HandySnap allows for professional-looking screenshot captures to illustrate manuals, presentations, and tech articles. Using this screen capture utility will significantly shorten the time it takes to illustrate complex ideas and explain them in a way that everyone can understand.
HandySnap boasts a small, yet efficient user interface that does not clutter your desktop. The interface is designed to resemble Photoshop, making it easy for users to start using the program right away. It is divided into three main areas: a capture tools area, built-in editor, and screenshot operation area. With this setup, all the necessary screenshot actions are available at a single click.
You can capture any part of your screen by using a resizable trimming frame, take a snapshot of an active window, the whole desktop, or repeat the last capture action. Once you've captured a screenshot, you can use the built-in editor to customize it with markers such as textual comments, pixel art symbols, arrows, free-hand lines, rectangular frames, or ellipses. You can also experiment with a semi-transparency effect, modify object color and line size, and move any object easily over the screenshot.
HandySnap is highly customizable, allowing you to use hotkeys or automate certain capture actions to save time. You can also generate file names based on specified patterns, send screenshots to the clipboard or save them to files. All these features and more make HandySnap an essential tool for those who want to create professional-looking screenshots quickly and easily.
Version 1.4: N/A
Version 1.3: Multidocument interface added
Version 1.2:
Greek language added
Serbian language added
Bug fixed: JPG quality was always 75%, even if you changed it in the program options window
Version 1.1:
Multilingual interface
The following languages are now supported:
English;
German;
French;
Russian;
Simplified Chinese.
Version 1.0.36: everal minor bugs fixed, 30 days limit removed
Version 1.0:
- "Send by email" feature added, now you can send your screenshots right from HandySnap.
- Autonaming: HandySnap can now generate filenames for the screenshots automatically using name pattern you choose.
- Mouse pointer capture.
- Revised Hotkey subsystem: now you can choose the "Print Screen" button as a hotkey for HandySnap.
- Better capturer: now you can capture drop-down and popup menus with no problem, just use hotkeys to call HandySnap while your mouse pointer is on the menu.
Version 0.5b:
- Brush tool (freehand drawings)
- Line tool (including arrows, can be used to highlight texts with semitransparent color)
- Rectangle tool (can be used to draw frames and rectangles, fill color can be semitransparent)
- Ellipse tool (similar to the rectangle tool)
- Every tool can be activated by Hot Key ( see help file for details)
- Dynamic user interface (You will see only necessary controls, so the program will not block up your screen)