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.
Version 4.3 enhances multimonitor support, improves Windows Vista compatibility, and date/time stamp feature.
What's new in this version: Version 4.3 enhances multimonitor support, improves Windows Vista compatibility, and date/time stamp feature.
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All versions:
4.3 starsout of 304 votes
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Current version:
4.2 starsout of 78 votes
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"Actually works"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
Easy to use.
Cons
Destination selection could be defined a little easier. No capabillity to define a section of the screen to capture.
Summary
IIt is easy enough to use and the capture is very quick. Having to use an editor for cropping is a bother, but not so terrible.
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"Great very flexible."
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
Great screen capture, plenty of customisable options
Cons
sometimes can't capture 'dialogue boxes'. My tip - use the rectangular area source tool option, this will capture those boxes...
Summary
If you want more control over screen capture then this tool is for you
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"I couldn't get it to work"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
It loaded fine but I couldn't get it to work. I prefer Print Key 2000.
Cons
It loaded fine but I couldn't get it to work. I prefer Print Key 2000.
Summary
It loaded fine but I couldn't get it to work. I prefer Print Key 2000.
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"Does EXACTLY what it says it will do."
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
Quick, simple to use, and very handy.
Cons
Haven't found one yet
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"Good but not perfect"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
Easy to use, small file size, remain picture quality.
Cons
Cannot do further editing for example putting remarks, draw a box or rectangle on your captured screen.
Summary
Gadwin Printscreen Professional gave you more editing function but it's not a free application. If you just require simple and basic printscreen feature, Gadwin Printscreen is enough for you.
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"Love it! So useful."
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
Like being selective and not having to print whole page. EASY to use!
Cons
Directions could be more detailed
Summary
Easy to use, convenient, very useful.
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"Excellent and a valuable tool"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
Ease of use and choice of outputs as well as areas to capture
Cons
Some times does not load on restart
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"Great Program! I use it often."
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
The program's very versatile.
Cons
I can't think of anything I don't like about the program.
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"Very easy to use"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
I love the fact that you can start to capture the image and then stop and readjust what you were trying to capture without having to start over again.
Cons
You need to remember to move your cursor away from the image you want to capture because when you click "print screen" it will freeze what the screen looks like, including the cursor.
Summary
For a free software product you can't go wrong. Others out there cost $30 to $50 and there is just no need to pay that money when you can get a free image capture program like this. Well done to the developers!
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"Exactly what I was looking for"
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.3
Pros
This is an excellent little program that has several options to customize it to do just what you want. like it better than another program that was not free. You won't be disappointed.
Cons
Doesn't scroll
Summary
Most of the pay programs will scroll automatically which allows the user to capture the entire page.
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