ScreenHunter – Free screen capture program

Posted on May 16, 2008 at 5:01 am

Make sure to read other posts from the Free Screen Capture Software series!

  1. Debut – Free video capture and screen recording software
  2. ScrnShots – Free screen capture software
  3. Jing – Free Windows & Mac screen capturing and recording software
  4. Create free video screencasts of your desktop using Screencast-o-Matic
  5. ScreenHunter – Free screen capture program
  6. Capture screenshots in Windows with Screenshot Captor
  7. FastStone – Free Windows screen capture software

I recently went on a quest for the best screen capture program available.  While I could have paid a fortune and obtained one of the “professional” screen capture programs, I opted to save my money and search for a free program that would still do everything I needed.  Luckily, I found it!

ScreenHunter 5.0 Free is available for download at http://www.wisdom-soft.com/sh/sh_free.htm and offers great features including:

  • Ability to change your hotkey for activating the screen capture program.
  • Ability to change what is captured (including options such as a rectangular area, the entire active window, or the full screen)
  • Easy access to change where the image is stored (either to your clipboard or to a file or both).
  • Additionally, you can change the file type to match your needs – choosing from JPEG, Bitmap, or GIF.
  • You can automatically name your files or you can have the program ask what you would like the file name to be each time you take a screenshot.

Screenhunter 5.0 ui

Whether you are taking screenshots in order to convey your message to someone or you want to preserve something in its current state, this program is a perfect one to help you accomplish your task.  It is free to download and does not take long to install.  Additionally, it has a stand-by mode so that you can have the program virtually disappear from your window, but still be able to use the hotkey to enable a screen capture.

For those who want increased functionality, there are “Plus” and “Pro” versions of the software available as well.  (Currently priced at $19.95 and $29.95 respectively.)  The table below shows some of the features – for full features list, visit the download website.

screenhunter 5.0 features list

However, for all of my screen capture needs, I have found that the free version is sufficient and meets my needs.  It is easy to use and best of all, the price is definitely right!

This is a guest post by Karen Worthy, a tech enthusiast.

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7 Responses to “ScreenHunter – Free screen capture program”

  1. Canadian Tech Guy said on : May 16th, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Another good one is Gadwin Print Screen. I believe it includes all the features you mentioned as well.

    http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/


  2. mymytri said on : May 16th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Yup.This is one of my favourite screen capture program for months.It does everything i want except adding extra arrows or notes.


  3. Nelson said on : May 16th, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Good timing with this screen capturing post. we are currently getting ready for an IT tools presentation ( tools we use and what they do) and this tool will become handy to do some screen capturing on how to use some of our tools.

    thanks Karen and Aseem. as always good info.

    Nelson


  4. Nirmal said on : May 16th, 2008 at 11:52 pm

    Nice find, I’m currently using the built in Vista tool for screen capture.


  5. akishore said on : May 17th, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Canadian Tech Guy – Not heard of that one, thanks for the info. I currently use SnagIt, but that’s because my company bought it.

    mymytri – I use arrows all the time, so that’s why I end up using SnagIt, works well.

    Nelson – Great! Creating tutorials with screen shots is essential! I always have pictures in my posts now because it’s so much easier to understand. I would check out Camtasia for making recordings.

    Nirmal – I have not tried the Vista tool yet. Maybe you can write up a post on that!


  6. Andrew said on : May 28th, 2008 at 3:43 am

    I Really, impressed with your site. Thanks for the great information. You know this one of my favorite Free screen capture program. Great!! Here also you can find the free download screen shots and it will also give the information about How do capture images from video. I think it may be useful to u and your visitors. And once again thanks for the great information. For similar information just go through this once http://www.fastvideoindexer.com/


  7. anon said on : August 19th, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Here is simple tool for capturing text and graphics from your screen:
    http://www.renovation-software.....stant.html


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