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Looking for some windows programs that are helpful that people don't really mention?
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Snipping Tool - take custom screenshots of your screen
ShareX is great for this! https://getsharex.com/
WIN+SHIFT+T gives you a crosshair cursor, outline what you want, then you can doodle on it, highlight stuff, etc.
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.
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/
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
Why greenshot over flameshot? Flameshot works on Linux
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.
Wasn't aware it was available for Linux. I'll check it out
I used to use this on XP π₯² great to hear it's still around though!
Does this have any screen recording features? Canβt 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
Have you tried the built-in recorder from the game bar?
No, it's just a screenshot program
Windows Shift S. Select an area of your screen which you can then paste. Also, Alt printscreen captures the current window.