May 25th, 2012· [MinorChange] Changed default single tray click action to do nothing (change from shortcuts options tab).
· [MinorChange] The delay set in WindowCapture1 is now used after moving a window that is partially offscreen when performing a transparent window capture.
· [MinorFix] On minimized startup, SC will avoid checking for existing of screenshot and MoveTo directories -- useful for network share screenshot directories.
· [MinorFeature] System tray icon menu items to open last image in viewer or editor.
· [MinorFeature] Added pop-up context menu to file info/comments panel.
· Feature] Added option to automatically watermark and/or zupload new screenshots.
· [Feature] When applying bluring/interlacing/hiding effects, the transparency of the image is now flattened, to avoid leakage of information that could occur with transparency interactions.
· [Feature] New option (checked by default) to get actual scan DPI after scanning.
· [Feature] Image captions now support multiline captions (use \n).
· [Feature] Image captions now support %filememo% for contents of the file memo box.
· [Feature] Image captions now include left and center align options.
· [Feature] You can now have captions auto-applied to new screenshots.
· [Feature] You can now have captions automatically added to printouts (can be used to print date, application name, contents of below-image file memo, etc.)
April 17th, 2012· [BugFix] Panel height for resizable bottom info panel was not being saved/restored between runs.
· [Feature] Selection (marching ants) is now shown live in the bottom left zoom panel (cursor location is now shown more clearly too).
· [BugFix] Dirty files are saved prior to executing a zupload action (ensures you dont upload a file that has changed but not been saved yet).
· [Feature] Added cancel button in options to abandon any changes made in options dialog.
· [Feature] Installer now has checkbox to start-with-windows (unchecked by default); you can use /MERGETASKS="startforall" if you want to enable this by default during install.
· [Feature] You can now use alt+arrows to nudge upper left corner of selection (use shift+arrows to nudge bottom right corner, plain arrows to move selection box, and ctrl+arrows to adjust both corners).
· [Feature] Color of pixel under cursor is now shown on statusbar menu toolbar; hit Ctrl+Alt+B in main window to copy it to cursor (or use alt+E to choose copy color from Edit menu).
· [MajorFeature] When performing a selected-region capture you can now see a zoomed inset window showing magnified pixel details and precise selection crosshairs; see options for control over the zoom magnification and panel size, and to disable.
· [Feature] You can now move the cursor icon to be captured when performing a selected-region capture; just hit the C key to move it under the mouse. You can even use this to ADD the cursor if you do not have "capture cursor" mode enabled by default.
· [Feature] In selected-region capture you can hit the spacebar to reset the starting selection box position (escape cancels).
· [MinorFeature] Option added to revert to old small crosshairs in selection-region capture mode.
· [BugFix] Using the MoveTo.. menu item to browse to a folder already on the MoveTo list would result in duplicate directories being added.
April 17th, 2012· [BugFix] Moving of screenshots into OLD folder based on dates was not using local time zone, so folder date labels could be off by a few hours.
· [MinorFeature] New option to clear arrow endpoint text when new arrows are created.
· [Feature] From File menu you can now save selected screenshots into one PDF; improve page sizing for PDF files.
· [Feature] New function in File menu to delete all selected files.
· [Feature] Added some system SendTo items to the SendTo folder.
· [Feature] When sending email via MAPI you can now leave TO field blank (to be filled out in your email program).
· [MinorChange] Added longer delay after capturing selected region image with cursor, in order to give time to move cursor to desired position.
· [Feature] After you initiate an object capture, you can now hit the hotkey to trigger it again in order to indicate that the current region should be captured and saved, but object mode left open to capture another; useful for performing several repeat captures.
· [Feature] New option to not show email info dialog when using MAPI.
February 6th, 2012· [MajorFeature] New spice effects (ragged edge, etc.); also available in cropping and in border menu.
· [MajorFeature] Super deluxe scrolling capture system.
· [MajorFeature] Easy watermarking menu and options.
· [MinorFeature] Options to preserve dates when saving modifying screenshot files.
· [MinorFeature] Options to rename when changing content and filename field of files.
· [MinorFeature] Loading an image now shows its creation/modification date in statusbar.
