EasyCapture

EasyCapture

EasyCapture is a free and open-source screenshot tool for Windows. It provides basic screenshot capturing and editing functionality in a simple interface. Key features include fullscreen, window, region, and scrolling capture options, image annotation and highlighting tools, basi
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EasyCapture: Free Screenshot Tool for Windows

A free and open-source screenshot tool for Windows offering basic capturing and editing functionalities in a simple interface, with features like fullscreen, window, region, scrolling capture options, image annotation, highlighting tools, cropping, resizing, and sharing via email or applications.

What is EasyCapture?

EasyCapture is a free, open-source screenshot capture and editing tool for Windows. Developed by DonationCoder, it aims to provide an easy-to-use alternative to heavyweight tools like Snagit or Lightshot.

With EasyCapture, users can take fullscreen, active window, rectangular region, or scrolling webpage screenshots with just a couple clicks. It includes basic image annotation features like arrows, text boxes, highlights, and blurring for easily pointing things out or obscuring sensitive information.

After capturing a screenshot, EasyCapture makes it easy to perform common edits like cropping, resizing, rotating, flipping, and adjusting color parameters like brightness, contrast, gamma, etc. Users can also draw shapes, lines, and freehand strokes on their screenshots.

To share captured screenshots, EasyCapture supports saving to file formats like PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, and more. It also integrates with various applications and services to instantly send images via email, cloud storage, social media, or Microsoft Office tools.

As an open-source tool, EasyCapture is completely free to download and use, even for commercial purposes. It runs on Windows 7 and higher, including desktop and server variants. The simple interface and small footprint makes EasyCapture an ideal basic screenshot tool for most Windows users.

EasyCapture Features

Features

  1. Fullscreen, window, region and scrolling screenshot capture
  2. Basic image annotation and highlighting
  3. Cropping and resizing screenshots
  4. Sharing screenshots via email or other apps

Pricing

  • Free
  • Open Source

Pros

Free and open source

Simple and easy to use interface

Covers basic screenshot needs for most users

Cons

Limited features compared to premium tools

Fewer sharing options than some alternatives

Basic image editing only


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