WinGrab

Freeware program for screen capture. For Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000

September 10, 2000 -WinGrab 1.34a New released. (File date: September 7, 2000 - File size: 939 kB)

New features: Cursor capture. Time-scheduled capture (with auto-save). Here is what's new in 1.34a

Key features:

• Freeware: No registration and no nags. You are free to use the program at home and at your office (i.e. commercial use).
• Hot keys: Trigger capture by pressing user-defined hot keys. One key for hiding/showing the program, one key for capturing a window and one key for capturing the screen.
• Auto-save: Triggered by a hot key, the program can capture + save to file in one operation, without any user intervention (automatic incremental file naming).
• Time-scheduled capture:New Capture + save to file (auto-save) at regular time intervals.
• Cursor capture: New The mouse cursor is included in the captures.
• Index images: Can create index images (overview image with an array of small images). The tiling of images can be freely set by user. Useful to get an overview of images.
• Color reduction: High quality color reduction to 256 colors (8 bits/pixel). Useful for reducing file size.
• Cropping: Crop images after drawing a bounding rectangle with the mouse.
• Clipboard: Copy and paste images using the Windows clipboard. Useful for exchange with other programs.
• Graphic formats: Supported formats are jpeg, png, tiff, bmp. The degree of jpeg compression can be set by user, giving full control over image quality and file size. Can create progressive jpeg's and interlaced png's.
• Batch printing: Print a list of images with any number of images tiled on the same sheet of paper (similar appearance as index images). Useful for printing a series of captures.
• Image-viewing: Useful as a simple image-viewer. To open an image, doubleclick on the file or drag & drop it on the program window. Jpeg images can be decompressed to a smaller size for faster viewing. Fast zoom in/out by clicking the mouse buttons.
• Image text: Can store text in image files (jpeg, tiff, png). Useful for storing notes about images.

Installing and Uninstalling:

In Windows NT/2000 you need to be logged on as administrator to install the program.

The program needs a default printer installed for maximum performance. Without a default printer the useful option of creating index images will be unavailable. If you don't have a physical printer, install a dummy printer (almost any graphic printer will do).

Easy uninstall via Windows control panel. Afterwards your system (including registry and file associations) should be completely restored.