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FastStone Capture
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Output to clipboard or any of a dozen formats
Such as saving images in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIFF and PDF formats as well as the screen recorder saving videos in the WMV (Windows Media Video) format.
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It has no feature to trim edges after scrolling capture
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Great capture flexibility, from full screen to freehand region
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The most lightweight, full featured snapshot for Windows.
This responsive, lightweight screenshot will probably be your favorite if you really run it through the test, A scrolling window capture that works, integrated image joining, scanner support, good magnified preview when setting boundaries, support for video capture and editing. Free upgrades for paid version with option for portable. Closest alternatives to feature set are Snagit and Shared, but this one feels much snappier with just the right features for the majority of people. Try it, you will not regret.
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Onboard editing, or output to external programs
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Hotkeys
You can assign hotkeys for everything. Current setup is: F5 - Fixed rectangle capture F6 - Custom (drag a square) rectangle capture F7 - Video capture 30fps F8 - Fullscreen capture F9 - Scroll fullscreen capture F10 - Summon FS to appear if hidden.
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You can capture disappearing items
When capture hotkey pressed - FSC will pause all functions going on in your screen so you can capture website dropdown menu for example, which would disappear otherwise when you leave the website window to press the capture tool.
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Unobtrusive
Always available via hotkey, doesn't interfere with any programs or operations.
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Platforms:
Windows
Video Formats:
WMV
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Snagit
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8
Cons
2
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Includes an image editor
Allows you to adjust the capture, add captions and symbols (arrows, boxes etc).
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Pro version costs about $59.94
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Good markers for setting the capture area
Simple to choose between full-screen, window or a selected area.
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the inbuilt image editor is not user-friendly
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Can easily add annotations
The editor allows you to quickly and easily​ mark and annotate the screen capture.
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Can capture screen video
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Integrates with third party services
Google drive, Twitter, Facebook, email etc.
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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.
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Can capture editable text
Just about any text on the screen can be editable text. I say "just about" because it's like OCR software in that unusual and extra fancy fonts or text against a low contrast background may be a challenge. But overall it works in most situations.
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Mobile app for easily moving screenshots from smartphone to Snagit's editor
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
Video Formats:
MP4, GIF
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Bandicam Screen Recorder
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3
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2
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Recording time limitation
If you use a free version, you can only record 10 minutes per recording.
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Real-time Drawing while recording
You can simultaneously add arrows, boxes, numbers or highlights while recording.
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Free version has watermark
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Screen Recording + Game Recording + Webcam Recording
You can record not only your computer screen but also your gameplay and webcam.
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Webcam overlay while recording
You can simply add webcam video of yourself on the video that you are recording.
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Platforms:
Windows
Video Formats:
MP4, AVI
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OBS
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8
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3
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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.
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Recording a window will not record the menu bar, popup menus or child dialogs
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Free and open source
No subscriptions or payments or licenses.
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Overkill for simple projects
Plus the interface is a bit intimidating.
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Available for Linux, Mac, Windows
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Needs tutorial to get started
Otherwise it's hard to find out how to record a screen or window.
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Live streams
Can be used to stream.
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Fast
From the website: "GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming."
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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.
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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
Video Formats:
MP4, FLV, MKV
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ShareX
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8
Cons
4
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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.
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Too complicated
This is extremely customizable, but extremely complex! If you want something simple and intuitive out of the box, stay away from ShareX.
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Free and open source
ShareX is licensed under GPL with source code available on GitHub.
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Privacy concern
Can upload screenshots to web without you realizing, unable to delete or reverse process.
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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.
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Scrolling window capture doesn't work always as expected
Sometimes might need to use another screen capture software to capture a scrolling page.
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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.
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The editor is rather simplistic
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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.
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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..
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Has an editor
It has its own screen editing tool.
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It has a dead simple way for creating animated GIFs
It is great for creating software tutorials or highlighting new features in a sales function - nothing beats a well-placed animated GIF in an email.
