Versions Fastone Capture
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Version 7.3 (17 september 2012)
Improved the screen recorder: Added an option (for Vista, Windows 7 and 8) to record audio from both microphone and speakers at the same time Added an option to repeat the last screen recording Improved the video editor. Now you can: Remove unwanted sections from a screen video Save a video frame to a file or copy it to Clipboard Drag and drop a video file onto the screen recorder's panel to open it in the video editor Improved the Auto Caption tool Improved compatibility with Windows 8 RTM Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Version 7.2 (29 juin 2012)
Added a video editor to the screen recorder, which allows users to add annotation objects (texts, arrows, rectangles, circles, etc.) and zoom effects to screen video files Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool Improved compatibility with Windows 8 RP (Release Preview) Other minor improvements
Version 7.1 (20 april 2012)
Enhanced the built-in screen recorder Added Pause / Resume support Added an option (for Vista, Windows 7 and 8 only) to record computer speakers (what you hear) directly Improved performance to reduce the number of lost frames Enhanced the Print dialog. Now it is possible to print both header and footer Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool Improved compatibility with Windows 8 CP (Customer Preview) Other improvements and bug fixes
Version 7.0 (28 septembre 2011)
Improved the "Draw" tool: Now it is possible to draw same kind of objects continuously without having to select the drawing tool again and again Ctrl+S shortcut to the OK button Ctrl+MouseWheel to zoom in/out Zoom up to 400% instead of 200% Improved "Acquire Images from Scanner" Combined color adjustment tools into one comprehensive tool: "Adjust Colors" Added more effects: Reflection, Oil Painting and Sketch Added "Recent Files" list for quick access to recently used files Added some shortcuts to the editor: Press Z key to zoom selection Press W key to open containing folder if the file exists Press I key to view file properties if the file exists Added more options to the "Editor" section of the Settings Added more options to the "Screen Magnifier" section of the Settings Added "Rotate by Any Degree" Supports custom colors in all color picking dialogs Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Version 6.9 (26 mai 2011)
Added "Acquire Images from Scanner". It supports batch scanning to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and PNG. It allows users to rotate, crop, deskew, annotate and save scanned images directly within this tool Added "Capture Fixed-Size Region" Added "Repeat Last Capture" Now it is possible to use drag-and-drop to open an image in the internal editor Added "Fit to Width" (press K) option to the internal editor Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Version 6.8 (26 avril 2011)
Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool. Now it is compatible with the latestVersion of popular web browsers: Internet Explorer 9, FireFox 4, Chrome 10, Opera 11 and Safari 5. Minor improvements and bug fixes
Version 6.7 (6 septembre 2010)
Improved PDF output. Now it is possible to specify Page Size, Quality, Margins and Orientation when saving in PDF format. Lengthy document is divided into multi-pages automatically Added a tool called "Convert Images to a PDF file" to allow users to convert images to multi-page PDF file Added "Expand Canvas" to the Draw tool Added "Blur" to the right-click menu of the Draw tool when part of the image is selected Assigned keyboard shortcuts to drawing tools. For example: press F1 for Text, press F2 for Straight Line, press F3 for Pencil etc. Added an option to the Settings to allow users to specify which screen (active or all) to capture when making Full Screen Capture in multi-monitor system Fixed minor bugs
Version 6.6 (25 juin 2010)
Improved the Draw tool. Now it is possible to: Add outward-pointing tails to text objects Copy/cut/past annotation objects and areas of the canvas Fill with color Undo / Redo Zoom In / Zoom Out Added "Custom Scroll Mode" to the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool. Custom Scroll Mode allows users to capture any part of the screen that scrolls vertically Added "Screen Color Picker" to the Editor's Colors menu Added option "Show capture buttons in editor" to the software Settings Now it is possible to make annotation directly in the Email tool Supported variables %COMPUTERNAME% and %USERNAME% in File Name Template Supported variables %MYDOCUMENTS% and %MYDESKTOP% in the path of "Auto Save" output folder Some other improvements and bug fixes