· [BugFix] Fixed rare problem with settings file not saving on networked pcs; added option to not save settings during logoff of user.
· [BugFix] Fixed minor issues when initiating a capture and SC needed to show save-confirmation dialog for previous image.
· [BugFix] You can now capture cursor even in region select capture mode (just move cursor to position quickly after initiating capture); configured delay no longer happens BEFORE start of capture.
· [BugFix] Fixed an access error that could occur if you deleted the first screenshot you take after starting program.
· [BugFix] Arrow text (and text box?) text editing could be really slow sometimes.
· [BugFix] Recent version was failing to edit previous text of arrow labels.
· [BugFix] Email SendTo would add new items even if toemail field was blank.
· [MinorFeature] MoveTo directories can now support things like %APPDIR% etc for more portable configuration.
· [BugFix] Miscelaneous small bug fixes.
November 14th, 2011· [BugFix] Fixed bug where thumbnail panel would not always update after new screenshot.
September 30th, 2011· [BugFix] Fixed a rare problem that was causing truncated full screen screenshots (and enlarged region capture previews) on some users with Windows7 and large fonts.
· [BugFix] Changing some options in Highlight object (circle vs box) were sometimes not being accepted immediately
· [MinorImprovement] Better automatic-sized thumbnail panel on Windows Vista/7 themes.
· [MinorFeature] Added link in help menu to visit page of screencast videos for the program.
· [BugFix] Selected Region grab was sometimes not showing region size hint.
· [MinorImprovement] Selected region capture now shows full screen sized crosshairs at cursor.
· [MinorImprovement] Selected region capture was capturing one pixel margin too much on left and top.
· [MinorImprovement] You can now press spacebar and let go of left mouse during region grab to free the cursor to change grab start location.
· [MinorImprovement] After a Selected region capture, SC forces previously active window to be foreground before copying any image to clipboard -- improves identification of source of image in clipboard tools (see Clipboard Help+Spell).
September 30th, 2011· [BugFix] Better grabbing of active window executable filename (especially with 64bit processed)
· [MinorFeature] Post capture pop-up dialog now has an easy way to configure whether it is shown after captures.
· [MinorFeature] You can now specify a custom path to ZUploader (or event use a different tool in its place)
· [MinorImprovement] Improved size of ellipse border around line arrow text.
· Feature] Line arrow text can now be multi-line (separate with \n)
September 30th, 2011· [Minor Feature] New checkbox in SaveAs dialog to strip all metadata on save (remembers last setting)
· [Feature] You can now set blend mode for highlight boxes and text boxes -- lets you keep the text underneath clearly visible.
· [BugFix] Increased speed of object editing.
· [BugFix] SaveAs would lock the destination folder from deletion; fixed.
· [Minor Feature] You can now set the background color for text labels on arrows.
· [BugFix] Spliceout was not preserving alpha transparency.
· [Minor Feature] Splice out operation now asks about vertical or horizontal if its not clear from selection.
· [Minor Feature] You can now set a custom capture sound.
· [Minor Feature] You can now set origin point styles for arrow line label text.
· [BugFix] Increased height margin for line arrow text label borders.
· [Feature] Added support and help for the excellent free open source 3rd party uploader tool ZUploader (from the makers of the screenshot tool ZScreen); supports auto or tool-based upload to various image hosting sites like imageshack, and many more.
September 8th, 2011· [Minor Feature] New checkbox in SaveAs dialog to strip all metadata on save (remembers last setting)
· [Feature] You can now set blend mode for highlight boxes and text boxes -- lets you keep the text underneath clearly visible.
· [BugFix] Increased speed of object editing.
· [BugFix] SaveAs would lock the destination folder from deletion; fixed.
· [Minor Feature] You can now set the background color for text labels on arrows.
· [BugFix] Spliceout was not preserving alpha transparency.
· [Minor Feature] Splice out operation now asks about vertical or horizontal if its not clear from selection.
· [Minor Feature] You can now set a custom capture sound.
· [Minor Feature] You can now set origin point styles for arrow line label text.
· [BugFix] Increased height margin for line arrow text label borders.
