greenshot/greenshot
Greenshot
Greenshot is a Windows screen capture tool and productivity suite designed to capture screen regions, specific windows, or full displays as image files. It functions as an image annotation editor and external image uploader, allowing users to process visual assets before saving or sharing them.
The project emphasizes automated workflows through the use of global hotkeys and command-line routing to send captured files to external applications. It supports high-resolution displays with specific scaling for high DPI screens to ensure visual consistency.
The software provides capabilities for image manipulation, including adding highlights, shapes, and obfuscation to create visual documentation. Captured images can be exported to various destinations such as files, clipboards, printers, emails, office programs, or third-party photo hosting services.
Features
- Screen Capture Utilities - Provides comprehensive tools for capturing specific screen regions or windows and managing the resulting images.
- Desktop Screenshot Capture - Captures selected screen regions, specific windows, or the entire display as image files.
- Hotkey-Triggered Capture Pipelines - Provides global hotkeys and command-line routing to automate how screen captures are processed and sent to external apps.
- Image Export Automation - Sends captured images directly to emails, office programs, or external hosting services for quick sharing.
- Global Hotkey Triggers - Provides a system to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to trigger capture actions and destination pickers.
- Annotation Tools - Allows adding arrows, highlights, and text to screenshots to create guides or report technical issues.
- Image Annotation Tools - Allows adding highlights, shapes, and obfuscation to captured images to create visual documentation.
- Screen Annotation Editors - Includes a visual editor for adding highlights, shapes, and obfuscation to captured screen images.
- Bitmap Annotations - Utilizes the Windows Graphics Device Interface to draw annotations and shapes directly onto captured images.
- Global Hotkey Mappings - Registers global keyboard hooks to trigger specific screen capture routines from any application.
- Screen Capture Tools - Provides tools for capturing specific screen regions, windows, or scrolling content.
- Capture Export Systems - Sends captured images to destinations including files, clipboards, printers, emails, or hosting sites.
- Cross-Application Workflow Automation - Sends captured files to other installed software using custom command line arguments to automate workflows.
- Remote Image Uploaders - Transmits captured screenshots to remote web servers and third-party image hosting platforms.
- Screenshot Productivity Tools - Combines global hotkeys, capture actions, and automated export workflows into a single productivity suite.
- Win32 API Integrations - Interfaces with the Win32 API for low-level screen buffer capture and keyboard input monitoring.
- High-DPI Scaling - Automatically adjusts interface elements and scaling to maintain visual consistency on high-density displays.
- Screen Capture Tools - Lightweight utility for capturing and editing screenshots.
- Notes and Utilities - Screenshot tool for Windows.
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