Screenpresso features a built-in image editor that is more powerful than it looks. The editor is designed for quickly annotating a screenshot, marking what is important to see and more.

In this post, you may discover some features that you didn’t know:

• 1. Combine several images
• 2. Add mouser cursor
• 3. Add steps to explain process
• 4. Cut out: remove the middle part of your image
• 5. Bend arrows

1. Combine several images

You can easily combine screenshots in one image. Simply paste using your clipboard (CTRL+V) or drag and drop images from your Screenpresso workspaces to the editor.

Screenpresso will automatically enlarge the canvas / drawing area if needed:

2. Add mouse cursors

Even if can capture the mouse cursor with Screenpresso (Press M key while capturing), you can add cursors thanks to the cursor stamps:

3. Add steps to explain process

Quickly highlight a series of steps: each click applies the next number in the series. There are plenty of drawing options.
A dedicated gripper can create automatically an arrow from the step bullet:

4. Cut out: remove the middle part of your image

Want to remove the middle part of an image ? There are tools for that, horizontally or vertically:

5. Bend arrows

Simple arrows can be bended thanks to the middle gripper:

In this post, I will explain the few steps needed to create a beautiful and professional looking magnifying glass effect.

1. Open the editor and select the magnifying glass:

2. Draw the glass at the expected size and adjust the zoomed image:

3. Once you have the expected content, lock the image in the drawing settings:

4. Resize the whole image, for instance 50%. The zoom lens will not get the resize factor:

The image will become:

Then adjust the magnifying glass position (optional), you can also use the ALT key to move only the main part of the item. That’s it!

• Video capture can now be performed directly in MP4!
• Twitter sharing is now done with Twitter API, no more Twitpic
• Microsoft OneNote integration

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Video capture directly in MP4

We have introduced a new capture option to record your screen directly in MP4 instead of capturing in a lossless format and then converting the video in MP4 at the end of the recording.
This option is not activated by default. To use the real-time encoding, Check the new option in the video panel:

Twitter API is now used for sending images instead of Twitpic

Twitter media API is now used to embed image inside tweet in Screenpresso. Your image is now displayed in the feed/timeline instead of a link to twitpic as it was before.

Microsoft OneNote integration

Microsoft OneNote is completely integrated in Screenpresso. You don’t need to install the rich client at all.
Checkout this video to learn mode:

Screenpresso 1.5.3 is now available!

This is a maintenance release of Screenpresso including:

• Video capture: Workspace now opens after canceling a video capture
• Capture: it is now possible to specify an Windows desktop’s image and color when a capture is performed.
• Bug fixing

Download it or Check for update to get the FREE update to 1.5.3 version

We just wanted to say ‘Thank You‘ for your support!
It has been a pleasure working with you this past year.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday season and a prosperous New Year !

Your Screenpresso team!

Screenpresso on iOS can upload medias (images or videos) to a specific workspace on your Screenpresso running on your PC desktop.

The first time, the iOS app needs to be pair with the workspace:

1) On your PC, display the QR code on the workpace that will receive the uploaded medias:

On your iPhone or iPad

Run Screenpresso on iOS, select some images to upload to your workspace.
Then press ‘Share’ > Then press ‘Send to Screenpresso’ (or press settings) to shoot the displayed QR code.
Once done, Screenpresso will upload the medias.

Back on your PC

On your PC, click on OK to hide the QR code. Wait few seconds, click again on cloud icon on the workspace and you will see your uploaded media.

Screenpresso continue to save your precious time with 5 new productivity oriented features.

• Create awesome animated GIF in few seconds
• Extract the text of your screenshots!
• Copy part of a screenshot
• Capture images and videos of your Android devices!
• Optimize images to reduce the file size

We have also improved the overall responsiveness of the user interface.

Download it or Check for update to get the FREE update to 1.5.4 version

Create awesome animated GIF in few seconds

In your corporate Wiki, intranet, website or email, animated GIF are very popular because they can be read on any devices, they are short (30 seconds) and focus on what matters.
2 steps to create a GIF on Screenpresso:

• Record a video
• Choose GIF as the save option

That’s it!

See how to create a GIF with Screenpresso in this GIF:

Copy the text present in your screenshot!

Have you ever complained because you cannot copy the text of a messagebox ?
This is now the past with the new extract text from image in Screenpresso 1.5.4.

