Tuesday, September 9, 2008

QScreenSnap - Free UIQ3 Screencapture Program

After trying a few different screen capture applications on my W960i I decided to use QScreenSnap. 
My reasons for this was:
  • It is freeware
  • It is simple to use
  • It adds enough settings without overcomplicating the program
The user interface consist of two tabbed screens namely "General" and "Timing"

 On the General screen you can change:
  • The location where images are saved (by tapping on "Select Folder")
  • The image format (jpeg, bmp, png)
  • The option to show the floating window or not
  • The option to hide the floating window when capturing

On the Timing screen you can change:
  • The Capture Count (from 1 to 100) - this is how many times screen will be captured from a single tap on the floating icon.
  • The Capture Interval (from 1 to 120) - this is the delay between a tap on the icon and the screen being captured
I changed my save folder to C:\Media Files\Picture\Screenshot\ so that the captured images are seperate from other images in my Pictures folder.
(The default is C:\Media Files\Picture\)

I also tried the different image formats and could not see a noticable difference in quality between the three. The image size however varied a bit and I got the following results by capturing the same screen in different formats.
  • .bmp - 226kb
  • . jpg -    19kb
  • . png -    52kb
I set both the Capture Count and the Capture Interval to 1. 

To sum up - this is a simple application that achieves what it is meant to with the minimum of effort from the user.

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