MWSnap

[donnato]

Ok I`v used MWSnap for a long time on vista to capture a specific area of a screen but now ,even though it loads right up on my Win 7 mech the desktop short cut won`t work at all and it`s totally unusable...doesn`t make sense...

[Arion]

So why aren't you using the built in screen capture tool built into Win7 ?

programs\accessories\snipping tool

And if you use it a lot pin it to the taskbar

[donnato]

I want to be able to stretch a box around what I want to save...not cap the whole screen

[darkstone]

You can do that with the snipping tool

[Arion]

You take a snapshot of what you want, desktop or portion.... You drag the mouse around to get what you want.

[DarkRider]

Hey now, let's play nicely.

[donnato]

Ok I found snip and put a shortcut on the desktop. when activated it grays out the screen and it only prints to something called clipboard...never found the test shots...

[DarkRider]

Donno, under options, uncheck the save to clipboard and it will then open your snip immediately for format saving after capture.

[Arion]

It greys out the screen and the box opens up and tells you to drag the cursor around the area you want to take the snapshot of. When you use the cursor the screen (grey) disappears and you make the box on what you want. Click when finished and it shows you the snapshot. Tell it to save and it defaults to capture.jpg (or png) ...

[DarkRider]

Click when finished and it shows you the snapshot. Tell it to save and it defaults to capture.jpg (or png) ...

It doesn't do that by default though, you have to turn off the Save to Clipboard default first or the screencap goes to the clip board. Which can then be ctrl+v into paint I imagine.

[donnato]

Ah...i get it...I think...so if I deselect save to clipboard...where does it go then?? I soo miss the free version of snaggit..

EDIT...ok I just tried it and maybe...just maybe I can work with this...when I take the shot I have the "save as" option....guess I`m just kinda set in my ways after 2+ years working with vista...

Thank you all.

Edited April 29, 2011 by donnato

[AndalayBay]

Don't worry donnato - you're not the only one. I've just continued to use good ol' ALT print screen and paste into Paint.net or GIMP and then trim down if necessary.

Thanks for the tips on the Snip tool though - might check it out at some point.

Edit: Click options and make sure it's set up to prompt you where to save the file.

Edited April 29, 2011 by AndalayBay

[donnato]

Yup...did that AB thanks...still might have to buy snaggit...I do alot of web caps for textures and such...

[HeyYou]

You can also use alt+print screen to capture the active window. Then just ctrl+v into the editing software of your choice.

[Vince]

donnato, I hope you will continue to see if you can get MWSnap to work. It's nice to have choices.

I assume you have the latest/last version (3.0.0.74), right? I've used it for many years and found it extremely versatile. As one example, since I am a free user of PhotoBucket, I'm limited to 1024x768 (which is fine by me). Rather than capturing a larger area and cropping it in a photo editor, I just set MWSnap's fixed size to 1024x768; problem solved. According to several forum posts I found in the net, most seem to be able to use it with Windows 7. Have you tried changing the hot keys? Maybe there's a conflict that didn't exist in Vista.

[donnato]

Thank you Vince, the MWsnap won`t even open to let me change settings. On install it places a shortcut to my desktop but when i click it nothing happens even after waiting several minutes. If I right click and go to the folder to try the .exe direct I get the same thing.

[darkstone]

I`ve just downloaded and installed the latest version and its working pretty well on my Win7 64bit.The only error I get is a dialogue box comes up on opening the app that says not all hotkeys could be registered,clicking okay gets rid of it and the app starts up.All functions seem to work fine.Not sure what the problem you are having is don...sorry,but it does work on Win7.

[donnato]

Ok thanks Stoney this eliminates one possibility. Later I will try transferring a copy from my lappy to my PC and see if it`s a download thing.

[donnato]

Ok thanks Stoney this eliminates one possibility. Later I will try transferring a copy from my lappy to my PC and see if it`s a download thing.

[donnato]

I`ve just downloaded and installed the latest version and its working pretty well on my Win7 64bit.The only error I get is a dialogue box comes up on opening the app that says not all hotkeys could be registered,clicking okay gets rid of it and the app starts up.All functions seem to work fine.Not sure what the problem you are having is don...sorry,but it does work on Win7.

Stoney...where did you DL from. When I search " MWSnap broken" I find several "broken links" reports. Anyway, when I run the troubleshoot compatability program it tells me there`s a program incompatability.....Yeah, windows is being a pain about this.

[darkstone]

I got it from here don..

MWSnap

[donnato]

Thanks Stoney...still no soap...just won`t open no matter what...

[Arion]

I downloaded the setup file from Stoney's link above and it installed and is working here without any problems on Win 7 64 bit.

[donnato]

I wonder if Norton`s blocking something?