Version 6.5 (3 juillet 2009)
Improved Capture Window / Object Improved Print dialog Fixed a bug in Capture Scrolling Window
Version 6.4 (29 juin 2009)
Added "Insert Title Clip at the beginning of the video" option to the Screen Recorder Improved the Print dialog box. Add page number, date and time to footers Specify the number of copies to print When printing a multi-page document, it will try to avoid breaking the bottom text line between two pages (i.e. text line is partially printed on the current page and the next page). Added "Apply Edge Effects" option to the "Expand Canvas" tool Added "Auto-reset to 1 upon a new day" option to file name template "$Y-$M-$D_#####" Added "Color Subsampling" option for saving JPEG files Enhanced Pencil and Line Highlighter of the Draw tool: Hold Ctrl key down to draw straight horizontal lines Improved compatibility with Windows 7 Improved compatibility with IE 8, FireFox 3 and Google Chrome Some other improvements and bug fixes
Version 6.3 (October 15, 2008)
Records screen activities including onscreen changes, speech from microphone, mouse movements and clicks into highly compressed video files (Windows Media Video format). This feature works on Windows XP, 2003, Vista and 2008 Captures web pages of the latest web browsers: Internet Explorer 8 (Beta 2) Firefox 3 Google Chrome (Beta) Allows you to save a local copy when sending captured images to a Web (FTP) server Fixed minor bugs
Version 6.2 (May 07, 2008)
Some UI improvements and minor bug fixes
Version 6.1 (April 21, 2008)
Now it runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Annotation objects (texts, lines, boxes etc.) can be re-edited by re-opening the Draw tool Added auto-expand feature to text objects as you type in them Maintain aspect ratio when resizing watermark images in Draw tool Added "Preview in Editor" as an output option, which allows you to edit the captured image before sending it to the specified destination such as clipboard, printer, email etc. Improved "Capture Scrolling Window". Now it supports Internet Explorer 8 Beta Improved Print dialog Added option "Ask me to save changes before closing" to the Editor tab of the Settings Some UI improvements and bug fixes
Version 6.0 (13 février 2008)
Added Line Highlighter to "Draw" tool Added "Blur" option to Line and Rectangle Highlighters Enhanced "Text" in "Draw" tool. Now shadowed text is possible Added "To Web (FTP)" as an Output option Enhanced Screen Ruler Added "Pick Another Color" button to Screen Color Picker Used tabs to group options in "Settings" window Some UI improvements and bug fixes
Version 5.9 (26 novembre 2007)
Support capture of multiple windows and objects including multi-level menus (Use Ctrl key in "Capture Window / Object") In the internal editor, Caption can be modified now Some UI improvements and bug fixes
Version 5.8 (5 octobre 2007)
Enhanced "Save As" dialog. Now the preview window is updated automatically instead of requiring users to click on the "Update Preview" button Enlarged preview windows in rectangle capture mode and freehand capture mode Other small improvements in the user interface
Version 5.7 (12 september 2007)
Added option "Convert to 256 colors if output is Clipboard, Word or PPT" to the Settings window Added "Color" menu to the internal editor, which can be used to count and reduce the number of colors of the screenshot Added "Obscure (Blur)" tool under "Effect" menu, which can be used to obscure sensitive information on the screenshot Added option "Frame" to the Edge/Watermark tool Added "Screen Ruler", which can be used to measure the sizes and distances of objects on the screen Fixed some bugs
Version 5.6 (25 juin 2007)
Added "Send to Word" and "Send to PowerPoint". Now it is possible to send screenshots to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint directly Added option "Copy to Clipboard" to "Auto Save" section in the Settings Improved usability of menus Fixed some bugs
Version 5.5 (23 mai 2007)
Added option "Negative" to the Screen Magnifier, which allows users with low vision to see a magnified color-reversed screen In the Screen Magnifier, now it is possible to pan around the magnified screen with arrow keys Added "Reset Capture Panel Position" to the right-click menu of the system tray icon
Version 5.4 (14 mai 2007)
Added Fade Edge effect. Now edge effects can be applied to 4 edges instead of only 2 in previousVersions
Supports external editors ("Edit With" list in the FastStone Editor), which allows you to edit the captured screenshot with specified external editors.
