CNET Editors' review
Excellent screen capture apps aren't hard to come by, but excellent free ones are. With sophisticated features at no cost, it's hard to reach higher than Gadwin PrintScreen. An attractive, easily navigated interface opens up a customization wonderland for users to decide default settings for shortcut key associations, capture preferences, and output.
For our purposes, the clicking and dragging regions is the clear choice. Misjudge your region's dimensions and Gadwin PrintScreen lets you readjust them without having to start over, something many commercial competitors don't do. Setting the app to automatically open each screen capture in your favorite viewer or editor makes up for the program's lack of built-in image editor, still achieving a seamless screen capture experience from start to finish that grabs and delivers shots just where you want them.
Publisher's Description
From Gadwin Systems:
Gadwin PrintScreen allows much more flexibility with that Print Screen button at the top of your keyboard. Usually when you hit the Print Screen button it loads the current screen into your clipboard. To save the image you have to open up an image-editing application, paste it, then save the file. Gadwin's free PrintScreen streamlines this whole process. It sits in your System Tray, and you can set a number of options. When you hit print screen (or whichever button you specify), you can choose to save the screen directly to a specific folder. You can also choose to save just a window, or a specific area of the screen. The application also gives you the option of sending the screen capture directly to your printer or as an email, and it will even automatically resize the picture to specified dimensions. You can select the type of image you want to save.
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All versions:
4.3 starsout of 304 votes
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Current version:
3.9 starsout of 34 votes
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"Doesn't print well with Window 7."
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
Onscreen viewing is ok.
Cons
Does NOT print clearly. It looks all smeared. It's readable.
Summary
Don't install if you need screen print outs. Ok for on screen viewing.
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"Great for Genealogy. Does what it states very well."
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
It's Free, what more can I say!! Great screen capture, of what you want and not the whole screen. Allows you to save your image as any file extension. Can choose where you want your images saved. Can set up auto naming feature for every image you copy from your screen. If you can see it on your screen, you can capture it with this wonderful free program. Best free program I have ever found for helping with genealogy research.
Cons
Can't think of anything I don't like!!
Summary
With this great free program you can select what you want on your screen, where to store it, what file extension you want to use as well as what you want to name each image. Best program I have found for doing genealogy research.
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"Nice product"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
Works easy. Not something I woold use that often.
Cons
No problems so far
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"too easy the way any program should be"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
easy to install, understand and use.
Cons
none that I know of
Summary
i feel that this program is a must and should be bundled by program like windows. so important and so easy to use.
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"Simple printscreen utility."
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
Works on Windows 7 - 64bit.
Cons
There's no "Don't ask next time." or, it's not obvious how to remove the message. Each time you take a picture, it will ask you to cancel or accept. There's no option to always accept no matter what.
Summary
Have been using built-in print screen + irfanview for capturing screen for years. But there are times I just need it pre-cut for me (capturing the current window). I have used a pro-version of Snag-It in the past but I really don't use all of the features, and feels a little slow. Gadwin is a very simple tool. Just install, and it immediately works with the print-screen button. Customization only requires a few seconds of your time.
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"Fast -- Effective -- Accurate"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
Great program - worked like a charm --- gave me just what I wanted -- made my work a little easier.
Cons
None so far
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"Great little program!!"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
I used this on XP for years, so I was ecstatic that it was available for 7. It works seamlessly with little fuss. One click on 'Print Screen' and follow the instructions. Send it to your printer or save it as you'd like.
Cons
I don't have any cons. The above reviews are puzzling to me since I have not experienced their problems at all.
Summary
It's worked great for me. Take time to get to know it and the settings available. Best of all, it's free.
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"Works as advertised without obvious flaws"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
Easy to use; small memory requirement
Cons
Could have additional features but what the heck, it's free!
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"Make use of the print screen button"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
Now I can finally print the scree!
Cons
Should have an area button.
Summary
Great product for free !
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"Good software prior to Win7"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.6
Pros
Lots of output options, easy configuration, can print to any printer and not just the default one. Easy and fast to install, no sign up required. No watermarks.
Cons
No way to have a one-time output change, it always permanently reconfigures your settings when you output. In Win7 with high DPI mode for high res screens, it completely screws up the screen capture, cutting off the right and bottom edges and stretching the rest of the image to make up for it, which looks horrible. Seems to be a dead project, no updates all year and no response to my questions, I would not pay for zero support.
Summary
It's a fantastic free screen capture program on XP, but it wasn't tested properly on all Win7 conditions, neither free nor paid version. (I think a couple of reviews about the watermarks came from people installing the Pro version instead of the free one.)
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