• Take a screenshot
• Open the screenshot with Screenpresso’s built-in editor
• Click on the Copy image button then extract text button

See the feature in action:

Copy part of your image

In addition to the text copy, you can now copy a selection of the image in the clipboard thanks to this new button:

Capture images and videos of your Android devices

A new “Android center” is available on Screenpresso context menu:

Video capture is available on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and Android 5.0 (Lollipop).
This is very straightforward:

• Connect your Android device (smartphone or tablet) to your PC using USB
• Put your device in debug mode to enable the PC to capture (to be done once). All the procedure is described in Screenpresso.
• Open the Android center
• Choose between image capture (screenshot) or video capture (screencast)

Once the capture is done, the image or video appears in your Screenpresso workspace.

Screenpresso is looking for connected devices:

Screenpresso Android center main window:

Example of screen capture on a Samsung Galaxy S5

Optimize PNG and JPEG images to reduce the file size

Select several image files, right click and choose Recompress.

Other features and bug fixes

• Document: added internal table of content to generated documents
• Sharing: fixed issue with Facebook, Flickr and Imgur
• Improved overall GUI performances

JIRA is the most used bug tracker.
If you want to attach a screenshot or a video evidence on a bug, you can use a drag and drop:

Screenpresso 1.5.5 is a maintenance release fixing some installation issues on fresh install.

Screenpresso continues to evolve with new collaborative and team work features

• Workspace files synchronization with Dropbox and Google Drive for collaborative work
• Editor: new free hand drawing tool
• New hotkey to use the copy text / OCR
• Captured text can be translated to a specific language
• QRCode reader integrated

Download it or Check for update to get the FREE update to 1.5.6 version

Workspace files synchronization with Dropbox and Google Drive for collaborative work

Screenpresso can now fully synchronized a workspace with a Google drive

First, add your Dropbox or Google drive accounts in Screenpresso settings:

Then, right click on a workspace and select Dropbox or Google Drive

Finally, choose the directory to synchronize with your workspace:

Better Editor: new free hand drawing tool and new key to disable auto-alignment

New free hand drawing tool, if you have a touch screen, you will like it:

We also add a new hot key: holding shift key now disables auto-alignment while moving an item.

OCR / Copy text: new hotkey and translation

You can now configure a hotkey for the OCR / Copy text feature:

Once you capture a text, you can now translate it in another language:

QRCode reader integrated

New context menu option to read QRCode:

We are pleased to announce the most complete release ever made of Screenpresso.

• Windows 10 fully compatible
• Video capture: system sound can now be recorded in screencast
• Video clipping: you can now modify the start and end time
• New quick capture window always visible on your desktop
• 2 way synchronization with Microsoft OneDrive and Google drive
• Editor enhancements: new polygon drawing tool, most of the drawing items can now be rotated
• Screenpresso hot keys now work within applications with administrator privileges
• Video capture: watermark your videos
• New color picker
• Even more new features

Download it or check for update to get the FREE update to version 1.6.0.

Windows 10 fully compatible

Screenpresso has been updated to support the new Windows. Screenpresso 1.6 is fully compatible with Windows 10.

Video capture: System sound can now be recorded in screencast

You have asked for it, we have added it! While recording video, in addition to the microphone recording, you can now record the sound from Windows (your sound card). For example if you want to record Skype/Lync meetings: Screenpresso is now able to record the screen, your voice (from the microphone) and the remote speaker’s voice (system sound / What you ear).

Video clipping: you can now modify the start and end time

Sometimes, when you start recording a video, you are not fully ready. After video recording session you may want to modify the video start or end time. This is now fully supported in Screenpresso. Simply adjust the start and stop markers in the built-in video editor timeline and preview the result before saving.

2 way synchronizations with Microsoft OneDrive and Google drive

Microsoft OneDrive and Google drive are completely supported, allowing to upload content and share screen captures, video captures or generated documents with others without any third party tool to install.

The “synchronization” feature of Screenpresso acts as a lightweight Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive client. Sharing a remote folder with other people now allows collaborative work:
if a new image is added remotely, it will be downloaded automatically in your Screenpresso workspace.

