Comparison of screenshot software
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This page provides a comparison of notable screenshot software, used to capture the computer screen and save it as an image. This software is commonly used for capturing, annotating, and exporting computer screen pixels. Screenshot software is typically limited to capturing and exporting to various image formats.
Comparison by specification[edit]
| Product name | Publisher | Latest stable version | Latest release date | OS | Software license | Source code available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandicam | Bandicam Company | 4.5.0.1587 | 2019-10-23 | Windows | Freemium commercial | No |
| CloudApp | CloudApp | 6.1[1] | 2020-07-13 | Windows macOS Linux |
Freemium | No |
| Fraps | Beepa Pty Ltd | 3.5.99 | 2013-02-26 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Freeseer | FOSSLC | 3.0.1 | 2013-12-15 | Windows macOS Linux |
GPL v3 | Yes |
| Microsoft Expression Encoder | Microsoft | 4 | 2011-11-02 | Windows | Freeware | No |
| ShareX | Jaex and Michael Delpach | 13.0.1 | 2019-08-28 | Windows | GPL v3 | Yes |
| Snagit for Windows | TechSmith | 13.0.3 | 2016-10-25 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Snagit for Mac | TechSmith | 4.0.6 | 2016-10-25 | macOS | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Wink | Satish Kumar | 2.0 | 2008-07-14 | Windows Linux |
Freeware | No |
| Product name | Publisher | Latest stable version | Latest release date | OS | Software license | Source code available? |
Comparison by features[edit]
The following table compares features of screenshot software. The table has seven fields, as follows:
- Name: Product's name; sometime includes edition if a certain edition is targeted
- Audio: Specifies whether the product supports recording audio commentary on the video
- Entire desktop: Specifies whether product supports recording the entire desktop
- OpenGL: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games and software that employ OpenGL to render digital image
- DirectX: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games or software that employ Direct3D to render digital image
- Editing: Specifies whether the product supports editing recorded video at least to some small extent, such as cropping, trimming or splitting
- Output: Specifies the file format in which the software saves the final video (non-video output types are omitted)
| Product name | Entire desktop |
Output |
|---|---|---|
| Bandicam | Yes | BMP, PNG, JPG |
| CloudApp | Yes | PNG, GIF |
| Fraps | Yes | BMP, PNG, JPG, TGA |
| Microsoft Expression Encoder | Yes | PNG |
| ShareX | Yes | PNG |
| Snagit | Yes | GIF, PNG |
| Wink | Yes | PDF, GIF, PNG |
| Product name | Entire desktop |
Output |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Introducing: Automated Drop Naming, Enhanced Annotations, Multi-Monitor Support, and 4k Video Quailty Options". CloudApp Blog. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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