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Three free screen capture utilities

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The Sweet Stuff: Software

Thursday October 15, 2009

Capturing the screen, or a portion of it, can be a function that's very handy. You can use

screen capture programs

to save the screen to a file for later reference. You can use them to snag an error message before it disappears or you can use them to grab pictures from the Internet. This week Doc Callahan takes a look at three

free screen capture programs

that make it easy to save your screen.

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Show Notes

Easy Snapper

- very simple Java program.

- Lets you capture a region or the full screen.

- Lets you save your files in PNG format.

- PC Screen Capture

- Save the Active Window or an Area.

- You can also save the entire desktop or an object.

- You can save your files in a variety of graphics file formats.

- Supported formats include JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO and more.

Talon Screen Capture

- Part of the Aviary.com collection of graphics tools.

- Installs right into Firefox as a plugin.

- You can quickly capture a region.

- You can also capture the visible portion of a page or the entire page.

- When you're done click Save and you have some options.

- You can save to your desktop or to the clipboard.

- You can also save to your free account on aviary.com.

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