Greenshot

Greenshot does everything I need, except for video capture, and I can use the free CamStudio for that.

I like it. It's lightweight, offers the most useful options (like (last) crop shot and window shot) and the built-in image editor can easily crop images. What I miss in comparition to ZScreen (Open Source too) for example, is to select not only whole windows but elements of windows, like bars or dialoges and seperators - this is what I miss with Greenshot.

great program, almost identical to SnagIt! all it is missing is a scrolling webpage function.

Comparison ............................. Jing ..........GreenShot ....Jet ScreenShot:
Space on Harddisk (kB).............. 1 12983..... 3 1289 ...........2 5315kB
Language(s): ................................ 1 en. ......... 3 en. + ge...... 1 en.
Filename empty spaces: ............ 1 No .......... 3 Yes ........... 3 Yes
Record screen-video: .................. 2 Yes........ 1 No .............. 1 No
Save-to-File & keep ClipBoard .. 1 No .......... 3 Yes ............1 No
Available as portable app .......... 0 No .......... 3 Yes ............0 No
Annotating tools:
Highlighting: ............................... 2 Yes ........ 1 No .............. 2 Yes
Line-thickness: .......................... 1 fixed ...... 3 select.......... 3 select
Filled rectangle: ......................... 1 No .......... 3 Yes ............ 1 No
Arrows: ......................................... 3 Yes ....... 3 Yes ............ 1 No
Enough Colours: ........................ 3 Yes: 9 .... 3 Yes: > 100.. 1 No: 3 (no black)
Web upload features:
Web-upload (no proxy): .............. 9 Yes ....... 0 ................... 9 Yes
Up to HTTP-proxy-web: .............. 5 Yes .......... 0 No ............. 0 No
Up to FTP-webserver: ................. 0 No ......... 0 No .............. 1 Yes
Shots History in web: .................. 3 Yes ....... 0 No .............. 0 No

Sum Assessment-Points ......... 37 ............. 32 .................. 29

I especially like the concept of plug-ins, the program is reasonably small, but can be extended with additional output modes

Of the free/open source screenshot tools. This is by far my favorite.

Pros: 156Kb, no need to install, text/draw editor
Cons: None!