Your go-to screen capture and annotation software?

[Spacerat]

I need to be able to do normal screen capture and annotation (text / arrows / whatever). Nothing out of the ordinary. Only still capture required. No video
What is your go-to?
Snagit is $45 per year, which it not too bad, but any others?

 

[backstreetboy]

Windows key, shift and s and paste into Paint. Free.

 

[UB40]

Command Shift 5 to screen capture on Mac and Windows Shift S on PC works

 

[backstreetboy]

Command Shift 5 to screen capture on Mac and Windows Shift S on PC works

Command Shift 4

 

[UB40]

Command Shift 4

Sweet I see it now, I have always used Command Shift 5 before and then dragged my arrows around, thanx

 

[Sselmrah]

Windows key, shift and s and paste into Paint. Free.

You can set this to the Print Screen button.

 

[Spacerat]

I don't want to use built-in or Snipping tool as it involves another step to annotate. Annotating in Paint or Snipping tool is just garbage...

 

[genetic]

Print Screen button in Windows 11. Has all the features you need.

 

[backstreetboy]

You can set this to the Print Screen button.

Too much work to raise my hand to that part of the keyboard.

 

[UB40]

You certainly are fussy by not wanting to open another free app on your PC and would rather spend R841 a year by avoiding this one step

 

[FiestaST]

Windoze?

 

[konfab]

Screen capture I use OS native tools.
Annotation, I use excalidraw.

 

[UB40]

Screen capture I use OS native tools.
Annotation, I use excalidraw.

Involves signing up, too much effort thanx

 

[Fulcrum29]

Other than the native tools within Windows, ShareX is a good alternative.

 

[konfab]

Involves signing up, too much effort thanx

No it doesn't.

You can use it as is. They only want you to sign up if you want to save the whiteboard.

 

[Fulcrum29]

ShareX and Zotero are both possibly my most used desktop apps.

 

[Bismuth]

On Ubuntu I use Flameshot for basic screen capturing and annotating, works well for my purposes, and it's free.

 

[Fulcrum29]

No it doesn't.

You can use it as is. They only want you to sign up if you want to save the whiteboard.

MS Whiteboard isn't actually too bad. Functionally it needs to be expanded, but it delivers.

 

[Tantric Smurf]

Monosnap on OSX, Snipping Tool in Windows.

 

[epictree]

Microsoft PowerToys Text Extractor to capture any non-text as text is still available.