Windows Developer Power Tools

23.7 Grabbing Screenshots with Cropper

Screenshots are vital parts of so many aspects of a developer’s life. You need screenshots for documentation, you need screenshots for change requests, you need screenshots for bug reports...you may even need screenshots to prove your high score on that game that you’re playing instead of fixing those bugs.

Cropper is a simple but powerful tool that lets you quickly create and save screenshots. It’s lightweight, simple to use, and feature-rich.

Cropper at a Glance
Tool	Cropper
Version covered	1.8.0
Home page	http://blogs.geekdojo.net/brian/articles/Cropper.aspx
Power Tools page	http://www.windevpowertools.com/tools/169
Summary	Elegant screen-capture utility with many handy features
License type	Shared Source (see License.rtf in install folder)
Online resources	Author’s blog, email

Getting Started

Cropper is distributed as source or binary files. The binary .zip contains an MSI installer file. Run that, and Cropper will install under the Fusion8 folder in Program Files and on your Start menu.

Tip

Create a MagicWord with SlickRun (discussed earlier in this chapter), and you can launch Cropper with just a few keystrokes.

Using Cropper

Start Cropper, and you’ll see a new icon in your System Tray. Right-clicking on that icon will let you set various configuration options for Cropper, including selecting the output format (Figure 23-25).

Figure 23-25. Cropper’s SysTray ...