Version history for FastStone Capture
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Changes for v8.2 - v8.6
- Added an audio indicator to Screen Recorder
- Added resizing handles to the "Acquire Images from Scanner" tool
- Standard sizes for fixed-size region are customizable
- Converts multi-page TIFF file to PDF file
- Improved support for 4K monitors
- Other improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v8.1 - v8.2
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v8.0 - v8.1
- Added "Follow mouse pointer" option to the screen recorder, which enables the recording region to follow the movement of the mouse pointer
- You can also move the recording region by dragging its borders
- Added hotkey F5 to zoom in/out while recording a screen video
- Added Quality options to the Audio tab of the screen recorder
- Added "Close tab by double-clicking on tab name" to the Editor tab of FastStone Capture's Settings
- Now you can put more buttons on the capture toolbar
- Other improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v7.9 - v8.0
- Added "Fixed-Size Region" to the screen video recorder
- Added animated GIF converter to the screen video editor. This allows you to convert your screen videos to animated gif files, which are supported by most web browsers
- Now you can drag and move the yellow control bar for screen video recording
- Other minor improvements
Changes for v7.8 - v7.9
- Added "Polyline" and "Insert Mouse Pointer / Icon" to the Draw tool
- Added "Remove Strip / Insert Strip" to the right-click menu on a selected area
- Added "Lock Toolbar Position" option (a pin icon) to the new capture toolbar activated from the editor. This will lock the toolbar position for next use
- Now, you can join images together into a new tab directly. In previous version, it is required to save the file first
- Other minor improvements
Changes for v7.7 - v7.8
- Added support of tabs to the editor. This allows you to capture, open and edit multiple screenshots simultaneously
- Added New and Save All commands to the File menu of the editor
- Added Tools menu to the editor. Now you can save multiple screenshots as a PDF file or combine multiple screenshots into an image within the editor
- Added a hotkey option to the Settings to activate the Capture toolbar if it is hidden
- Many small improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v7.6 - v7.7
- Now you can use drag-and-drop to move (copy when Ctrl key is down) selected area
- Added two new selection methods
- Added Undo/Redo buttons on the menu bar of the editor
- Added Spotlight effect
- Many small improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v7.5 - v7.6
- Added "Screen Crosshair". It displays two full-screen intersecting lines (crosshair) on the screen with a magnifier showing the details of the area around the mouse pointer. You may find it helpful to align screen objects, compare chart or tabular data and underline the text you are reading.
- Added "Join Images Side by Side". You can use it to combine multiple images into a single image file
- Added option "Show resizing handles on image borders" to the Settings (in Editor tab). By dragging the resizing handles, you can remove unwanted borders or add blank space to the image easily and precisely
- Added option "Copy captured image to Clipboard automatically" to the Settings (in Capture tab). Check this option if you want to send a copy of the captured image to Windows Clipboard automatically every time you make a screen capture
- Added a "Reset" button to the Settings window so you can reset your settings to their default values
- Improved "Video Editor"
- Added "Step Forward" and "Step Backward" for navigation between video frames
- Fixed a bug: some part of video frames are black when viewed in the video editor
- Improved "Screen Ruler"
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v7.4 - v7.5
- Enhanced the Draw tool
- Now you can draw both straight and curved lines using the Line tool
- Added 10 styles to the Line and Pencil tools
- Added Number Stamp
- Added Eraser
- Added L-Line
- Added "Align" (top, left, right, bottom, width, height and size) to the right click menu on multiple objects
- Enhanced "Select Canvas". Now you can crop, blur, copy, cut, paste and delete a selected area. You can even fill it with a screen color
- Now you can select multiple objects and change their attributes as a group
- Added "Print" tab to the Settings. Now you have an option to print directly to the default printer without showing the Print dialog
- Added Drop Shadow option to the Reflection tool under Effects menu
- Enhanced the video editor of the built-in screen video recorder
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v7.3 - v7.4
- Improved the screen recorder:
- Added an option (for Vista, Windows 7 and 8) to record audio from both microphone and speakers at the same time
- Added an option to repeat the last screen recording
- Improved the video editor. Now you can:
- Remove unwanted sections from a screen video
- Save a video frame to a file or copy it to Clipboard
- Drag and drop a video file onto the screen recorder's panel to open it in the video editor
- Improved the Auto Caption tool
- Improved compatibility with Windows 8 RTM
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v7.2 - v7.3
- Improved the screen recorder:
- Added an option (for Vista, Windows 7 and 8) to record audio from both microphone and speakers at the same time
- Added an option to repeat the last screen recording
- Improved the video editor. Now you can:
- Remove unwanted sections from a screen video
- Save a video frame to a file or copy it to Clipboard
- Drag and drop a video file onto the screen recorder's panel to open it in the video editor
- Improved the Auto Caption tool
- Improved compatibility with Windows 8 RTM
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v7.1 - v7.2
- Added a video editor to the screen recorder to allows users to add annotation objects (texts, arrows, rectangles, circles, etc.) and zoom effects to screen video files
- Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool
- Improved compatibility with Windows 8 RP (Release Preview)
- Other minor improvements
Changes for v7.0 - v7.1
- Enhanced the built-in screen recorder
- Added Pause / Resume support
- Added an option (for Vista, Windows 7 and 8 only) to record computer speakers (what you hear) directly
- Enhanced the Print dialog. Now it is possible to print both header and footer
- Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool
- Improved compatibility with Customer Preview version of Windows 8
- Other improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v6.9 - v7.0
Changes for v6.8 - v6.9
- Added "Acquire Images from Scanner". It supports batch scanning to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and PNG. It allows users to rotate, crop, deskew, annotate and save scanned images directly within this tool
- Added "Capture Fixed-Size Region"
- Added "Repeat Last Capture"
- Now it is possible to use drag-and-drop to open an image in the internal editor
- Added "Fit to Width" (press K) option to the internal editor
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v6.7 - v6.8
- Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool. Now it is compatible with the latest version of popular web browsers: Internet Explorer 9, FireFox 4, Chrome 10, Opera 11 and Safari 5.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v6.6 - v6.7
- Improved PDF output. Now it is possible to specify Page Size, Quality, Margins and Orientation when saving in PDF format. Lengthy document is divided into multi-pages automatically
- Added a tool called "Convert Images to a PDF file" to allow users to convert images to multi-page PDF file
- Added "Expand Canvas" to the Draw tool
- Added "Blur" to the right-click menu of the Draw tool when part of the image is selected
- Assigned keyboard shortcuts to drawing tools. For example: press F1 for Text, press F2 for Straight Line, press F3 for Pencil etc.
