Freeware good screen capture tool

[mahinda]

Hi,

I'm looking for a freeware screen capture tool to easily take screenshots.
anybody know best free software for this…
Thanks for any comments….

[Evil Twin]

Irfanview is what I use, it is fairly easy to use.
Yes, it is free!

http://www.irfanview.com/

[theDruid]

Have you tried the Print Screen key (for full screen capture), or Alt + Print Screen (for capture of the window with focus).

Doesn't work on all systems (graphics card conflicts etc..), but should work on most Windoze PC's.

cheers,
mcdruid.

P.S. This just copies the captured screen to the clipboard - so you can paste it into Paint or whatever graphics app you use.

[lordsmurf]

PRTSCRN on the keyboard.

[disturbed1]

Screen Hunter.

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm

Allows you to draw boxes around the capture area, and your choice of capture dir., and picture compression.

[GKar]

I have been using Gadwin PrintScreen 2.5 for a while and it works great, and best of all, it's Freeware. You can save file as BMP or JPG.

[Suntan]

Printkey is what I use. Lets you save whole screen, active window and draw box. Plus can change contrast and stuff like that.

http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm

The unsupported version (5.10) is freeware.

[cmsurfer]

Like others said,

Alt-Print Screen, then paste into Microsoft Word...

[tlegion]

I use swbcap (Software with Brains Capture):
multiple formats (jpg, bmp)
sequential numbering
target save directory
selectable base filename

You'll have to google it, the company's website doesn't mention it although the software links to it.

[HillJack]

MWSnap is excellent imo. Free too

[mahinda]

Dear lordsmurf , Evil Twin , theDruid , disturbed1 , pummeler , Suntan , cmsurfer , tlegion and HillJack…..

Thank you very much…