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MWSnap
MWSnap is a small yet powerful program for taking scren captures of a desktop, an active window,menu, or a specified part of the screen. The program supports BMP, JPG, TIFF,PNG and GIF formats, with ...
Average of 26 user ratings: 
- Mar 31, 2008
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
I use it daily 
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This great program is a must have for all Web Developers. Many options with an easy to understand interface.
Review by: sazhazman (9)
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- Feb 17, 2008
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Excellent
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have been looking for a replacement for PrintKey since it went "Pro". This is the closet I have found. Nice program.
Review by: thefbi
First post
- Oct 19, 2007
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Best in the free
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It is a Excellent freeware. Best in the free. A fly in the ointment is can't support DVD movie capture or DirectX capture.
Review by: chu1979 (4)
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- May 31, 2007
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Very good program
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It's really the best in the market for free. I like the autosave feature, so I just press a button and it is all done. Very good!
Review by: Leonel
First post
- Jan 22, 2007
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Excellent tool !
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Very easy to use and very convenient to have at your disposal. I use it all the time to save account information, etcetera, when registering anything online. A great reference tool.
Review by: GBudNY (2)
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- Jan 14, 2007
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Limited hotkey options
- Interface: 5
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This program was perfect for me except for ONE drawback -- The selection of hotkeys was too limiting. I wanted to assign the auto-save to *PrtScn*, not to a combination of *Shift*, *Ctrl*, or *Alt* and function keys. (Because in gaming, ALL of the best keys are already mapped) ... So I switched to FastStone Capture and am happy.
Review by: bleaksand (2)
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- Dec 02, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Another handy program
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I've installed this on all computers owned by family and friends. Then when they try to tell me about a problem they are having I can say take a screenshot and most of them can manage it with MWSnap. Great program.
Review by: miskairal (17)
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- Nov 16, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Preferred screen capturer
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Does all that I need, the magnifier is very useful. I use Gadwin Printscreen, too, which is also very good. both run at my startup. setting size of capture before capturing is very useful, and doing small editing (rotating, scaling) without the need of an image editor is great :) it even remembers last few captures (undo)
Review by: fotosel (8)
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- Sep 30, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
It's a snap!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have used MWSnap for some months now and have found that the longer I use it, the more I use it. Hardly a week passes before a new use is found. For the millions now researching their Family History, this small programme provides a rapid means of recording information found on genealogical websites and is absolutely invaluable. Also great for those interested in maps. Easy to instal and use, it really is a great little programme! It would be difficult to give it anything else than an excellent rating and I have already recommended it to many of my friends and contacts.
Review by: DavidSchenck
First post
- Sep 04, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Great product - and it's free
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have been deciding between MWSnap and SnagIt... Bottom line: unless you use dual monitors, MWSnap is hard to beat.
Review by: DavesTechShop
First post
- Jul 01, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Nice program, does what it's supposed to
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Handy little program. I do wish it was able to capture the full contents of an open window, and had more editing features available/different capture options. But it's quick, easy and does a nice job as is.
Review by: dkny4773 (4)
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- Jun 11, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Mwsnap
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Small, powerful program that is easy to use. Have been using it for several years. Periodically, I check other programs but have not found any that beat it.
Review by: culion (3)
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- May 23, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Great shareware
- Interface: 3
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Works well. It doesn't seem to capture second monitor, but I just transfer it to primary monitor and capture it there.
- Apr 13, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Almost perfect
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I do a lot of tutorials that require screen shots. There is only one other program I know of that works for me a little better than this one does. That is "UltraSnap" by Mediachance. It has all the same functions accept you can set US to automatically put a drop shadow under the screen shot, which make them look professional without extra editing. US also allows you to drag from the screen and drop on the desktop to automatically create a jpg file. But US does not have the "add cursor" feature that MWSnap does. Also, US is not free :-( I agree with Snapfiles that this is probably the best Screen shot tool available in the free category.
Review by: pcs800 (177)
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- Apr 03, 2006
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Best graphics snap tool
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I tried many snap tools, but keep going back to MWsnap. It's simple to use, small, and effective. A classic that should be on every PC.
Review by: TerryP (46)
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- Mar 29, 2005
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Mwsnap helps me out
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I write courses on different subjects. We all know that visual information is very important. It helps explaining how to use programs etc. MWsnap3 does the job. No more no less.
Review by: Roggemans
First post
- Mar 03, 2005
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Commercial quality - free
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I've been using this truly excellent program for a considerable time on Windows 98SE & ME, have recommended it to many people & will to many more. Does exactly what is claimed, very efficiently. The only thing I could ask of it beyond it's current capability is some way of adding a text-box/notation window with a pointer, but HEY, IT'S FREE so I'm not complaining! (Any chance of a Linux version I wonder? ;-))
Review by: tallknight
First post
- Feb 18, 2005
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Great interface, but very unstable...
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 1
- Value: 1
- Overall:
The interface looks great and very easy to use, but when I run a screen capture, mem usage just shoots up and will crash my system.
Review by: heroik (4)
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- Feb 16, 2005
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Great program at a great price
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Use it all the time. Nice interface. works great with XP
Review by: OlManRivah (5)
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- Dec 19, 2004
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
The best
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It is the best for me, and it is free :D
Review by: megadeth
First post
- Nov 01, 2004
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Excellent
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Does everthing you could want from a screen capture tool. I especilly like the fact that you can save in different file formats (jpeg,bitmaps,gif,png,tiff)as well as color depth per pixel.
Review by: 1Bullet (3)
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- Aug 21, 2004
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
This program is amazing - total greatness
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This tool was created by an absolute genius. In some situations it will not capture the cursor, that's only because it is impossible, but after capture on the preview pane I can add one of 20 cursors or other handy objects like hands or not signs, etc, and I can add as many as I want to the picture. There is a bonus feature. It's integrated but not part of the screen capturing. This program provides a color picker that you can use on any window to find out what the RGB Hex color is. Handy for the web. Also a pixel ruler, that you can use on any window to measure. The size of any object horizontally or vertically. I tried Hover snap and MWsnap - only this one is good enough to capture the active window and put a cursor in it. The two web tools are a major bonuses to me. I needed them many times. The ruler is a totally new concept. Absolute Genius, they really know what a person needs for screen capture, and they covered bases that noone but them even knew existed.
Review by: HotShot (27)
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- Aug 16, 2004
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Does what i need...
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I know some of the programs you pay for do more, but for my needs this works just fine.
Review by: BigDan (15)
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- Jul 07, 2004
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
Does everything competition does - for free
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This one is easily the best free screen capture tool I've come across. Clear, configurable interface, many features and very easy to use. In my opinion it is even better than all the paid software on the market - does everything other programs do (plus more - for example it has a built-in color picker and a ruler tool among others) and it's completely free. Great software I can recommend wholeheartedly.
Review by: DoctorTofu (9)
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- May 16, 2004
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
The best one
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Lovely program.
Review by: fair_is_fair (46)
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- May 15, 2004
- For version:
- 3.0.0.74
A must have.....
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is simply the best out there, I have been using this for more than a year and it has become an everyday tool. The only thing missing is scroll snaps, maybe in the next version. The View option is a real convenience. Get it!
Review by: joed2939 (6)
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