how good is that snipping tool!!

[BigMoaner]

fuck never thought i would actually fall in love with a bit of software!

i went from discovery to using it at least 20 times a day for work and pleasure etc.

great piece of shit!

 

[bellaozzydog]

Essential for end of project reports and just doing “a picture paints a thousand words” explanations on a single edited screen shot pasted into emails

 

[BigMoaner]

one of those ones that if it went i would genuienly be pissed off

 

[JimW]

Sure I read they were talking about force upgrading it to a more bells and whistles version (on Windows this is) that sounded less useful but nothing seems to have come of it, thank God.

 

[editor]

I've never used it because I've been super happy with this one

FastStone Screen Capture - The Best Screen Capture Software

www.faststone.org

 

[Ax^]

fuck never thought i would actually fall in love with a bit of software!

i went from discovery to using it at least 20 times a day for work and pleasure etc.

great piece of shit!

previous version was better

more so if you company thought gmail was a good business tool

 

[scifisam]

I've never used it because I've been super happy with this one

FastStone Screen Capture - The Best Screen Capture Software

www.faststone.org

Downloading extra software can't possibly be as handy as pressing Windows key-shift-s and slipping the screen into a document just like that.

previous version was better

more so if you company thought gmail was a good business tool

What did it do that it doesn't now?

For some reason it's come up a few times at work lately and loads of people didn't know it existed.

 

[Ax^]

damn it my secrets is out


starts filling out CV


used to just copy stuff directly into work emails

now you have to piss about and save it before uploading for best results

 

[editor]

Downloading extra software can't possibly be as handy as pressing Windows key-shift-s and slipping the screen into a document just like that.

It does a whole load more.

 

[8ball]

It does a whole load more.

Nobody cares. The snipping tool rules.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It's been around for nearly 20 years, yet I still can't read it without saying sniping tool, which of course is something quite different.

 

[platinumsage]

Mine has had this message saying it's moving to "Snip and Sketch" for about two years. Still no sign of a move and it still works fine.



^^ Having done this I discovered it can't snip itself, so I had to use the print screen button and crop it.

 

[BigMoaner]

Mine has had this message saying it's moving to "Snip and Sketch" for about two years. Still no sign of a move and it still works fine.

View attachment 299202

^^ Having done this I discovered it can't snip itself, so I had to use the print screen button and crop it.

my heart genuienl fills with joy when it i get it to pop up (not a euphamism)

 

[SpookyFrank]

fuck never thought i would actually fall in love with a bit of software!

i went from discovery to using it at least 20 times a day for work and pleasure etc.

great piece of shit!

Microsoft are getting rid of it IIRC. Only good thing they've come up with in at least a decade. This after they killed off or hid mspaint and the photo viewer.

 

[two sheds]

why is it so good? The one I use (Screenshot) you bring it up, select the rectangle you want and save that to a document name. Works well enough.

 

[Supine]

Mine has had this message saying it's moving to "Snip and Sketch" for about two years. Still no sign of a move and it still works fine.

View attachment 299202

^^ Having done this I discovered it can't snip itself, so I had to use the print screen button and crop it.

Love it, and yes this message is super annoying

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Microsoft are getting rid of it IIRC. Only good thing they've come up with in at least a decade. This after they killed off or hid mspaint and the photo viewer.

I've got both on my laptops - and looking at the options there is only one difference. Snipping tool lets you add the URL to snips of webpages, whereas Snip & Sketch doesn't. Otherwise they're essentially the same. They've had that 'we're getting rid' message on snipping tool for ages now, so not sure whether it'll ever go.



Paint is still there too.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

why is it so good? The one I use (Screenshot) you bring it up, select the rectangle you want and save that to a document name. Works well enough.

Sounds like it's similar. Keyboard shortcut and then just paste where you need it.

 

[two sheds]

Yep is is really useful.

 

[editor]

OK so I gave it a go. I like the interface but it falls far short of Faststone Capture for my needs. I use that app every single day to capture stuff off the screen, resize it to particular dimensions and sometimes edit the image itself.

Here's an old review I wrote

FastStone Capture 10 – simply the best, fastest and most powerful screen capture tool for Windows

We first reviewed this product 13 years ago and we still use it every single day. FastStone Capture is a fast, lightweight screen capture tool that lets us quickly grab anything onscreen. It’…

www.wirefresh.com

 

[platinumsage]

The reason it’s good is because it so simple and part of Windows. A bit like Notepad, there are loads of third-party feature-rich text editors for Windows, but Notepad is just there and is great for doing the basics without the hassle of downloads and updates and tooltips and weird toolbar icons and things you don’t need.

 

[8ball]

The reason it’s good is because it so simple and part of Windows. A bit like Notepad, there are loads of third-party feature-rich text editors for Windows, but Notepad is just there and is great for doing the basics without the hassle of downloads and updates and tooltips and weird toolbar icons and things you don’t need.

Tbf I do find myself frequently copying into Paint so I can tinker with the image.

 

[Orang Utan]

What snipping tool?

 

[BigMoaner]

if you have windows, type into your search box in bottom right corner snipping tool

 

[BigMoaner]

life will never quite be the same again.

 

[BigMoaner]

see what i mean. that took seconds mate, seconds.

 

[BigMoaner]

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((snipping tool))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

 

[BigMoaner]

if you have windows, type into your search box in bottom right corner snipping tool

left corner even lol

 

[Orang Utan]

I don’t have Windows

 

[scifisam]

The one I use is the one you get via windows key-shift-s. Just so simple. Had to report an error message the other day and actually got an email back thanking me for the screengrabs because nobody ever uses them