CapTrue

CapTrue is a Microsoft Windows application for creating desktop screenshots easily. It behaves just like the Print Screen button, but allows you to do more in a single key stroke.

Pros: CapTrue works like the print-screen button yet lets the user do more. This application allows one to capture the desktop, window or screen region easily. Video player windows are also supported. That’s an improvement on may screen capture tools which will show a black or a purple rectangle instead of the video player window.

CapTrue can save the screenshots into BMP, PNG or JPG format. Choice of the output format is a simple click on the appropriate radio button on the settings panel. JPEG image have further adjustments possible. One can choose to optimize between file size and quality of the shot. User has control on how to name the screenshots. The name prefix is decided by the user and the application tags a number sequentially starting from a user specified start. Date and time also can be tagged along in the name.

While the default location of screenshots is the temp file, destination file can be specified. That is a useful feature as hunting down the resulting images could be quite an irritation if not know beforehand. An alternate location is copying the resulting screenshots into the clipboard. Make the choice of saving the screenshot images in a file or the clipboard through the settings panel.

Location of the mouse cursor in the screenshots, particularly when demonstrating the use of a software package, is important. CapTrue lets one capture the screenshot including the mouse cursor. The user interaction is through this settings panel and that is easy to use, understand and learn.

Cons: Nothing problematic was noticed.

Overall this is certainly a 4 star package.

CapTrue is Microsoft Windows software for creating desktop screenshots very easily. It behaves just like your Print Screen button, but allows you to do more in a single keypress. It allows you to capture your desktop, window or screen region easily. Video players windows are also supported. No more black rectangles on your screenshots!
Key features:
Video players window capture. Have you noticed black or purple rectangles on your screenshots made with Print Screen button? This is the place where video overlay is. Most of screen capturing software can't deal with overlays. CapTrue can.
Several output file formats. CapTrue can save your screenshot into BMP, PNG or JPG format. You can adjust quality settings for the latter format.
The captured image can be copied into the Clipboard.
Optionally you can also include the mouse cursor into resulting image.