Lightscreen Explained

Lightscreen
Logo Size:64px
Screenshot Size:186px
Developer:Christian Kaiser
Latest Release Version:2.0
Operating System:Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Platform:Qt
Programming Language:C++
Genre:Screenshooting software
Language:English, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian and Spanish[1]
License:GNU General Public License

Lightscreen is a lightweight screen shooting application for Microsoft Windows, used to automate the process of saving and cataloging screenshots. It operates as a hidden background process that is invoked with one (or multiple) hotkeys and then saves a screenshot file to disk according to the user's preferences. It has no built-in editing or annotation tools.[2] Lightscreen has features to set a delay time and save screenshots in multiple image formats.[3] A portable version is available[4] [5] [6]

Current Website: https://lightscreen.com.ar/ As of August 20, 2020, Lightscreen is at Version 2.4 and the download is hosted on GitHub. It no longer appears to be using Sourceforge.net which is still hosting version 1.01 and was last updated 2014-04-15.

See also

Notes and References

  1. See Lightscreen v1.01 Options dialog box
  2. Web site: Lightscreen Captures Region Screenshots with Ease. 21 December 2010. Lifehacker. 21 January 2009.
  3. Web site: Take Screenshots Fast and Easy. Softpedia. SoftNews NET SRL. 21 December 2010. 26 April 2010.
  4. Web site: How to Take Easy Screenshots with Lightscreen Portable. Tim. Lenahan. 14 October 2009. 21 December 2010. MakeUseOf.com. MakeUseOf.
  5. Web site: Portable Lightscreen 1.01. 21 December 2010. Softpedia. SoftNews NET SRL. 22 March 2010.
  6. Web site: Lightscreen: Fast & Easy Screenshots. Cybernet News. 21 December 2010. 5 February 2009.