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What is the best tool for doing advanced screenshots on Windows, supporting annotations, arrows etc? Free program.

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Not sure about Free, but if you can't find a viable free one definitely check out SnagIt - hands down the best screenshot software available for windows.

Also try this SuperUser question: http://superuser.com/questions/16954/whats-the-best-free-alternative-to-snagit-screenshot-capture-program

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FastStone Capture is a powerful, flexible and intuitive screen-capture utility. It allows you to capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, freehand-selected regions and scrolling windows/web pages. It has innovative features such as a floating Capture Panel, hotkeys, resizing, cropping, text annotation, printing, e-mailing, screen magnifier and many more.

FastStone Capture V5.3 is freeware and portable (doesn't have to be installed).

The current version 6.5 is shareware ($19.95) and features video capture as well.

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Are you recommending it from your personal use, or is this just the first thing that came up in google? – davr Jan 28 '10 at 17:36
i am using FS 6.5 myself. – Molly7244 Jan 28 '10 at 17:44
+1 for mentioning different regions and scroll capture – squillman Jan 28 '10 at 18:33
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In my opinion, GIMP or Paint.NET. Take your screenshot and add in all of the advanced things you want.

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good programs alright, if you're fine with the PrintScreen key which is rather limited. but dedicated screen capture programs provide scroll capture and other advanced features. – Molly7244 Jan 28 '10 at 17:57
@Molly: yes, that's a very good point (+1'ed your answer). I'll still pump them into one of the above (actually, Photoshop but it surely ain't free...) – squillman Jan 28 '10 at 18:36
what goes around comes around :) – Molly7244 Jan 28 '10 at 18:47
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If you'd like to see what is available, Lifehacker offers a nice "list" of them here. They also did a high five test.

Bug Shooting - screen capture and annotation marking in one package.

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Greenshot is probably your best bet. It's FREE, Open Source and very easy to use. Oh and it's only 160K!!

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