September 8th, 2011· [BugFix] Fixed bug where typing text on arrow labels could become very slow; fix should speed up text editing in all cases, and improve anti-alias look of memo and line text; try 2.
· [Minor Feature] Transparency of memo boxes and labels now excludes text, which is always opaque.
· [Minor Feature] Early first attempt at improved arrow connection points on labeled lines.
September 8th, 2011· [MinorFeature] You can now reselect the last selection region location (see Edit menu); useful for selecting same area in multiple files, or reselection region after an undo.
· [MinorFeature] Added new option to help aero transparency capture of child windows; note that you now have to make sure the child window is off of the parent background form to get a good aero capture.
· [Feature] Added GoTo menu for quick jumping between favorite folders; moved some File menu items into it. Startup screenshot folder auto-added to list.
· [MinorFeature] Added option to hide tray icon completely; not recommended.
· [BugFix] Captures from Opera did not get url;
· [BugFix] Captures from chrome on https pages had incorrect urls in notes.
· [Feature] Added commandline screenshot emailing option, and includes the sendmail.exe commandline tool; useful for people who need to be able to send secure smtp emails or who want to use a custom batch file for sending emails. (If you plan to use this feature you need to download the sendEmail executable from http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/).
· [MinorFeature] Built with lastest shell browser library for thumbnail panel.
· [BugFix] Update check dialog could be missing Close button.
· [BugFix] Last build may not have been configured to use the new CommonControls from windows, which fix a few bugs mentioned in past updates).
June 7th, 2011· [BugFix] When capturing scans, the previous screencapture active window info could be kept in image comments.
· [MinorFeature] Added Pixelate *outside* region special effect.
· [Feature] Fixed bug in sorting by date and added new options to sort by either creation date or lastmodification date.
June 7th, 2011· [BugFix] Windows 7 (vista?) could give error on startup about inability to create a .redirect file for update checker.
March 23rd, 2011· Great multimon support
February 16th, 2011· [BugFix] Attempt to fix bug where thumbnail panel was sometimes not updating on new images.
· [BugFix] Manifest was not being embedded leading to beep sound when selecting items in thumbnail or capturing screenshots (mostly under Windows Vista).
November 22nd, 2010· [MinorFeature] Mini-update checking now included even without use of DcUpdater tool.
· [MinorFeature] Move-to folders are not checked for existence if they are UNC network paths.
· [BugFix] Attempt to fix bug where deleting multiple images could result in error reloading refreshing thumbnails.
· [BugFix] Attempt to fix bug where post capture popup form was shown in front of options and sendto form.
October 8th, 2010· [MinorFeature] Exe version info will now be synchronized with official program version info; should make it easier to use 3rd party update checkers.
October 8th, 2010· [MinorFeature] The active window filename fields that can be used in file naming or info templates now do not include the file extension (.exe)
· [BugFix] Adding an image caption was not setting file dirty, and so not prompting you to save changes if you select a new image.
· [MinorFeature] Trying to get SC to handle network paths (start with //) better for screenshot and moveto directories.
· [BugFix] Copying image with transparency to clipboard left big black areas where semi-transparency should be.
October 8th, 2010· [MinorFeature] Tools directory is rescanned and tools refreshed after closing the Edit Tools dialog (saves you from having to exit program and restart).
August 19th, 2010· [HelpFile] Updated the information on using Ctrl+Shift trick with the MoveTo menu, and changed behavior slightly -- thanks lanux!
· [MinorFeature] Browse for new screenshot folder now lets you put in path manually if you want.
· [BugFix] If you switch or rename image files while editing a text box object on a newly created text box, you lose the text.
· [MinorFeature} You can now hold the Ctrl key while using the "move to.." menu item
June 2nd, 2010· [Feature] New "Splice" commands in SpecialFx menu -- allow you to splice out horizontal or vertical regions, like banners. Good for removing ad regions in screenshots, etc.