Quick capture window to work faster

Screenpresso now features a quick capture window displayed at the top of the main screen. This window is nearly invisible since it shows only two 2 lines. Moving mouse over it quickly displays buttons to start a new capture. This tiny window is displayed by default but can be hidden via settings. Its color can also be modified via advanced settings. It can be moved to another X position by drag and dropping it.

Editor enhancements

We have added a new polygon drawing tool and a rotate option on most of the drawing items.

The new tool can be used for example to trace a route on a screen capture:

Hot keys within applications with administrator privileges

Screenpresso doesn’t run with administrator privileges by default so it can’t handle the [Print Screen] shortcut key when a window running with elevated privileges has the focus.

The new release of Screenpresso can now handle this use case if installed in “Program Files” folder. It means that your [Print Screen] hotkey will always work.

This is a feature most other screen capture tools don’t have.

Video capture: Watermark your videos

You can add a watermark during video capture. Like a tattoo, your signature can’t be removed from your video.

New color picker

We have added a new color picker tool to quickly get RGB/Hexa value of the color right under your mouse cursor.

Even more new features

– It is now possible to reorder list of workspaces via Ctrl+UP or DOWN shortcut
– It is now possible to delete files from ScreenpressoCloud
– It is now possible to share uploaded image and retrieve a short URL via Dropbox
– Uploaded Google Drive files links are now short
– Added custom URL output for Amazon S3

• Screenpresso is now full 64 bits
• New workflow to capture whole screen
• Systray icon now blinks with different colors during video recording
• Reworked Imgur sharing to support new v3 API

Download it or check for update to get the FREE update to version 1.6.1.
Important information: Microsoft OneDrive has been updated and now registers ‘Print Screen’ key shortcut. You should disable OneDrive’s new shortcuts via its preferences for Screenpresso to be able to register its shortcuts or change Screenpresso ones.

Screenpresso is now 64 bits

Screenpresso is a single executable running automatically in 32 bits on 32 bits operating systems and 64 bits on 64 bits operating systems. In 64 bits mode, it is now possible to capture huge images from 4k monitors or when you have several monitors (extended desktop).

New workflow to capture whole screen (full screen)

There is now a new option for taking a full screen screenshot: press ‘Print Screen’ key then ‘F’ key to capture the entire screen.
Previous ways of capturing full screen remain available.

Systray icon now blinks with different colors during video recording

Sometimes you might want to record video with sound, but forget to check ‘Record microphone’ or ‘Record system sound’ option. Now Screenpresso blinks in system tray using a different color to reduce chances of mistakes.

Reworked Imgur sharing to support new v3 API

Imgur online image service integration in Screenpresso is used by a lot of people. We completely reworked Screenpresso to support the new API version 3 of Imgur.

Bug Fixes

– We fixed watermark display issue in settings window.
– We removed Minus integration since it was not used anymore.
– We fixed zoom issue in built-in image editor when “Undo” button was clicked

• Capture: quick capture form is now hidden from ALT+TAB
• Capture: OCR now supports Japanese
• Capture: added a button in OCR window to be able to remove lines feed
• Capture: clicking the systray balloon when it is displayed now opens workspace
• Editor: it is now possible to move to next or previous image using PageUp and PageDown keys
• Editor: document’s name is now displayed in Windows’ spool window when printing
• Editor: it is now possible to copy an item and paste it in another application
• Sharing: improved Imgur sharing
• New code signing certificate using sha256, according to Microsoft’s rules for 2016

Download it or check for update to get the FREE update:
http://www.screenpresso.com/docs/how_to_update_to_the_latest_version.pdf

Important information: Microsoft OneDrive has been updated and now registers ‘Print Screen’ key shortcut by default. You should disable OneDrive’s new shortcut via its preferences for Screenpresso to be able to register its shortcuts or change Screenpresso ones. Refer to our FAQ for more information.

You may have miss powerful features of Screenpresso built-in image editor.

Prerequisites: How to open the editor ?

If not already installed, download and install Screenpresso:

• Open the workspace with the list of your captures
• Double click on the image to edit
• or select the image and click on the edit button

1) Add arrows like a Pro

Different arrows are available, simple ones can be bended.

2) Spotlight areas of the screen

Focus your reader attention to some specific parts.

3) Describe a step by step process with the step tool

Quickly highlight a series of steps: each click applies the next number in the series.

4) Combine Screenshots

Drag & drop screenshots to create 1 single image, the canvas will be enlarged automatically.

