Bug Shooting is an awesome screen capture program for Windows that is completely free and offers loads of features that are normally available only in commercial screenshot applications like SnagIt.
To give you an example, Bug Shooting has a "Delayed Capture" mode that is like setting a timer for your screen captures and can be used for grabbing menus & tool-tips.
Bug Shooting has a built-in screen magnifier that enlarges the screen area and helps you place the mouse cursor at the exact location on the screen before the screenshot.
And when you capture an area of the screen, Bug Shooting will draw cross-hairs indicating the exact co-ordinates much like SnagIt or the Camtasia Studio Recorder.
Now the best part of Bug Shooting is the included image editor that lets you annotate screenshots with standard tools like the freehand pen, text, etc. The impressive thing is the live preview - the changes can been seen as you hover over different colors or settings. Everything get stored in separate layers.
The final screenshot image can be stored in JPEG or PNG. Bug Shooting can be configured with almost any program on your desktop so you may directly send screen captures to Outlook, Skype, Photoshop, Flickr Uploader and so on.
Bug Shooting - Also check out some more free screen capture software.
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Reader Comments
Neat - thanks Amit!
Written by Mrinal on 07.14.08
Can it capture webpages ?
Written by Make money on 07.14.08
Excellent tool! Thanks Amit :)
Written by Software Testing on 07.15.08
looks like a great tool….lets see
Written by abhishek on 07.15.08
Where is it possible to download the tool. This page seems to be the only page on the internet about this tool. I keep being sent back to it again and again. Any link to download and try the tool?
Written by Where Isit on 07.16.08
Re: #5 - There is a link to it right above the Google AdSense ads. The line that reads
“Bug Shooting - Also check out some more free screen capture software.”
The first two words (Bug Shooting) are a link.
Written by David Patterson on 07.16.08
Click the Bug Shooting link right above the Screen Capture Recording Ad on this page. Better yet here is a link to the download page.
Written by LSpence on 07.16.08
Nice app.. downside is that it requires .net framework.. it would have been great if it was not dependent on any runtimes or frameworks…
Written by Abhijeet Pathak on 07.17.08
@Abhijeet Pathak, even the .net frame work is free to download… ;-)
Written by Software Testing on 07.18.08