May 5th, 2010· [MajorFeature] Completely re-rewritten new method for capturing Aero Glass themed Semi-transparent windows on Vista and Windows 7. Based on an approach described by Ian Griffiths (http://www.interact-sw.co...g/2007/01/30/recoveralpha), with several tweaks for automatic border detection and improved color handling. A new options tab ("Windows Capturing") was added to control the various options for it. Note that by default SC will preserve the entire transparency recovered from the window; this will allow you to composite the screenshot in graphics editing software with it's original semi-transparent regions and effects. By default SC will attempt to remove the shadow effect imparted by Aero, but you can change this on the Windows Capture option tab.
· [MinorChange] Changed default hotkey for capturing active window to Ctrl+PrtScr (the previous default of Alt+PrtScr was very stupid decision since the Alt key can activate menus)
· [BugFix] SC was refusing to capture certain windows like Google Chrome; errors in capturing are now reported better.
· [BugFix] With the option to remove border shadow, full screen active window captures were being eaten into; SC now ignores this option on maximized apps.
· [MinorFeature] Removed aero capture delay setting - SC should now capture as fast as it can and lengthen delay when needed.
· [BugFix] Hopefully eliminated bug where aero capture could be blank if screen refresh did not happen fast enough.
December 24th, 2009· [Feature] New option to auto-file older screenshots into a subdirectory based on date -- useful in keeping your workspace cleaner.
· [Minor Feature] You can now use Ctrl+A in the thumbnail panel to select all files.
· [BugFix] Fix for thumbnail creation flickering.
· [Minor Feature] When capturing desktop and no active window is selected; instead of the file comments saying "explorer.exe" they say "Desktop"
· [Minor Feature] Transparency tool setting was not being saved between runs.
· [Minor Feature] Added list of capture types you can trigger from commandline.
· [Minor Feature] Fixed the "-printnext" commandline option.
November 30th, 2009· [MinorFeature] In addition to existing commandline options, you can now just pass filename or directory name on commandline to open that file or directory, which makes SC suitable for using as an "Open With" program (also unminimizes from tray when launched in this way, even if already running).
· [MinorFeature] You can pass "-scan" commandline option to initiate a scan -- note that you can do this even if Screenshot Captor is already running -- it will trigger a scan in the existing running instance.
· [Feature] When you rename a file using the "Name:" box, SC no longer forces a resave of the file, which could result in image degradation and an updated file date; it now does a pure file rename (object file as well) if nothing but filename has changed (and extension is unchanged of course). If you change the file extension from the "Name:" box, a new file will be created.
· [MinorFeature] Added bottom+right border effect
· [Feature] You can now cancel an autoscroll capture by hitting the escape key.
November 16th, 2009· [BugFix] In latest version a bug was introduced where if you changed screenshot directories you couldnt load images from the new directory (it always reverted to the old directory).
October 27th, 2009· [MinorFeature] PDF files are now saved with better compression.
· [Feature] You can now ask SC to autosave scans as PDF files in a specific directory, and to auto-open if desired.
· [Feature] New PDF save button on scanner toolbar saved current image to specific directory; can be used to save multiple images to one multi-page pdf.
· [BugFix] Toolbar positions were sometimes not being remembered.
August 28th, 2009· [MinorFeature] You can now set the color of the thumbnail panel.
· [MinorFeature] Interface Options now split into two tabs.
· [BugFix] Triggering zoom-to-selection was reducing the selection size by one pixel on right and bottom edge.
· [BugFix] Option to grab scanner background was not happening early enough so sometimes autoselection of foreground was not working in scanner captures.
· [MinorFeature] SC now asks for confirmation when using the Delete All action.
· [BugFix] When thumbnail panel was disabled completely, changes to the current file by an external tool were not detected.
· [BugFix] Thumbnail/file panel was not being updated after unhiding it.
· [BugFix] SC was not remembering what monitor it was last on in multi-monitor configurations. sorry!
· [BugFix] SC was moving to primary monitor after a region capture.
· [BugFix] Post-capture dialog was showing on primary monitor regardless of main form position.
August 28th, 2009· [MajorFeature] Full support of scanning functionality -- you can now use SC as your scanning tool of choice.
· [MinorFeature] Discarding an image from quick popup now clears the image display, and doesn't perform any postcapture stuff.