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Platforms:
Windows
Technology:
C#
Video Formats:
GIF
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Vokoscreen
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8
Cons
1
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Webcam support
An adjustable size window with your webcam feed can be positioned to your desired place on the screen.
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Does not automatically use webcam or microphone
You need to manually select your webcam and microphone each time unless you are using the default one.
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Fullscreen, window and area capture
You can choose to use the software to capture all of your workspace, a select area or a specific window.
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High quality video
Vokoscreen offers the high quality h264 and mpeg4 codecs for encoding and avi and mkv formats for storing the video.
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Easy to set up and use
Vokoscreen has an easy to understand tabbed interface.
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Can hide mouse cursor
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Multilingual
Vokoscreen's GUI has been translated in over 25 languages.
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Zoom-in/out shortcuts
You can choose to use magnification and set shortcut keys for zooming in and zooming out.
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Active development
Vokoscreen is always under development, the latest versions can be found here.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux
Technology:
C++, Qt
Video Formats:
mkv, avi, webm, mp4, mov, gif
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Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder
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Start from a web page
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Free to use
The free version is easy to use.
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So easy to use.
If you have an internet connection, in two minutes your video will be done. Basic and essential features included.
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Annotations
Annotations and drawings can be added to the video.
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Platforms:
Windows, Android, Web
Video Formats:
MP4, WMV, AVI, FLV, MPEG, VOB, ASF, GIF
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PicPick
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Includes many other useful tools
Image editor, color picker, color palette, screen-ruler, etc.
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Free for personal use
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Many options to configure how the screenshot is done
There are many options to configure the way a screenshot is done: selection (whole screen, active window, rectangle, hand-drawn form) timeout (very useful when you like to show that pop-up or that mouse-over effect)
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Intuitive image editor
Screen captures can directly be opened in the included image editor, which provides many tools you need all the time on screenshots: drawing on it, cropping, blurring, color correction, etc.
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Has a portable version
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Platforms:
Windows
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Screenpresso
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4
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Image editor
Built-in image editor to add arrows, balloons, numbered steps, etc..
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Branding
Branding in HD video capture of the free version.
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Video
Can create .mp4 videos.
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Works fine with 4k screens
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Portable version
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Platforms:
Windows
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ScreenFlow
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4
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Creates large (e.g. mp4) files
Work-around: Export using lossless codec, then use Handbrake to create your production mp4.
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Can export to animated GIFs
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Free version produces virtually unusable content
The free trial adds a large watermark to the middle of the screen which makes the video virtually unusable. Most trials expire after a week or two, however the content you create with them can still be used.
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Non-expiring trial available
The free trial never expires, however it will place a sizable "Demo Mode' watermark over the middle of the screen which makes the content unusable for anything other than trying it out.
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Suitable for novices and experts alike
Start creating vanilla screencasts. Continue exploring a plethora of presentation and editing features. You won't ever grow out of this "shirt".
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Records your iOS device too
You can plug your iOS device into your Mac, and record the screen through your Mac. You can find details on how to do this here.
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ShadowPlay
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GPU accelerated encoding
If you want to record 1080p 60fps, this will get you there. If you were having performance issues using CPU encoding before, Shadowplay will most likely work 10x better that you swear that it doesn't appear to be recording at all.
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Nvidia cards only
Only works with Nvidia cards, so those with AMD cards will not be able to use this app.
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Allow recording video after the fact
ShadowPlay can set up a recording buffer and only save to a local file if needed.
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Windows
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Greenshot (for Windows)
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Pros
7
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Scrolling window capture is only working in Internet Explorer
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Free and open source
Greenshot is licensed under GPL with source code available on BitBucket.
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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
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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.
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Allows annotating, highlighting and obfuscating screenshots 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Classic UI design makes it easy to use.