This feature enables you to add virtually unlimited editing capabilities to the program
Added option "Open in External Program" to "Auto Save" section in the Settings, which allows you to open the captured image in a specified program automatically
Enhanced the Screen Magnifier
Solved some compatibility issues in Windows Vista
Fixed some bugs
Version 5.3 (12 février 2007)
Compatible with Windows Vista Improved quality of 256 color PNG/GIF output Added To Email to the Output list Added Reset to Primary Screen (only available in Multi-monitor system) to the tray icon's popup menu
Version 5.2 (16 janvier 2007)
Added Scroll Refresh Time in the Settings Added option (in the Settings) to show Open File in Editor icon on the Capture Panel Added Download Tutorial link
Version 5.1 (26 janvier 2007)
Added Make Background Transparent under Edit menu Added options in the Settings to show/hide Screen Magnifier and Screen Color Picker on Capture Panel Added Bring to Front/Set to Back to the right-click menu in Draw tool Changed hotkey for Draw tool from T to D
Version 5.0 (3 janvier 2007)
Enhanced / Simplified the User Interface New Effects: Drop shadow, torn-edge Comment Tool Improved the Draw tool Fixed some bugs Version 4.8 (10 novembre 2006) Improved the Draw tool Now it is possible to input double-byte characters such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian in the Draw tool
Version 4.7 (26 octobre 2006)
Completely new icon design
Version 4.6 (10 octobre 2006)
Added Adobe PDF format to the output list Added "Rotate", "Canvas Size", "Expand Canvas Size", "Sepia", "Negative" under Edit menu Now it is possible to specify the selection size under Edit menu Added "Send File Dropped on Capture Panel to" option in the Settings. So it is possible to drag and drop a file from Windows Explorer to the floating Capture Panel and immediately edit it in the internal editor Fixed a bug in the Email dialog
Version 4.5 (2 october 2006)
Added "Auto-Divided" option for long document printing. In the print window, it is possible to divide a long/wide captured image (long scrolling web page for example) into multiple pages Added more editing tools (rotate, color adjustments, sharpen/blur) under Edit menu Fixed minor bugs
Version 4.4 (26 septembre 2006)
Enhanced Capture Scrolling Window, now it is possible to capture full scrolling window (with horizontal and vertical scrollbars) Fixed minor bugs
Version 4.3 (16 september 2006)
Added Open File button on Capture Panel and editor Toolbar Enhanced Screen Magnifier Fixed minor bugs
Version 4.2 (15 juillet 2006)
Added DPI and Printer options in the Settings Fixed a bug in the popup menu of the tray icon
Version 4.1 (13 juillet 2006)
Fixed a bug in the Print dialog
Version 4.0 (10 juillet 2006)
Added Screen Color Picker on Capture Panel
Version 3.9 (2 juillet 2006)
Fixed some bugs
Version 3.8 (20 juin 2006)
Added "Capture Active Window" Fixed some bugs
Version 3.7 (20 juin 2006)
Fixed some bugs
Version 3.6 (16 juin 2006)
Added option "Close FastStone Editor when Captured Image is saved" in the Settings Fixed a bug in the hotkey handler
Version 3.5 (15 juin 2006)
Made some enhancements to the GUI of the internal editor; Added a "Smooth" option in the Settings for the Screen Magnifier; Fixed some bugs
Version 3.4 (12 juin 2006)
Added a feature that allows you to drag & drop images from Web browser or Windows Explorer onto the Capture Panel to view them in Full Screen; Fixed some bugs
Version 3.3 (9 juin 2006)
Added Screen Magnifier
Version 3.2 (7 juin 2006)
Added some options in the Settings
Version 3.1 (5 juin 2006)
Added option Filename Template in the Settings that allows the user to customize how file names are generated by the software Added option Automatic file generation when "To File" is selected in the Settings - Captured images are saved in the specified Output Folder / Output Format without showing the Save As dialog Fixed some bugs
