ScreenHunter is a screen capture tool which can copy the fullscreen, the active window, the client window or a rectangular area.
It features auto-save of capture in BMP or JPG format, save to Clipboard, timed capture (1 to 60 seconds), selectable hotkey capture (F1 to F10), uses virtually no system resources on standby, etc.
This is a terrific screen capture tool. While on standby it lives as an icon in the desktray (next to the clock) and uses less than 1% of system resources. This means that it isn't a drain on the system while on standby.
It has a fabulous array of options to control the program and it even offers refinements like optionally hiding the icon while a capture is taking place.
Unfortunately, it cannot capture some screens (screens that Windows can't capture either) and was slightly unstable on our Windows Me test computer.
Even so, we were extremely impressed in the operation of this utility and considered it one of the best screen capture programs we have seen.
One thing which really impressed was the auto-save-to-file feature. This means that you can take a series of screenshots without having to save each individual shot before proceeding to the next. Neat.
If, like us, you need to get screenshots to illustrate your work (or show a friend how to do something) then grab ScreenHunter. Even if you don't, this is small enough, and handy enough, to have in your utility toolbox.
Get it!
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