WinAdvice: Cropper – Simple screen capture utility

Cropper 1.91.1.89 by Brian Scott is a freeware screen capture utility which is fast and able to output images to a variety of formats like -

BMP: Large files but no compression artifacts.
Clipboard: The image is placed on the clipboard and can be pasted into any application that accepts images.
JPEG: Cropper can save JPEG files in varying quality settings from 10 to 100. 10 being the lowest quality and smallest file size. 100 being the highest quality and largest file size.
PNG: Smaller files with lossless compression, good for most image formats except full color photographic.
Printer: Presents a print dialog that allows you to send the image straight to the printer.

Cropper has following keyboard shortcuts for easier operations.

Arrow keys: Nudge the main form one pixel.
Alt+Arrow keys: Resize the main form one pixel.
Alt+[ or ]: Resize the thumbnail indicator one pixel.
+Ctrl: Changes the amount of resizes and nudges listed above to ten pixels.
[ or ] or Mouse Wheel: Resize the main form twenty pixels while keeping the crosshairs centered.
Right-Click: Context menu on the main form.
Double-Click or Enter or S: Take a screen shot of the area under the Cropper window or start/stop a recording plug-in.
Tab: Cycle form colors.
Shift+Tab: Cycle form sizes.
Esc: Hide the main form.
F8: Show the main form.
PrintScreen: Take a screen shot of the entire desktop or start/stop a recording plug-in.
Alt+PrintScreen: Take a screen shot of the current active window or start/stop a recording plug-in.
Ctrl+Alt+PrintScreen: Take a screen shot of the region below the mouse or start/stop a recording plug-in.

Although there are a number of screen capture tools in the market, Cropper is very simple to use and works great.

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