PicPick is a Windows program used for creating and editing screenshots. After installation, it resides in the
taskbar
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where all its functions can be accessed via the context menu. It can either be installed or can be run as a portable app.
License
PicPick is free for private use. Commercial users must purchase a license.
The free version requires manual update and provides no technical support.
Functions
Creation of screenshots
The creation of screenshots is possible in two ways:
* Press the
Print Screen button to automatically take a screenshot of the desktop or, in conjunction with the
Alt key
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, the current window in PicPick opens.
* Using the taskbar context menu multiple screenshot variations are possible. A scrolling window selection method can be used. This enables, for example, the capture of a full web page to a single screenshot.
Screen recording
As of the version 7.0.0. PicPick introduced the screen recorder menu along with various ways of image capture. This option gives 2 ways of screen recording - the full screen and the region. The records can be saved both in
MP4 as well as
GIF
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format.
Image editing
In addition to the ability to take a screenshot, PicPick also provides basic editing functions.
Recent versions also allow the sharing of images via Facebook and Twitter, Email, Skype amongst others.
Supported formats
Supported formats .
bmp, .
gif
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, .
jpg
JPEG ( , short for Joint Photographic Experts Group and sometimes retroactively referred to as JPEG 1) is a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital images, particularly for those images produced by digital photography. The degr ...
, .
png, .
pdf
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.
gif
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; or , ) is a Raster graphics, bitmap Image file formats, image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite and released ...
, .
mp4
Downloads
Via
cnet alone it had almost 2 million downloads.
See also
*
Screenshot software
A screenshot (also known as screen capture or screen grab) is an analog or digital image that shows the contents of a computer display. A screenshot is created by a (film) camera shooting the screen or the operating system or software running o ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://picpick.app/
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Screenshot software
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