Greenshot

Greenshot — Free Download. Screen Capture and Editing
Greenshot is a tool designed for taking screenshots with built-in editing options. It supports multiple export formats and lets you customize the capture process to your specific needs.
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File size: 3.8 MB
The latest version of Greenshot is: 1.3.323
Operating system: Windows, Mac OS
Languages: English
Developer: Jens Klingen, Thomas Braun, Robin Krom
Price: $0.00 USD
  • Selected region capture. Lets you select a specific area of the screen to capture. The selection is made manually with the cursor, adjusting the size as needed. The capture is saved to the clipboard or opened in the editor.
  • Active window capture. Automatically detects the foreground window and captures its content. Includes borders and the title bar, with an option to omit them in advanced settings.
  • Full-screen capture. Captures the entire visible area of the primary monitor. Supports multiple monitors, letting you choose between capturing one or all of them.
  • Built-in editor. Provides tools for modifying screenshots after they are taken. Includes functions such as cropping, highlighting, adding text, arrows, and geometric shapes.
  • Export to file. Saves screenshots in formats such as PNG, JPG, BMP, or GIF. Lets you choose the compression quality and the default save location.
  • Send to printer. An option to print the screenshot directly without saving it. Configurable to adjust paper size and orientation.
  • Upload to servers. Integration with platforms such as Imgur, Flickr, or JIRA. Screenshots are sent automatically and return an accessible link.
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts. Assigns key combinations for each type of capture. Settings can be changed from the options menu.
  • Watermarks. Adds text or images as a watermark on screenshots. Configurable in opacity, position, and size.
  • Office plugin. An add-in that inserts screenshots directly into Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Preserves the original quality and allows later editing.
  • Delayed capture mode. Takes the screenshot after a set amount of time. Useful for capturing context menus or elements that require prior interaction.
  • OCR support. Extracts text from images using optical character recognition. Requires additional plugins to work.

Greenshot was originally developed by Thomas Braun, Jens Klingen, and Robin Krom. The first public version was released in 2007. The program is written in C# and uses the .NET framework. Its development has continued with community contributions, adding features and compatibility with new operating systems. Greenshot remains an open-source project under the GPL license.

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Changelog

Version: 1.3.323
  1. Security: fixed TLS certificate validation that was disabled across the whole process, which left OAuth tokens and plugin uploads (Imgur, Box, Dropbox, Flickr, Confluence, Jira) open to man-in-the-middle attacks.
  2. Security: resolved an out-of-bounds read that could cause a denial of service when handling crafted CF_DIBV5 clipboard data.
  3. Security: prevented server-side request forgery when opening crafted SVG files by stopping Svg.NET from resolving external resources and entities.
  4. Vulnerable dependencies were updated: Inno Setup moves from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2, and log4net from 2.0.15 to 3.3.0.
  5. New configurable Border effect, controlled by a setting in Greenshot.ini.
  6. Improved installer: it now removes more leftover files and plugin folders from earlier Greenshot versions.
  7. Greenshot 1.3 can close itself automatically when the Greenshot 1.4 installer upgrades it through the Windows Restart Manager.
  8. Fixed a crash when opening the editor.
  9. Saving to a locked or inaccessible file is now handled more gracefully.
  10. Fixed a crash when changing the icon size in preferences, along with instabilities caused by disposing a shared font.
  11. Fixed holding CTRL while resizing, which did not behave as expected.
  12. Fixed an error when taking a capture, as well as several region capture crashes.
  13. Line thickness can no longer go outside the allowed range.
  14. Fixed a race condition in editor layout updates.
  15. Fixed the tray icon vanishing permanently in RemoteApp/RAIL sessions.
  16. Fixed inconsistencies when saving to different file formats.
  17. Addressed several toast notification problems, including a cross-thread exception.
  18. Fixed how the OneDrive hotkey settings are processed.
  19. TIFF files are now loaded with WIC instead of ImageSharp.
  20. Updated the en-US language file.

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