Greenshot - ¿Qué? ¿Por qué? ¿Cómo?
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| Date: | Tuesday, 16 June 2026, 1:13 AM |
Description
Greenshot is a tool that allows you to take screenshots of any area of your screen or the entire screen, save images, copy them to other apps, edit them and, if you want, upload them to the web.
1. Introduction
2. WHAT?
Have you ever read a software user manual without pictures and thought how unfortunate it was that they were not included? For example, have you ever provided feedback on a visual piece that was sent to you? Do you agree with the saying – it is better to see once than to hear a thousand times?
Greenshot is a tool that allows you to take screenshots of any area of your screen or the entire screen, save images, copy them to other apps, edit them and, if you want, upload them to the web.
Greenshot provides the following features
- magnifier for accurate screenshot creation,
- commenting options,
- sending an image to Office apps,
- including and changing the position of the mouse cursor in the image,
- defining automated actions with the created screenshot.
3. WHY?
Being easy to understand and configurable, Greenshot is an efficient tool for teachers, project managers, software developers, technical writers, testers, and anyone else creating screenshots.
The tool will be useful for all users who:- create user instructions,
- create visible learning materials,
- need to comment, for example, on the operation of the software or website,
- wish to facilitate the work of user support by sending a screenshot of the problem.
4. HOW?
Once Greenshot is installed on your device, you will be free to take several types of captures to suit your requirements. There is no shortage of options here, while a user-friendly design makes Greenshot the most straightforward screenshot solution currently available on the market.
You can look forward to such screenshot capturing possibilities as:- The complete capture of your screen (full screen capture): The most utilised and well-known screenshot type, as well as the most enduring and basic.
- Capturing a specific window: no need for the whole screen? No worries. This method is ideal if you want to take a screenshot of a single window.
- Capturing a fixed area: need a capture of a specific location on screen? This is the go-to option for such a requirement, delivering a clean and concise result, every time.
- Capturing the last area captured: with this superior shortcut, you can reuse the same area previously targeted for capture as you screenshot again. Incredibly practical, this is the big plus of Greenshot for Windows and Mac users, but there is plenty more to come.
Editing an image with Greenshot is easy. You can add text annotations, arrows, and all manner of standard characters with ease.
You only need to contribute the bare minimum of effort when it comes to working on your screenshots, making this practical piece of software an ideal choice for those seeking something to help produce tutorials and training materials.
A handy option that has proved popular when it comes to editing screenshots before output is being able to blur out any areas of the image you wish to render invisible. As you can see, Greenshot truly is the best software for capturing and processing screenshots!
Four simple keyboard shortcuts to use to start making screenshots quickly:
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Greenshot is free because it is open source (or so-called “free software”) under the GNU General Public Licence and is hosted by GitHub. Greenshot is also available for download from Apple’s App Store (for Mac users) under proprietary licence.
Go to www.getgreenshot.org and download the latest stable release. Once installed, Greenshot will be silently running in the background of your computer.