5) Hide confidential data with the blur tool

Hide personal or confidential data right in the editor.

6) Add fancy border effects

Crop, add drop shadow, rounded corners, reflection, torn edges and more…

7) Copy the text in the screen

Want to copy an message displayed on your screen? Screenshot it and use the built-in OCR.

8) Add missing mouse cursor

Forgot to capture the mouse cursor ? You can add one then.

Want to see more ?

Have a look to this editor demo:

Need assistance ?

Send us an email to contact@screenpresso.com ! Our team is pleased to help you.

In this video tutorial you will learn how to generate PDF files with screenshots and text using Screenpresso “user manual generator” feature.

Transcript

Hi.
Welcome in this Screenpresso tutorial.

You might need to explain some friends or end users how to use a feature of a software. For instance, today I’d like to explain how to change sleep mode of Windows. First I will take some screenshots then associate some texts to them to generate a user manual. Using Screenpresso it will be easy and quick.

So, let’s take the screenshots first.
I want the user to open the startup menu. Now I press Print Screen key to perform the capture. I draw the region to capture, then release the mouse button. Now I want the user to go to Settings window. I can press the Print Screen key again or use the Screenpresso toolbar. As you might see, Screenpresso detects the window so instead of drawing the region to capture, I can perfom a single click. Now I want the user to go to Power and Sleep so I take a capture again. I can use the “Screenshot previous region” to request Screenpresso to capture the same area than my previous screenshot.

Now I have my screenshots, let’s generate the user manual.
I select them then click the “New document”. I can set a title to my user manual. I can change the order of my screenshots and double-click on them to add some texts and annotations. Save, then go to the second screenshot. Highlight the button to be clicked. Save. And finally the third screenshot. My user manual is almost ready. I can change some advanced settings or document template, then change the output file name and select the output file type. It can be PDF fie, Microsoft Word file, HTML or Animated GIF. Please notice that Screenpresso is a standalone tool. IT does not require Microsoft Word to be installed on the computer to generate the file.

OK, so my file is generated. It is opened automatically and I can find my user manual.
As you might have noticed, I made a typo here and I’d like to fix it. I can open Screenpresso, find my PDF file, double-click on it, double-click on the screenshot, click on the item, and fix my typo. Then save and generate the PDF file again.

Now I have my user manual.
I can drag and drop it or publish it using the built-in features of Screenpresso to send it by e-mail or any Cloud based systems.

• New shortcuts engine
• Support for Windows 10 virtual desktops
• Added a shortcut setting for delayed capture
• Custom colors are now persisted
• Added Ctrl+MouseWheel shortcut to workspace for changing thumbnails size

Download it or check for update to get the FREE update:
http://www.screenpresso.com/docs/how_to_update_to_the_latest_version.pdf

New shortcuts engine

When another software registered a shortcut key before Screenpresso (e.g. [Print Screen] key), Screenpresso was failing because of the conflict. In this new version, we reviewed the internal engine and now Screenpresso always takes ownership of the shortcut when it is running. When it exits, it restores the shortcut to the previous owner.

Support for Windows 10 virtual desktops

When you start a capture, Screenpresso automatically detects all visible windows to allow you capturing one of them in just one click. A bug has been fixed and now Screenpresso does not detect anymore windows from other virtual desktops as currently visible.

Added a shortcut setting for delayed capture

Via settings you can now assign a system wild shortcut to start a capture that will starts only after 3 seconds of delay. Delayed capture allows capturing windows that disapear quickly (e.g. tooltips).

Custom colors are now persisted

When you set a custom color anywhere in Screenpresso (e.g. for a drawing item), it is now widely available and persisted even when you restart Screenpresso.

Added Ctrl+MouseWheel shortcut to workspace for changing thumbnails size

When you take a capture, Screenpresso automatically saves it in its workspace and a thumbnail allows to visually retrieve the capture. Now you can hold Control key and use mouse wheel to change the size of these thumbnails.

Others

In this video tutorial you will learn how to efficiently add screenshots to a Microsoft Word document.

Transcript

Hi.
Welcome in this Screenpresso tutorial.

Today I would like to show you how to use Microsoft Word and Screenpresso together to work efficiently. Let’s say I want to explain my end user how to change power setings of Windows. So first of all I open Microsoft Word and type my text. “Click on Windows’ startup button then open ‘Settings'”. “Click System” button. “In ‘Power and Sleep’, change settings”.

