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till.staetter:
Before I was using Screenshot Captor I used "Hardcopy" (www.hardcopy.de).
The reason why I changed the programme is the build in image explore in SC.

BUT: The quality of the images shot with Hardcopy seems to be better, even when I set the compression level in SC to "min".  :-\

Are there any plans to improve the quality of the images in the future?

mouser:

there is no reason that screenshot captor shouldnt be saving 100% pure non-lossy image files depending on the format and compression, so this shouldn't be an issue if you want perfect captures..

what file format are you using?
i may have the compression settings at minimum not really at minimum, when you tell me the file format ill go check.

till.staetter:
I've been using the *.jpg-format because it's the only format which is available in both programs.

I set Hardcopy to save the files in the same directory as SC. In the internal viewer of SC the quality of the images were nearly the same.
But in an external viewer ("Image Eye" from www.fmjsoft.com) I saw the difference. I didn't compare Hardcopys own format with an
*.tiff-file from SC.

mouser:
that makes some sense, jpg is a lossy format, and i might have the minimum compression setting still too compressed; let me look into fixing that.  jpg is not a great format for screenshots because it tends to get noisy when you compress it.  png and tiff are better.  but minimum compression setting should result in a very good file, so let me check into that and post back in a few min.

brotherS:
I've been using the *.jpg-format because it's the only format which is available in both programs.
-till.staetter (October 08, 2005, 12:23 PM)
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If Hardcopy does not support PNG I wouldn't use that anyway ;) PNG is WAY better for screenshots than JPG.

Thankfully you discovered a really great program now, just play around a bit with Screenshot Captor and discover all the nice possibilities!

@mouser: google for "free snagit alternative" - it does NOT yet show your program in the first 10 search results! Since it's so great and free we need to change that, I suggest you add some words in the description on your page.

Let me start: Screenshot Captor is a great and free alternative to SnagIt, I really like it a lot!

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