tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post4573406364799078441..comments2009-03-29T08:02:57.218-04:00Eric Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-70841456309363156322009-03-29T01:09:00.000-04:002009-03-29T01:09:00.000-04:00Eric,<BR/><BR/>I suggest the use of <BR/>1) ScreenShot Captor - this is a nifty free tool which can snap the entire screen, region, a windows object (almost), etc in a file format you need and save in the directory you specify along with annotations, enhancing etc. <BR/>2) For capturing text within images use JOCR along with MS Document Imaging sw (Article link - http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/03/26/copy-text-from-image-files-with-jocr/. Download link - http://home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung/Files/JOCR.exe) <BR/>3) If you have to capture a video use Camtasia which is a freeware.<BR/><BR/>Attaching this within the bug tracking system must be done with care lest it burden itself. Best to use JPGs within a defect item and keep videos out on a share.SandeepMaherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10507374273835680123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-28565556444104104842009-03-26T17:42:00.000-04:002009-03-26T17:42:00.000-04:00On Windows I like to use the freeware MWSnap for screen captures.<BR/><BR/>If I'm running a guest OS in VMware Fusion on my Mac, often I'll just use the Mac OS grab utility, though it's tiff file format it's ideal.<BR/><BR/>I'll second the pet peeve about people insisting on pasting images into Word. Even MS Paint would be better, and recent versions can save in a compressed image format.Danny R. Faughthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06177507340549951750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-86148772301123390062009-03-16T12:55:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:55:00.000-04:00My tool of choice is Jing, free from Techsmith (http://www.jingproject.com/). I like how it automatically shows me my screen shot in a Jing window all set up for arrows, text, and other annotations--so no need to use a different application for that. Next, you copy to clipboard or save to a location. When you save to a location, that location's path or URL is automatically placed on your clipboard. In a team situation, you can select a default network location accessible to all, and then capture, save, and paste the path/URL into the issue ticket if you wish. Jing does both still and motion captures.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14519395477976480253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-76035520518359133792009-03-12T08:06:00.000-04:002009-03-12T08:06:00.000-04:00I really like Bug Shooting. You can capture first, edit and annotate later very easily.Ido Schachamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-1576258563994502692009-03-12T07:54:00.000-04:002009-03-12T07:54:00.000-04:00i use Microsoft One note as screen capturing tool.Kish252http://www.blogger.com/profile/18298342877124346869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-65073559152691967502009-03-11T19:17:00.000-04:002009-03-11T19:17:00.000-04:00I actually like Snippy under XP (http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/) and Cropper under Vista (http://blogs.geekdojo.net/brian/articles/Cropper.aspx). Just did a post on this the other day myself - http://testing-blog.com/2009/03/09/snippy-snappy-screen-captures/Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618821191951846248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-72436536083112229372009-03-11T09:09:00.000-04:002009-03-11T09:09:00.000-04:00i use gadwin printscreen. and fireshot if i want to capture the entire page (instead of just the visible area) in the browser.Green2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-89205164697305992072009-03-11T08:57:00.000-04:002009-03-11T08:57:00.000-04:00crayontastic,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link to the post. I was going to comment on it but after reading the first 20 or so comments I realized everything I could possibly say has already been beat into the ground by others.Eric Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-13924743335608379142009-03-11T05:10:00.000-04:002009-03-11T05:10:00.000-04:00My pet peeve about screen capture is that some people insist on pasting the image into a Word document and then attaching the word document into the e-mail, bug, or whatever. Why not just directly attach the image itself?<BR/><BR/>Here's a good posting about it from one of the feeds I subscribe to: <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/6ydfh2" REL="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6ydfh2</A>crayontasticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-18704645868712014522009-03-10T19:29:00.000-04:002009-03-10T19:29:00.000-04:00I use ScreenRip32<BR/>http://www.progency.com/Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16849072656100416768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-18815610907783674012009-03-10T19:28:00.000-04:002009-03-10T19:28:00.000-04:00Hi Eric,<BR/><BR/>Since most of the testing that I do is in VMware, I just use the built in VMware screenshot tool for taking pics of errors or other necessary images for development. <BR/>I also try to make sure the defect report is stepped out without the need for the screenshot, so it adds to the report versus makes it up. <BR/>I very rarely have the need for video attachments, but if I do, there is a built in tool for that in the virtual machine as well.Michele Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639189538178022310noreply@blogger.com