FastStone Capture

Perhaps the best screen capture utility out there with full-screen capture, window capture, and selection capture ala Photoshop's "lasso" selection tool. Plus all the program's functions can be triggered by programmable global hotkeys.

...but that's not the half of it.

What the AlternativeTo description doesn't mention is that this util does a lot more than just screen capturing. It also provides an eyedropper color selection utility AND a resizeable on-screen ruler AND a magnify glass tool. I used to have four separate apps installed to do those four separate things! I tried over a dozen different screen utility apps and this is the only one I found that bundles all these functions together in one tiny package.

Highly recommended for even the user who only occasionally needs to screencap. And an ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVE for people like web developers and graphic design pros what with the additional features (especially the eyedropper).

Favorite screenshot/screen recording tool out there and I've tried all of them, from Jing to SnagIT and everything in between. Favorite feature is the ultra tiny screen recordings it makes with an intro frame option. Yes, this is not Adobe Premiere but then you wouldn't expect it to be for $20; which I was glad to pay.

Information from the original contributor:

"Since the license agreement does not prohibit redistribution, I have the last freeware version (V5.3) as an portable-app available for direct download from: http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=775"

I've tried numerous screenshot utilities, but I always come back to this one. Until recently I didn't know it was possible to upload via ftp. Now that I know, I highly doubt I'm going to look for something else soon.

There's also feature that I find extremely useful: Full control over cropping placement with the use of keyboard cursors. This is a must to me, and I'm baffled by the fact that no other screenshot utility seem have this feature.

version 5.3 is free for non-commercial uses, you can find it out there online still

Wonderful little application, the best. Small, efficient, and full of features.