From 97265be849dd903f26e848c5af69875330cc7459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JKlingen
Creates a screenshot of the window which is currently active.
+ For Windows 7 or Vista systems, use the Window Capture mode setting to control
+ how Greenshot handles semi transparent (Aero) window borders, e.g. replacing
+ transparency with a custom color.
+
The settings dialog offers an option not to capture
the active window right away, but allowing you to select one interactively.
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If the blur performance is still too bad for you to work with, you might prefer
to use the pixelize effect instead.
+ You can add different effects to your screenshot. You might want to apply a border, shadow or
+ torn edges effect, e.g. to visually separate your screenshot from other content in a document.
+ The Grayscale and Invert effects are mainly useful before printing, saving ink or toner when
+ printing colorful or dark screenshots.
+ Contents
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Adding effects
+ Cropping the screenshot
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simply choose Auto-Crop from the Edit menu and Greenshot will automatically
select the area for cropping.
+ Use the rotation tools to rotate the screenshot clockwise or anti-clockwise. +
+ There are plugins for exporting screenshots to other targets, e.g. DropBox, Picasa, Flickr. Simply select + the appropriate plugins during the installation process. +
After saving an image from the editor, right-click the status bar at the bottom of the editor window to either copy the file path into the clipboard or open the @@ -345,6 +370,17 @@
+ By default, Greenshot lets you pick a destination dynamically after creating a screenshot, displaying a small
+ menu with different destinations to select from. If you do not want or need to switch destinations instantly,
+ you might prefer to configure Greenshot to export to one or more destinations directly, without displaying the
+ destination picker.
+ Note: as with exporting from the editor window, the displayed destinations vary
+ depending on the plugins that you have installed with Greenshot.
+
+ We mean it: you rather should not change anything here if you do not know what you are doing, as these settings might lead to unexpected behavior. +
+