Greenshot

Greenshot is a free and open-source screenshot tool for Microsoft Windows. It allows users to capture a selected region of the screen, a single window, or the entire screen. After capture, Greenshot offers a variety of annotation features, including adding text, arrows, highlights, and shapes. The resulting image can be saved to a file (in various formats like PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP), copied to the clipboard, printed, sent as an email attachment, or uploaded to image hosting services.

Greenshot is designed to be lightweight and efficient, providing a quick and easy way to take and edit screenshots. It is particularly popular among software developers, technical writers, and anyone who frequently needs to capture and annotate images from their computer screen.

Key features of Greenshot include:

• Region Capture: Select and capture a specific area of the screen.
• Window Capture: Capture a single window, including its title bar.
• Full Screen Capture: Capture the entire screen.
• Scrolling Window Capture: Capture the entire content of a window, even if it extends beyond the visible screen area (requires additional software).
• Annotation Tools: Add text, arrows, rectangles, ellipses, highlights, and obfuscations to screenshots.
• Image Editor: A built-in image editor for further modifications and enhancements.
• Export Options: Save screenshots to various file formats, copy to clipboard, print, email, or upload to image hosting services such as Imgur or Flickr.
• Configuration Options: Extensive customization options to tailor the program to individual needs.
• Open Source: Freely available and modifiable under an open-source license.