WinShot: Lightweight and multifunctional screen capture software

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WinShot is a lightweight, versatile screen capture software that has been in development for over 10 years.

It's a software that has been used continuously from Windows XP to Windows 10 because it fits my needs.

When you start WinShot, an icon will be displayed in the notification area of the taskbar.

You can double-click or right-click the icon to capture the desktop or any area.

The notification area icons are as follows.

About WinShot

WinShot has stopped development.
WinShot 1.53a, released in 2007, is the final version.

※A newer version may be displayed.

Capture method

There are three ways to capture.

Double-click the notification area icon
Right-click the notification area icon and select from the menu
Use hotkeys

A and C execute the capture operation specified in the environment settings.

The following image is a snapshot of the WinShot icon right-click menu.

All WinShot functions

WinShot is software that allows you to take a snapshot of the image displayed on your PC.

The accompanying functions are substantial.

Capture function
Preview display function of captured image
Image processing function
Save function
Print function

The preview display of the captured image can be offloaded to an external application.

The options for the capture function and image processing function are as follows.

Capture function

Entire desktop
Active window
Rectangle range specification
Control /Client
Scheduled execution capture

Image processing function

Resize
trimming
Subtractive color
Grayscale conversion
Sepia color conversion
rotation
Negative /positive reversal

WinShot environment setting list

There are various setting items.

basic configuration
Quality /color reduction
Hot key
Print designation
Header printing
Other settings
resize
External app
Character string embedding
cut

1. Basic settings

This is a list of basic setting items.

Basic settings tab
Basic settings tab
Save settings	Specify the action to save the captured image
Auto save	Specify the save destination, prefix, number of sequence digits, start number, etc.
Specify save file name every time	A dialog to specify the save destination of the captured image will be displayed
Open save folder after saving	After saving the captured image, open the save folder in Explorer
Capture mouse cursor	You can choose whether to include the mouse cursor in the captured image

2. Quality /color reduction

Quality /Color reduction tab
Quality /Color reduction tab
JPEG quality	You can specify the compression rate when saving in JPEG format. Can be saved in progressive JPEG format
Image processing	Negative /positive inversion, swapping white and black, grayscale conversion (256 gradation 8bit, 16 gradation 4bit), 256 color /16 color bitmap is RLE compressed
Subtractive color	Not reduced, 16 colors, 2 colors (halftone), 256 colors, 2 colors Brightness that is the threshold when two colors are subtracted (1 to 254, default value 128)

3. Hotkey

You can assign hot keys to various functions of WinShot and call them from the keyboard with one shot. The hot key setting information can be saved /loaded.

4. Print designation

Print settings tab
Print settings tab
Print size	Automatic adjustment based on paper size and image size
Image vertical position	Top alignment, center alignment, bottom alignment
Horizontal image position	Left alignment, center alignment, right alignment
Specify the margin	Specify top, bottom, left, right margins
Other	Align the paper orientation to the vertical and horizontal size of the image Show print dialog when printing Specify print size each time Ignore resize settings when printing

5. Header printing

Specify whether to print the header
Specify the position when printing the header: left alignment, center alignment, right alignment

6. Other settings

Double-click operation of tray icon
Set the operation when you double-click the Winshot icon displayed in the notification area.

Assignable functions

Environmental setting
printing
Preview display
Copy to clipboard
Save as bitmap
Save as JPEG
Program termination

Time difference capture

Specify when you want to leave time from when the capture instruction is given until the actual capture. This item is ignored by scheduled capture.

Support non-rectangular windows

Check this option to include non-rectangular windows.

Enable extended active window capture

If you check this option, you can capture the menu expanded during active window capture without breaking.

Use the initial value of control /client capture as the client

If you check this option, the default for control /client capture is client capture.

7. Resize

Specify whether to resize at the same time as capturing. To resize, specify the size in pixels.

8. External application

It is a setting to display the image captured by WinShot with an external application.

The registered external application can be started from the notification area icon or the "external application" on the preview screen.

9. String embedding

You can embed a character string in the captured image. Information such as date /time and OS version can be specified in the character string. You can set the font type, size, and color.

A background color can be specified when the character string embedded in the captured image is difficult to see. You can specify the horizontal position and vertical position of the embedded character string.

10. Cut

4 sides of the image can be cut (trimmed) at the same time as the capture.

The size of the four sides of the image to be cut is specified in pixel units. If the captured image is smaller than the size to cut, this function will not be executed.

Afterword

WinShot is developed on the premise of 96DPI.

Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 now support high DPI displays.

If you change the value of "Scale and layout" of Windows 10 to a value other than 100%, you cannot capture correctly with WinShot.

In that case, use WinShot's resizing function.

Display the Resize tab of Preferences and check "☑ Resize at the same time as capture" to take a snapshot after removing the extra captured part.

The help file [WinShot.hlp] included with WinShot cannot be opened in Windows 10. It can be opened by installing WinHlp32.exe.

For the resizing function, WinHlp32.exe, please read the related article.

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