Sofortbild

Sofortbild

Sofortbild is an easy-to-use instant camera app for Windows that allows you to capture screenshots and annotate them before sharing. It has basic editing features like adding text, arrows, shapes etc.
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Sofortbild: Instant Camera App for Windows

Sofortbild is an easy-to-use instant camera app for Windows that allows you to capture screenshots and annotate them before sharing. It has basic editing features like adding text, arrows, shapes etc.

What is Sofortbild?

Sofortbild is a screenshot annotation and sharing tool for Windows. It allows users to quickly capture any part of their screen, edit the screenshot with annotations like text, arrows, shapes and then easily share the annotated screenshots.

Once launched, Sofortbild minimizes itself to the system tray. Users can set a customizable PrintScreen-like hotkey to capture screenshots instantly. The captured screenshot opens up in Sofortbild's built-in editor where annotations can be added. The editor has intuitive tools for adding text boxes, arrows, shapes, lines etc. Users can also crop and highlight parts of the screenshot.

After annotating, the screenshots can be saved to the local device. Sofortbild also allows sharing the screenshots via email or popular sharing platforms like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. Users can also copy the screenshot to the clipboard.

Some key features of Sofortbild:

  • - Customizable hotkey for instant screenshot capture
  • - Intuitive annotation editor
  • - Basic image editing tools
  • - Support for sharing on social media & email
  • - Lightweight and easy to use

Sofortbild Features

Features

  1. Take screenshots
  2. Annotate screenshots
  3. Add text
  4. Add arrows
  5. Add shapes
  6. Basic editing features
  7. Easy to use interface

Pricing

  • Free
  • Open Source

Pros

Simple and intuitive

Great for quick annotations

Lightweight and fast

Free and open source

Cons

Limited editing capabilities

Windows only

No cloud sync or collaboration features


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