How To: Screen Captures

After using Irfanview to do some serious screen capturing, I think it is probably the easiest/best tool around.

How To use Irfanview for screen captures:

1. Download the program: http://www.irfanview.com/ 

      a. Note that there are two downloads: Irfanview and the plugins.

2. Install and run it.

3. Choose Options -> Capture/Screenshot (or just hit the letter "c")

4. Choose the type of screenshot - full screen, foreground window, rectangle, etc.

5. Choose how you want to save it - there's two options:

     a. When you take the screenshot it opens an irfanview window for editing

     b. Or you can save directly to a file. Give the filename format, a directory name, and the image format.

6. There is also a checkbox to choose whether or not to include the cursor in the image

7. Click "Start"

8. Irfanview now runs in the background. Just type "Ctrl-F11" to get a snapshot.