8 best alternatives to FastStone Capture as of 2019 - Slant

OBS

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Records to many popular formats

You can record videos in formats such as mp4, flv, mkv, and more. You also have control over the bitrate used. See More

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Needs tutorial to get started

Otherwise it's hard to find out how to record a screen or window. See More

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Free and open source

No subscriptions or payments or licenses. See More

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Overkill for simple projects

Plus the interface is a bit intimidating. See More

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Fast

From the website: "GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming." See More

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Recording a window will not record the menu bar, popup menus or child dialogs

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Extendable

OBS has an API allowing developers to create their own unique plugins, giving them and others complete control of their streaming experience. See More

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Available for Linux, Mac, Windows

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Encoding using H264 (x264) and AAC and file output to MP4 or FLV

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Unlimited number of scenes and sources

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Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

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Greenshot (for Windows)

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Free and open source

Greenshot is licensed under GPL with source code available on BitBucket. See More

Top Con

This version only works on Windows, not Linux nor Mac

However, the same author now has a separate version of Greenshot for iOS, which is available (for a small fee) in the Mac App Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/greenshot/id1103915944 See More

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Freezes screen when you capture

When you enter a capture mode, the screen content is preserved as it was when you started capturing. See More

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Can capture an entire webpage

Instead of just capturing the visible portion of the page, this tool can capture all of the page in one image by scrolling through the page, taking images at set points and then stitching the images together. See More

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Allows annotating, highlighting and obfuscating screenshots

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Can be quickly invoked with the print screen button

Pressing the print screen button will allow you to select the captured area. See More

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Classic UI design makes it easy to use.

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Selecting custom rectangle is the default

Easy to use selection tool with a magnifier to select only the part of the screen that you need. See More

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Snagit

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Good markers for setting the capture area

Simple to choose between full-screen, window or a selected area. See More

Top Con

Pro version costs about $59.94

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Can easily add annotations

The editor allows you to quickly and easily mark and annotate the screen capture. See More

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the inbuilt image editor is not user-friendly

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Includes an image editor

Allows you to adjust the capture, add captions and symbols (arrows, boxes etc). See More

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Can capture screen video

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Allows for delayed capture

Allows you to arrange the screen as you want it captured. Things like opening a popup menu, to have it part of the capture. See More

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Integrates with third party services

Google drive, Twitter, Facebook, email etc. See More

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Mobile app for easily moving screenshots from smartphone to Snagit's editor

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Screenpresso

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Free

Free with all the features available. See More

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Image editor

Built-in image editor to add arrows, balloons, numbered steps, etc.. See More

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Video

Can create .mp4 videos. See More

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ShareX

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Free and open source

ShareX is licensed under GPL with source code available on GitHub. See More

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Capturing (screen, video, a window, etc.) with annotation + automation

Capturing (screen, video, a window, etc.) with annotation + automation makes for some powerful workflows. Annotation is key for research on any project size. Capturing screenshots, editing them ("annotating"), converting to a PNG, removing the background to make a transparent version, saving to google drive, creating large+med+sm sizes, uploading thumbnails, is an example of a workflow you could create. The list goes on... You'll find the same strength & depth in features for image handling also for text, videos, other files by type, and on and on.. See More

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Allows uploading to a vast number of different services

Designed as file uploader in the first place, ShareX supports overhelming amount of services for you to upload your files to and the list is expanding. See More

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Freezes screen when you capture

When you enter a capture mode, the screen content is preserved as it was when you started capturing by default. However there is a special "Light" mode where the screen does not freeze. See More

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Customizable

You can choose what shortcut key to bind your command to, as well what host it uploads the file to. See More

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Can capture video too

Apart from still images, ShareX allows the user to record unlimited video with all the options available for normal image capture. See More

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Has an editor

It has its own screen editing tool. See More

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Platforms:Windows

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