Unlike other capture programs which do not permit you to move the "grabber" once you start the capture, Capture Express allows you to toggle between a stretch mode and a move mode by right clicking on the mouse. So if you didn't quite get your alignment correct when you started your capture, simply click on the right mouse button and move the grabber to the correct alignment. Other programs will require you to abort the whole capture process and start again in the hope that you get the correct alignment.

Besides capturing basic Screens, Windows and rectangular areas, Capture Express allows you to capture items in a variety of shapes. Optionally place borders around the shapes and choose a masking color for the exterior of the shape. Some of the shapes available include rounded rectangles, circles, ellipses, diamonds, triangles, stars and other user defined shapes such as an octagon or house figure shape. Print, save or email your captured images.

Features

Many of the features found in Capture Express are listed below. Besides being extremely easy to use, the program produces great images with a minimum of effort.

What to Capture

Capture Entire Screen

Capture Window

Capture Window Client Area

Capture Shapes

Rectangle and Rounded Rectangle

Square and Rounded Square

Ellipse

Circle

Triangle Up, Down, Left or Right

Diamond

Star (User defined Star Shape)

5 User Defined Polygons

Optionally place borders around the shapes and choose a masking color for the exterior of the shape.

How to Capture

Choose between Dotted Outline, Dashed Outline, and Reverse Video for highlighting captured area.

When capturing areas, dimensions of image being captured are always displayed along with instructions on how to toggle between move and stretch modes.

When capturing areas, toggle the right mouse button to adjust the outline of the image, without having to restart the capture.

Reduce the number of steps needed to save images using the Automatic Capture method.

Enter rectangle dimensions to easily capture exact sized images.

Use the Try Again button to repeat similar captures.

Define Automatic Repeating captures to repeatedly capture the same area. Useful to see what is happening on a computer over time.

Optionally use Delay settings to better capture drop down menu items or other images that tend to disappear as soon as the mouse is moved.

Choose from hundreds of hotkeys for Manual and Automatic capture activation.

After Capture

Save and load images in .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .png and .tif formats.

Select the resolution and/or compression level for each image format.

Adjust for smaller file sizes or for higher image resolution.

Email Image using either the built-in email client or your default MAPI compatible email client.

Copy image to clipboard for quick pasting to other applications.

Choose the print scale or let the program automatically set the print scale for the image so the printed image is the same size as it appears on screen.

View multiple images at the same time, like post-it notes for your computer screen.

Other

Free technical support.

Free updates for any version 2.x release of Capture Express.

Once Capture Express is running, it remains hidden in the background just waiting to be sprung to life. It jumps into action by pressing a hot key. Once the hot key has been pressed, a window similar to the one below appears allowing you to choose your capture option. It will be set to your preferred default as set in the configuration section of the program. If you want to use the default, simply hit the enter key or click on the capture button. Capture Express hides itself again and the capture begins.

The screen similar to the one below will pop up when you have completed the initial screen capture. This screen allows you to do one or more of seven defined actions with your freshly captured image. One of the options will be automatically chosen for you as the default option which can be set in the configuration section of the program. All actions can also be invoked by right clicking on the image.

The screen below depicts the Email Image dialog which allows you to send the image you have captured to a friend or associate via email. The image may be sent as in .bmp, jpg, gif, png, or .tif file and it will appear as a file attachment in the recipient's email.

Use the preferences dialog to select the HotKey used to activate a capture, choose what to capture, what action to take after the capture, and enter your email settings. Set other options such as Automatic and Automatic Repeating Captures.

Save quick notes on the screen by viewing a captured image. Keep snippets of information handy as you work in other programs.

Keep multiple quick notes on your screen.

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