Anyone interested in a plugin for capturing screenshots?

[toe_head2001]

About a month and a half ago, I did just enough hackery to get a screenshot utility running inside of paint.net and have it render the captures to canvas. This was done for my amusement, as I personally think it is unpractical and I prefer a standalone program. http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/3908-the-off-topic-thread/?p=426413

 

I'm just curious if anyone would be interested in having such a utility in paint.net.

[Red ochre]

Personally, I use the Windows snipping tool. Would there be any advantage to using a plugin?

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Ctrl + PrtScrn does me.

[BoltBait]

I just use Prtsc.

[Goonfella]

Snipping tool is perfect. I use it all the time for tuts.

[toe_head2001]

Thanks guys. Looks like everyone (you four in this sample ) has confirmed what I suspected. I'll look for something else to do for my next personal project.

[ventor1]

Given that you are looking for another project, I have long been waiting for something that can create lines/splines with a specified number of control points.

 

Where separating an image from a background becomes complicated and where the usual means do not work well, I will often zoom in on the image and using the line tool I will create a border around the image. I then use that line as a silhouette to separate the image from the background and vice-versa.

 

Having the ability to create a spline/line with as many control points as I would like would give me the ability to manipulate that spline/line to suit any image or shape, thereby saving a lot of time. I'm fairly certain that there would be other applications where such a tool could be used to great effect also.

 

Some food for thought perhaps toe_head2001?

Cheers,

 

Ventor

[Ego Eram Reputo]

SplineMaster http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/27512-trs-splinemaster-v142-a-line-maker-march-72015/

[opticyclic]

I am interested as generally I use Alt-Prtsc and I like editing my screenshots in PDN instead of using external tools that take a screenshot and do limited editing.

[toe_head2001]

I am interested as generally I use Alt-Prtsc and I like editing my screenshots in PDN instead of using external tools that take a screenshot and do limited editing.

 

I had decided that this will not be a plugin for paint.net. However, I can add an option into AeroShot Mini that will open screenshots in paint.net once they have been captured. Would you want that? Essentially you'd press Alt+PrtScn, and then the capture would automatically be saved to disk & opened in paint.net.

 

Out of curiosity, what sorts of edits are you making to screenshots?

Edited September 22, 2015 by toe_head2001