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Flameshot
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3
Cons
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Pin tool
Pin screenshots on screen so that you won't have to scroll up and down to find something in a long document all the time.
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No delay for area shot
It can not add a delay for an area shoot.
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Edit and copy on the fly
Write texts, draw rectangles, circles, and arrows on a screenshot and copy all on the fly or save the edited picture to disk. You can change colors, sizes and widths of all the elements the tool provides.
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Upload to Imgur
Take a screenshot and upload to Imgur with a click.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
License:
GPLv3
Tethered capture:
YES
Non-Distructive Editing:
YES
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Lightshot
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Pros
4
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4
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Includes an image editor
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No blur function
Some screen capture tools offer the option to blur parts of the image to hide sensitive info. It would be great if Lightshot did the same.
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Clean interface
In spite of some drawbacks, the clean and easy to use interface is awesome.
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Cannot change the size of the text
There seems to be no way to make the text bigger or smaller when writing on the screen capture, which is a huge minus compared to MonoSnap.
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Available for macOS, Windows, or as a Chrome plugin
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No publicly available license
No publicly available license and inquiries to the developer were not responded to.
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Freezes the screen using print screen key
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Cannot change the image hosting service
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Chrome, Firefox
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Monosnap
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Pros
5
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Easy drag and drop saving and uploading
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Annotation tools for both screenshots and during video recording
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Screenshots and Screencasts in the same app
Nice to have one less app running all the time.
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Free
It costs nothing.
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Able to upload directly after recording or capturing
Very convenient especially when doing stuff like writing documentation or blog where you can just paste the hotlink directly.
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Open Broadcaster Software
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Pros
10
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Free, open source and cross-platform
OBS is licensed under GPLv2 with code available on GitHub. It's available on Windows, OSX and Linux.
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GUI may be hard to navigate for beginners
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Stream settings are extremely customizable
Open Broadcaster lets you add different streaming profiles, each with its own settings. Each profile can have its keyboard shortcut to start or stop recording, custom resolution, frames per second or even the audio codec of choice.
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Difficult to configure
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Has over 20 plugins that enhance functionality
OBS has over 20 plugins to choose from, including one's that allow adding video files and any other media supported by VLC as a source, integrating Twich chat and switching scene depending on what window is in focus.
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Can't output to multiple streams at once (planned)
Ability to stream to multiple outputs is planned.
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Supports Intel's Quick Sync for faster and more power efficient video processing
Quick Sync is hardware video encoding and decoding technology that's comparable in speed, compression ratio and quality to x264. Since Quick Sync is a dedicated hardware core on the processor die, it allows for faster and more power efficient video processing.
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Captures overlays even when told not to
This software has had a bug for several years where it will capture the Steam overlay and other overlays. This is problematic because your private conversations can be viewed by anyone watching your current or past streams. Privacy issues are a major reason to avoid this software.
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Light resource usage
Open Broadcaster uses relatively fewer resources than competitors, especially when streaming using Game Mode and by limiting the number of frames per second to 60 or lower.
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Does not support ASIO
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Several capture types supported
There are multiple capture types that can be used to stream. By clicking in "Sources Window", you can add the type that you need. Windows Capture_, for example, as the name suggests, captures the windows. _Monitor Capture is similar but captures the window regardless of where it was, this way you can for example capture the whole monitor or a sub-region of the screen. But the most important capture type by far is _Game capture_, which allows users to record full screen captures of games.
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Cannot record to multiple audio tracks with Replay Buffer (planned)
It's possible in regular recording though.
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Streams to most live streaming video platforms
OBS can stream to any RTMP-enabled service, including Twitch, YouTube, DailyMotion, and Hitbox.
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Does not yet support H.265/HEVC video encoding
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New GUI
Version 22.0.2 for Windows has a new simpler to use interface with a multitude of easily accessible settings.
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Corrupt recording
When recording videos of more than 20 minutes of recording, the MP4 recording destroys you.
