Sofonesia Screen Capture

Sofonesia Screen Capture is a snapshot grabber with two modes: full screen and rectangular region. This is a simple-to-use program aimed at casual PC users looking to easily take screenshots for various purposes, such as posting a picture with an application on social media websites.

There are many similar utilities out there and many of them have rich and advanced features dedicated to experienced users. This is not the case of Sofonesia Screen Capture, though.

It captures an image, lets you preview it in the main window, as well as save it to file with the GIF, BMP or JPG format. A bonus option is that it also gives to you the possibility to open local images with these file types, whether you want to verify the quality of the captured photos or just view images you already had.

The layout of the main window is easy to navigate, and the snapshot is immediately grabbed when selecting the mode (desktop or rectangular area). Worth noting is that a camera shutter sound is played the moment a photo is taken, and the the program's window and taskbar icon are hidden.

If you're satisfied with the picture, you can save it by specifying the file name, output directory, and format. As for the image previewer, you should know that it's not possible to save a local photo with another file type (i.e. conversion). As informed via a message box, this is for preview purposes only, and only captured images can be saved.

It doesn't integrate support for keyboard shortcuts, auto-saving (useful when quickly taking a series of screenshots), additional capture modes (e.g. active window), and others. However, as we said at the beginning of this review, Sofonesia Screen Capture is geared toward first-time users looking for a straightforward screenshot tool.