Faststone Capture Old Version

[Ozella Vires]

FastStoneCapture allows you to easily capture and annotate anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and even scrolling windows/web pages.

You can choose to send captures to editor, file, clipboard, printer, email, Word/PowerPoint document or upload them to your website.

Editing tools include annotating (texts, arrowed lines, highlights), resizing, cropping, sharpening, watermarking, applying edge effects and many more. It also allows you to record screen activities and sound into highly compressed video files. Other features include global hotkeys, automatic filename generation, support for external editors, a color picker, a screen magnifier and a screen ruler.

FastStone Capture saves files in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIFF and PDF formats.

FastStone become shareware from 5.4 so the version listed here is free from home use.

System requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista

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FastStone Capture is a powerful, flexible and intuitive screen-capture utility. It allows you to capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, freehand-selected regions and scrolling windows/web pages. It has innovative features such as a floating Capture Panel, hotkeys, resizing, cropping, text annotation, printing, e-mailing, screen magnifier and many more.

Reported to function in Windows 7 and in Linux under WINE.

Note: FastStone Capture went payware starting from v5.4 so I have made the last freeware version available (v5.3) for direct download as the license agreement does not prohibit redistribution.

@jimdorey: I'm a little confused why we had a listing that this works with Win10 -- it really doesn't. When this version of the program stopped being developed, Win7 wasn't even out yet. Anyway, I recommend trying another software package for that OS. I've updated the entry.

Why the heck does FastStone Capture magnify my screen when I try to take a screenshot - region or full, doesn't matter. It's aggravating when I want a full width cap. Ive looked in settings and there is nothing that I can see to adjust. Any thoughts? I'm on Windows 10.

I've been running into some issues with Faststone Capture and Windows 8. When I attempt to draw on the screenshot and apply my changes, FastStone freezes.

I'm now using a Firefox extension instead - -US/firefox/addon/awesome-screenshot-capture-/

As a web developer and graphic designer, I've been uding this tool for over 4 years, most time on a daily basis alongside onenote. So far I have only tested a few other screenshot tools before and they were bloated with crappy UI. The 3 main reasons why I find it so great; friendly UI design, it's lite on resources and loaded with tons of extras all for free.

Most used features are crop, resize, draw, capture entire page and copy.

FS Capture looks pretty cool but will it let you do several rapid screen captures? I'm using 'easy capture' now and though it isn't perfect, I can take many screen shots in quick succession without having to mess with any editing in between shots.

@hassodio

Make sure your at the top of the page (scroll up)

FSCapture will not reset to the top if you are in the middle or at the bottom of a page.

When at the top of the page press [Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc] or right-click the tray icon and select [Capture Scrolling Window]

Bill - to save an edited image from within the editor of FastStone v5.3 - hit Ctrl + S or select File and then Save As or right-click anywhere inside the window and select Save As. You can overwrite or rename.

Glad you saved this file. I was disappointed they began charging for something that used to be free, but I guess everyone has to eat.

I'm glad someone held on to this one though. Thanks again.

Hi, this is great software and the version 5.3 is the last freeware version. If you like the program and if it has helped you a lot (as it has helped me), please support it by byuing the lifetime licence or a donation. (PS: I am not a developer of FS Capture, I just love the sw and would like to support those guys:)

I am so happy to have found this. I was using a competitor, but was unable to install on my PC due to the program requiring a C: drive location for the snapshots folder. I searched for a portable capture program to eliminate that need, and found this. Just dl and start using. Thanks...

Have been using this program for a couple years now ... Love it .... I got it when it freeware and the freeware version did everything I needed it to .... I have everything saved to a .png file folder and can go there to adjust or move it to appropriate folders .... much easier to keep the files all in one place then move when time permits and not let it just "dump" the file somewhere

so fast and easy I never really did ever read the how to part

Awesome. Thank you sooo much! I was looking for a program to capture scrolling windows. I downloaded this one after reading the comments and it worked. It was very easy to use, did the scrolling windows and that was exactly what I needed. Thank you, thank you thank you.

