Screenpresso updates to 1.1, adds background cleaning

Filed under: Utilities, Blogging, Imaging Tips

Screenpresso, my favorite free utility for taking screenshots, has just updated to version 1.1.

The most notable change in this version is that Screenpresso can now "clean" transparent title bars in screenshots; this means that even if you take a screenshot of a window in front of another window, it would still come out crispy-clean.

This was one of the major features which "Goliath" Snagit had over "David" Screenpresso in my extensive Snagit 10 review. In fact, you can see a comparison of two screenshots (clean vs. "regular") in the review itself.

Screenpresso 1.1 also boasts some added sharing features. While Twitter sharing is still present, it has been joined by E-Mail, Gmail, Flickr, Evernote, Facebook and FTP sharing. That's a pretty impressive array of options. I didn't test sharing too much, so If you're more social than I am let me know how these work for you in the comments. It would also be nice if I could "share" to a local folder, because I do put screenshots in my Dropbox every now and then. Alas, this option does not currently exist.

Screenpresso's free version is pretty close to perfect now. One annoyance that remains is that the program insists naming the screenshots folder "screenshots," even if you explicitly set a different path. It just goes ahead and sets up a "screenshots" folder under that path, which is obviously not what you want it to do when you specify a path manually. The good news is that the Screenpresso guys assure me this is being worked on.

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