- Added an option to the Settings to allow users to specify which screen (active or all) to capture when making Full Screen Capture in multi-monitor system
- Fixed minor bugs
Changes for v6.5 - v6.6
- Improved the Draw tool. Now it is possible to:
- Add outward-pointing tails to text objects
- Copy/cut/past annotation objects and areas of the canvas
- Fill with color
- Undo / Redo
- Zoom In / Zoom Out
- Added "Custom Scroll Mode" to the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool. Custom Scroll Mode allows users to capture any part of the screen that scrolls vertically
- Added "Screen Color Picker" to the Editor's Colors menu
- Added option "Show capture buttons in editor" to the software Settings
- Now it is possible to make annotation directly in the Email tool
- Supported variables %COMPUTERNAME% and %USERNAME% in File Name Template
- Supported variables %MYDOCUMENTS% and %MYDESKTOP% in the path of "Auto Save" output folder
- Some other improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v6.4 - v6.5
- Improved Capture Window / Object
- Improved Print dialog
- Fixed a bug in Capture Scrolling Window
Changes for v6.1 - v6.2
- Some UI improvements and minor bug fixes
Changes for v6.0 - v6.1
- Now it runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
- Annotation objects (texts, lines, boxes etc.) can be re-edited by re-opening the Draw tool
- Added auto-expand feature to text objects as you type in them
- Maintain aspect ratio when resizing watermark images in Draw tool
- Added "Preview in Editor" as an output option, which allows you to edit the captured image before sending it to the specified destination such as clipboard, printer, email etc.
- Improved "Capture Scrolling Window". Now it supports Internet Explorer 8 Beta
- Improved Print dialog
- Added option "Ask me to save changes before closing" to the Editor tab of the Settings
- Some UI improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v5.9 - v6.0
- Added Line Highlighter to "Draw" tool
- Added "Blur" option to Line and Rectangle Highlighters
- Enhanced "Text" in "Draw" tool. Now shadowed text is possible
- Added "To Web (FTP)" as an Output option
- Enhanced Screen Ruler
- Added "Pick Another Color" button to Screen Color Picker
- Used tabs to group options in "Settings" window
- Some UI improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v5.8 - v5.9
- Support capture of multiple windows and objects including multi-level menus (Use Ctrl key in "Capture Window / Object")
- In the internal editor, Caption can be modified now
- Some UI improvements and bug fixes
Changes for v5.7 - v5.8
- Enhanced "Save As" dialog. Now the preview window is updated automatically instead of requiring users to click on the "Update Preview" button
- Enlarged preview windows in rectangle capture mode and freehand capture mode
- Other small improvements in the user interface
Changes for v5.5 - v5.6
- Added "Send to Word" and "Send to PowerPoint". Now it is possible to send screenshots to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint directly
- Added option "Copy to Clipboard" to "Auto Save" section in the Settings
- Improved usability of menus
- Fixed some bugs
Changes for v5.4 - v5.5
- Added option "Negative" to the Screen Magnifier, which allows users with low vision to see a magnified color-reversed screen
- In the Screen Magnifier, now it is possible to scroll the magnified screen with arrow keys
- Added "Reset Capture Panel Position" to the right-click menu of the system tray icon
Changes for v5.2 - v5.3
- Compatible with Windows Vista
- Improved quality of 256 color PNG/GIF output
- Added Reset to Primary Screen (only available in Multi-monitor system) to the tray icon's popup menu
Changes for v5.1 - v5.2
- Added Scroll Refresh Time in the Settings
- Added option (in the Settings) to show Open File in Editor icon on the Capture Panel
- Added Download Tutorial link
Changes for v5.0 - v5.1
- Added Make Background Transparent under Edit menu
- Added options in the Settings to show/hide Screen Magnifier and Screen Color Picker on Capture Panel
- Changed hotkey for Draw tool from T to D
Changes for v4.8 - v5.0
- Enhanced / Simplified the User Interface
- New Effects: Drop shadow, torn-edge
- Comment Tool
- Improved the Draw tool
- Fixed some bugs
Changes for v4.7 - v4.8
- Improved the Draw tool
- Now it is possible to input double-byte characters such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian in the Draw tool
