Image DeCap

Image DeCap is an efficient and simplistic piece of software designed from the ground up to make it possible for you to capture portions of your screen and share them with the least amount of effort.

The first thing you should know is the fact that this app actually aims to be a modern replacement for the popular, but now outdated, Hyperdesktop. Just like in the case of the last mentioned app, Image DeCap uses the Imgur photo sharing service to upload and share your screenshots.

In the same respect, it also comes with a minimalist user-interface and a compact main window. If you are familiar with Hyperdesktop, you might notice right off the bat that the app comes with an additional feature, namely it makes it possible for you to upload your clipboard text directly to pastebin (a web app for storing plain text).

Arriving at what matters, Image DeCap offers you the possibility to either capture the region of any active window, the whole area of your desktop / screen or custom regions. Despite its evident simplicity, a lot more thought has gone into making Image DeCap than you might originally think.

For example, you can capture custom regions of your screen with a single mouse click on its main window or you can take advantage of the designated keyboard shortcut (CTRL + SHIFT + 4). A nice touch is the fact this feature comes with a small preview window that magnifies the area around your mouse pointer, making it very easy for you to accurately capture screen regions.

Regardless of the chosen screen capturing method, the app automatically displays the screenshot and provides you with a set of basic editing tools. In a few words, you can easily add text or manually draw using a brush tool. What is more, you can choose from a small set of colors for both your brush or the text, as well as increase or decrease their footprint.

Finally, your screenshot is automatically uploaded to Imgur and a link to its location is placed in your computer's clipboard. The whole process is accompanied by small pop-up messages in the system tray.

Clearly, Image DeCap nowhere near the best screen capturing or sharing app out there. But, thanks its overall simplicity and straightforward workflow, it surely is one of the fastest and most lightweight and simplest apps of this type.