I do this maybe once a year, so paying for snag-it just didn't seem like the best option for me.

This works to capture a long or wide page to a static image file, but does anyone know of a tool that will create a video of the page as it scrolls (and is zoomed, etc.)? I want to be able to pan and zoom web pages into video files.

Please reply to starf...@pynthan.com

Thanks Fluffy. I downloaded the Faststone Capture V5.3 per your instructions. Worked great. Since I had other programs I had to change the hotkeys settings. I followed the help menus suggestions and that also worked. However the menu tells you to use 3 step commands like Ctrl+Shift+ PrtSc. BUT the program only lets you use 1 "special key like Ctrl or Alt + 1 LETTER.

I downloaded and installed SnagIt, and it didnt work on my system, so i download this amazing little App for scrolling, and it worked like a charm, seriously!

Thanks guys for this amazing piece of software!

Where does the v5.3 store its settings without those db files? I've download some translated v5.3. It contains only a stand alone FSCapture.exe, but it still can save settings. If I copy my original English db files into the translated program's folder. It does use the settings from my Eng version. So, I think it stores its settings in somewhere, but where is it?

I really like Fast Stone screen capture, and on the whole find it very easy to use, but for one thing which is really not well documented and took me quite a while to figure out. Roland asked about how to capture a scrolling window just over a year ago and nobody replied to him. Capturing a scrolling window is not really intuitive.

When you want to capture a scrolling window, first scroll to the top of the window, or scroll so the location you want to start capturing from is at the top of the window. Press the hot key (Ctrl Alt PrtScr) or click the screen capture scrolling window icon and either move your mouse over to hover on the scroll bar, or wait for the red border to show up on the content window and then move your mouse over the scroll bar. Now click once on the scroll bar, and the screen capture will scroll down the page and take the snapshot.

You must position the window with the slider right at the top if you want the whole page, or position the page so the place you want to capture frm is at the top of the window.

Good enough for me to take time out to write this comment.

This has an editor rich feature that makes adding your arrows and other effects like text to the capture very easily and painlessly, even your computer illiterate cousin or girl/boy friend (dare I sound bigoted,- the wife) could handle.

This is free and the apps today -superbly written, no memory hogs -so you don't go leaking around -on a stick -capture, most likely are embarrassed that they charged you over a $1.00 USD -when compared to this gem.

I see alot of "oh -try this -or that -or my favorite program ----" -and I know instantly -either by the title or the comment, that the commenter took no effort to even try this app.

nuff said -

But wait.

Thanks for the link to this!

Professionally written program.

My favorite for the desktop, USB, anything I can stick it in.

I hope the reader will see that this developer has quality. Go for this and look at their other stuff.

Most likely worth every cent.

Using FSCapture 5.3 to try and screengrab Mount&Blade, and it's just not working. I can capture everything else, but not the game. Tried another capture program with the same hotkey -- Screen Capture Professional -- and it works.

Has anyone else had trouble capturing screenshots of video games?

I've used several version of Faststone, and have been VERY pleased with it. After using numerous other screen capture programs, I was happy to "meet" this nice little piece of freeware. I uninstalled all the others and use Faststone only. The software, especially this last free version is better than many commercial and shareware programs of the same function. I LOVE IT!

what i like best about FS capture is its ability to grab all of a scrolling window (except for unknown reason the one in xp's add/remove programs, altho I wish it would). Anyone out there know a screen capture program that will grab multiple scrolling pages in xp add/remove programs?

Great comments, and the name FastStone is representative of this tool - Fast/intuitive stone/rock solid. Given it is this good and got to v5.3 as free and portable, then an improved version v5.4 asking $19.95 should be a no-brainer if it has saved you 1hr of working time and will save one more.

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