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Scene previewing allowed in Studio Mode
OBS allows to look at scenes before streaming them in Studio Mode.
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Impossible to streaming live
Lost frames increase over time and audio-video desynchronization occurs.
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Simple user interface
Open Broadcaster has a clean and simple interface that is easy to understand even for people who have never used a streaming application before. It has a "Start Streaming" button on the bottom, which, when clicked lets you stream from your chosen source.
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Can't link to an audio file as a source
You can download a plugin called DirectShow Audio Source, but you're only given options to use audio inputs (mic, speakers, etc...). You cannot simply select a wav or mp3 file to loop (going AFK or BRB for example).
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OS:
Windows 7, 8, 8.1 And 10; Mac OS X 10.9 or newer, Linux
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ScreenTake
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5
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Pros
3
Cons
2
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Cloud
Allows upload to cloud, a shareable link is created.
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No timer
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Animated gifs
Allows capturing animated gifs.
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Rectangles only
Only rectangular screen capture possible at the moment.
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Annotations
Allows annotations.
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SnapDraw
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Pros
2
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Annotations
Lot's of choice in annotations, balloons and auto numbering.
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Interface
The user interface is a bit convoluted, and takes a while to get used to.
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Projects
Can save projects so you can edit the objects like text, arrows and shapes later.
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Irfanview
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Pros
10
Cons
7
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Some editing tools included (cropping, color correcting, etc...)
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GIF viewing is buggy
GIF viewing has longstanding problems like flickering, incorrect framerate or artifacts, and it is very unlikely that it will be ever fixed.
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Lots of plugins available
Plugins can be found here.
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Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer crashes on accessing AVI files
For some reason, the Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer crashes when it tries to access any .AVI movie file.
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Batch processing
Even exif information can be batch processed.
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No transparency support
The alpha is converted to the selected background color upon opening a picture. When saving the picture again, you can select a color which is converted to alpha again.
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Recognizes virtually any image format
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Missing some utilities
Like browsing files utility.
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You can just scroll with your mouse to explore images
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Preferences are hard to find
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Ultra fast
If you press and hold the right-arrow button (for displaying the next image), you can watch images pass by as if they are a video, it's that fast. No stuttering, it loads images as fast as your hard drive can keep up.
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Windows only
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Lightweight
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UI is far from ideal
Sometimes the interface is confusing.
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Can use 8bf (Photoshop) filters
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Easy updates
Very easy to update the program and its associated plugins.
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Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer is a convenient way to view all image files easily
Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer is a great way to view thumbnails of all image files, including thumbnails of WMF files which Windows cannot natively display.
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Platforms:
Windows
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Spectacle
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Cons
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Free and open source
Spectacle is licensed under MIT with source code available on GitHub.
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Not maintained
The software is free, but no longer seems to be maintained.
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Simple hotkeys
Spectacle offers easy-to-remember preset hotkeys.
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Impossible to add new functions
While keyboard shortcuts can be changed for the available actions, there is no way to add custom actions which in turn limits the functionality of the app.
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Mouseless
All windows in Spectacle can be controlled with keyboard shortcuts, so no mouse is needed. This makes for a fast way to control windows.
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Limited window sizing capabilities
You can use 1/2 of the screen vertically and horizontally (divide into 4 parts). You can also use the screen in thirds too, but only the left and right third: you can't use the 1/3 in the center. There is no way to do a more granular distribution.
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Great UX
Spectacle is easy to use and configure. It's plug and play.
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Breaks on macOS High Sierra / Chrome or Firefox
Doesn't support side by side windows.
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Low footprint
Spectacle only uses up 18-19 MB of RAM, which means there is not much overhead by using this app.
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Doesn't work with any Adobe products
There are some apps like Adobe Reader that do not work with Spectacle. Basically, any app with a heavily customized UI that breaks OS X accessibility will not work correctly under Spectacle.
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Multi-monitor support
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7+ years of use
Using it for 7 years
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