FastStone's Screen Capture Software

by Chris Monday, February 15 2010

FastStone Screen Capture

FastStone Screen Capture is simply THE BEST screenshot / screen capture / video recorder software I have ever used...and believe me, I have used many.

This is certainly an essential tool for any web designer / developer. As such, I am filing it under Web Developer Tools You Can't Live Without.

A brief description right from FastStone's website:

"FastStone Capture is a powerful, lightweight, yet full-featured screen capture tool that allows you to easily capture and annotate anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and even scrolling windows/web pages.

You can choose to send captures to editor, file, clipboard, printer, email, Word/PowerPoint document or upload them to your website. Editing tools include annotating (texts, arrowed lines, highlights), resizing, cropping, sharpening, watermarking, applying edge effects and many more.

It also allows you to record screen activities and sound into highly compressed video files. Other features include global hotkeys, automatic filename generation, support for external editors, a color picker, a screen magnifier and a screen ruler.

FastStone Capture saves files in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIFF and PDF formats."


Best of all, it pretty darn cheap! Only 19.95 for a lifetime license, but you can try it for free for 30 days as well.

For more info, check out their product page directly.

 

(note: this is a not an affiliate post, we gain nothing if you download/use/buy it)

 

 

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Web Developer Tools You Can't Live Without: Stackoverflow & Google Webmaster Help Forum

by Chris Friday, August 14 2009

Two great resources for web developers are stackoverflow.com and Google's Webmaster Help Forum. I know they are already fairly popular, but I feel they deserve a mention.

If I ever have a question regarding programming, or I need to do some initial research, I visit stackoverflow.com first.

And if I am stumped with an SEO-related question, I search Google's Webmaster Help Forum.


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Web Developer Tools You Can't Live Without: Firefox Extensions

by Chris Tuesday, July 21 2009

I just wanted to take a few minutes to briefly talk about two extremely useful web developer tools -- more specifically, two browser extensions for Mozilla Firefox.

  1. Web Developer (toolbar) - this is, hands-down, the most useful Firefox extension for web developers/designers. Definitely a tool you should not be without.

    Download link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
    Author: Chris Pederick
    Author's website: http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
  2. SearchStatus - An excerpt from the author's website explains it better than I could: "SearchStatus is a toolbar extension for Firefox and Mozilla that allows you to see how any and every website in the world is performing. Designed for the highly specialized needs of search engine marketers, this toolbar provides extensive search-related information about a site, all conveniently displayed in one discreet and compact toolbar." -- The bottom line is...YOU SHOULD BE USING THIS. (subtle, I know.)

    Download link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/321
    Author: Quirk (company name)
    Author's website:
    http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/

    Do you have another web developer tool that you just can't live without? Tell us about it in a comment!

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