A friend who is a graphic artist saw your question and told me that
Corel Capture 11 seems to be the best software for your needs, though
it is part of a large and expensive graphics package, the CorelDraw
Graphics suite.
On to the features:
You can capture the current window, full screen, current object,
rectangular area, elliptical area and freehand area (irregular shape).
Even graphics larger than the screen can be saved (‘Area capture’ is
the part of the software that allows you to do this freehand capture).
It doesn’t follow exactly your “events-based” capture, but the closest
to it is a feature on the ‘Activation’ tab. F7 activates a feature
wherein capture occurs 1 to 60 seconds (you set the time) after
left-clicking. I think you could even automatically save after each
capture and capture anew in the same picked area.
On the ‘Image’ tab, you can specify Black and White, 16-bit, greyscale
and other save settings. Dpi can be set from 10 to 600. It may go
higher than that, but at least you bypass 96 dpi. You can also change
the scale of your captured image (like a zoom feature).
‘Options’ tab allows you to set notifications for timed settings and
beginning/end of capture.
Screenshot of CorelScan and CorelCapture (v.8)
http://idahopcug.apcug.org/CorelPaint8/ScanCptr.html
Unfortunately, CorelCapture can be obtained only in the CorelGraphics
11 Suite. But you can install it only without the other contents of
the Suite. You might be able to borrow an installer ;).
CorelGraphics Suite Pricing announcement
http://www3.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=Corel/Product/Highlight&id=CC1ZZ97CD11&highlight=pricing
“CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 will be available in late July for a
suggested retail price (SRP) of $529 US. Owners of a previous licensed
version of CorelDRAW®, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, CorelDRAW® 9 Office
Edition, Corel® DESIGNER™ 9 or CorelDRAW® 10 for Macintosh®, can
purchase CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 11 at the upgrade price (SRP) of
$249 US.”
Pretty scary, I bet ;).
So I made a list of other Screen capture software below:
SnagIt
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/features.asp
- Costs $39.95 at the above site. Has a trial version. Has features
similar to Corel Capture, such as saving and DPI settings, but I don’t
know if it can capture a freehand area and save in an event-based
manner.
HyperSnap-DX
http://www.hyperionics.com/
- Software only, single-user, $35 (shareware, I think). Has most of
the features you stated, and I'm not sure if the automated capture
task feature follows your needs.
iQuick Screen Capture
http://www.etrusoft.com/
- $19.95. Has a trial version. Has most of the features you need, (but
same opinion about the “events-based” part).
ScreenPrint Capture Features
http://www.softwarelabs.com/tsl4/3-spgfeatures.htm
- $34.95. Ditto as the above.
Screenshot Utilities list page (German)
http://www.okapi.de/tipps/software_screenshots.html
Google Search strings:
screen capture software
automatic screen capture software
corel capture feature
Other strategy: Friend’s advice
I hope this answer has given you the information that you really need.
If there’s anything you want to clarify, please do so. Thanks.
Feilong helped me on this, thanks, buddy. :) |
