as my go to imaging app as it's so easy to use.