OK, now let’s take some screenshots using Screenpresso.
I open Windows’ startup menu, press the [Print Screen] key to start a capture, draw my region, then release the mouse button. I have my capture and I can go to Microsoft Word then press Control and ‘V’ to paste my screenshot. “Click System button”. Again, [Print Screen] key, one single click, go to Microsoft Word, press Control and ‘V’. Now as you can see the workspace always automatically opens when I take a screenshot. This is anoying today because I want to take many screenshots to paste them in Microsoft Word. What I can do is open settings and ask Screenpresso not to open the workspace. Showing ballon tip only will be enought. So now I can take my screenshot and Screenpresso workspace does not open.

Now what we can see is that my screenshots are quite big. I’d like them to be smaller.
I can change the size using Microsoft Word but I have to do this for all of my captures. Again this is not efficient and I can ask Screenpresso to do this for me. Open settings and ask for the image of every screenshots to be resized. I don’t want to change the size for real, I want to keep the same quality. I just want to ask Microsoft Word to display the images smaller. So I take change only the resolution and I have to take my screenshots again. All right, press [Print Screen] key, select the region, then paste. Again the image is big, why is this? Because here I paste the image from the clipboard which does not support DPI resolution. If I want the resolution to be applied, I need to drag and drop the image from workspace to MS Word. There it’s working. Now how can we avoid this since it is still not very efficient? I can ask Screenpresso to copy inside the clipboard not the image itself but the file path to the image. Let’s take the screenshot again. And this time it’s working, the image is smaller. Now I can work very fast.

Another setting: what I can do is add a watermark to all of my screenshots.
Watermark, yes, configure, add the text, change the position of the text, change color, font, and so on. I take also add a logo. Press OK and OK. Now I can take my screenshot again and paste it inside MS Word. There I have my watermark.

Now let’s say I want the mouse cursor to appear in the screenshot.
I can configure this via settings and check ‘Mouse cursor’. I press the [Print Screen] key and this time as you can see the mouse cursor is in. I capture my region and paste in MS Word, the cursor appears.

• Fixed shortcuts engine issue
• Fixed animated GIF issue

Download it or check for update to get the FREE update:
http://www.screenpresso.com/docs/how_to_update_to_the_latest_version.pdf

Fixed shortcuts engine

We have reworked the new system wide shortcut engine for best OS support, mostly under Windows 7. If you are still facing an issue, you may now restore the previous engine: open Screenpresso settings, advanced settings tab, then set ‘ShortcutLegacyMode’ to True.

Fixed animated GIF

If you have a cleanup software like CCleaner running on your computer, previous version of Screenpresso could hang during animated GIF creation.

Others

• Added per monitor DPI support under Windows 10
• Added « NoLoop » setting for animated GIF generation from video recording
• FileCopy sharing feature can now create an archive of files in destination folder
• « SaveAs HTML » feature in workspace now encodes the image as base64
• Fixed crash in Windows’ DLLHost.exe rarely occuring on 64 bits operating system only
• Fixed issue with Google translate without an Internet connection

Download it or check for update to get the FREE update:
http://www.screenpresso.com/docs/how_to_update_to_the_latest_version.pdf

• It is now possible to manualy merge videos (PRO)
• We added quick search to the workspace. Press a key to select next corresponding file
• Images are now copied to clipboard with support of transparency
  (e.g. now you can directly paste a transparent image to PowerPoint)
• Full support of Dropbox API version 2
• Improved Evernote sharing to support video and documents, not just images
• Video encoder is now 64 bits
• Others :
• Capture: fixed display of watermark setting during capture
• Capture: center grip is not displayed anymore before video capture when capturing full screen
• Capture: fixed systray icon not blinking anymore after restarting video recording
• Document: fixed text no being deleted from generated document after deleting a bullet point
• Workspace: deleting a HTML file now also deletes « _files » sub-folder
• Workspace: fixed Screenpresso display at very first startup
• Screenpresso now generates ADMX file instead of ADM file for GPO
• All Screenpresso URLs are now HTTPS instead of HTTP

Download it or check for update to get the FREE update:
https://www.screenpresso.com/docs/how_to_update_to_the_latest_version.pdf