Screen Captures with The Snipping Tool

When it comes to taking screen captures, Windows users have had to rely on the PrintScreen key or purchase/download a third-party application. My favourite app for taking screen captures on Windows is Hypersnap, although there are several others – some are free and some are paid-for.

The problem with the PrintScreen key is that it captures the entire screen to the clipboard and then more often than not, the image will have to be pasted into a graphics program in order to crop and resize it – and for those on a tight budget, that means Microsoft Paint! More