· [MinorFeature] Image Effects/Color Dialog is now forced to a large size over the original image.
· [Feature] New second-instance commandline option passing; you can now pass commandline arguments when you call Screenshot Captor, and if an instance is already running -- these arguments will be passed to the FIRST instance while the second silently exits.
· [Feature] New commandline arguments to begin a scan or initiate a capture.
· [Feature] Screenshot Captor now registers itself as a potential target of Windows WIA/ImageCapture services -- so scanner buttons can be programmed to launch it and initiate a capture (or call with -scan on commandline manually).
June 27th, 2009· Carriage return characters in filename (from variable field replacements) were causing file save errors; now converted to underscores.
· Used HamRadio's new icons for system tray.
· You can now specify separators in your custom tool configuration by using - as the title.
· You can now create external .sctool tool configuration files.
· Added new filename actions for external tool launching that forces files saved with no objects (and re-adds object after).
· If you use the %fileplain% field when launching tools now, it will pass the image file without objects, and continually reload it and add back objects when it changes.
May 22nd, 2009· Cursor was not being captured in object/region modes
· New program icon (thanks Hamradio!)
· Adding hotkey shortcuts to mouseover hints on SC toolbar buttons.
· Redbox object capture could sometimes capture the red borders.
· Sort by date of thumbnail panel was failing on users who have file extensions hidden.
· Sorting in details mode now works and user can sort on any column.
· Maybe fixed a problem with SC hanging after capture on rare occasions.
May 17th, 2009· Fixed annoying beep on restoring window from minimization.
· Fixed bug where SC could crash when capturing windows who have client maximized outside normal window area (Photoshop full screen mode).
· Tried to fix errors when SC is trying to save a blank filename or an illegal filename; now SC will try to shorten a filename which is too long, or add a default filename if the constructed one is blank.
· Improved error and instructions if file failed to save.
· Starting adding icons in program menus.
· Option to open SaveAs folder after doing a save as.
March 19th, 2009· Fixed rare bug that could cause an exception when waking from hibernation (especially on multimonitor systems); or when turning off secondary monitors [Thanks Roman!]
March 9th, 2009· Added new "Move To" menu item which will create a folder based on current date and move all screenshots into it; useful for quick organizing of screenshot folder.
· Added new "Move To" menu for moving only old files and sorting into subfolders based on date of screenshot; userful for cleaning up a big directory of screenshots.
· Added sort by -> name option in View menu.
· Post-capture popup dialog SaveAs now defaults to template filename and configured file type/extension.
· Added new interlace special effects, including one meant for security purposes that will blur and then interlace.
· [BugFix] Discard changes wasn't reloading the original file.
· [BugFix] Thumbnail option to not change to new thumbnail was not being obeyed.
· [BugFix] SC would sometimes select the entire screenshot contents when capturing a region inside the active window.
· [BugFix] The option chosen on SaveOverwrite popup was not being saved if triggered while exiting.
· Added new Region Border Glow effect.
March 2nd, 2009· Attempting to make all region and object capture modes work better on multimonitor setups; no need to activate from desired monitor.
· Adding ability to abort region captures with escape key.
· Trying to skip the cleared screen message which used to show on saving image.
· [Bugfix] Trying to eliminate floating point error some were seeing on region capture.
· [Bugfix] Main form could stay hidden even when there was a pending overwrite/cancel/save dialog trying to be shown.
November 3rd, 2008· Fixed bug where the copy-to-clipboard button on bottom was being hidden
December 14th, 2006· Added option to disable auto creation of the MyJunk folder.
· MyJunk folder now ONLY gets autocreated on startup, not every time you switch to MyJunk folder, and on demand if user tries to move files into it.
· Switches back to normal rectangular selection mode after new capture.
· Added optional toggle visibility hotkey.
· If moveto folder doesnt exist, moveto operation is ignored.
· Hold Shift in MoveTo menu to switch to the target dir instead of moving; Hold Ctrl to switch after moving.
November 8th, 2006· Major update of Graphics Component (ImageEn) should result in faster image file loading
October 9th, 2006· great multimon support
July 19th, 2006· great multimon support
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