Autosave Rapid Screenshot

[Viirin]

Is there a program I can get (a free one, I'm strapped right now) that I can get that can save screenshots real easy? Kinda like how in Guild Wars and through Steam you can just hit one button and it saves the screenshot automatically to a folder? I need to do that, but not while playing something.

 

[madwarper]

Is there a program I can get (a free one, I'm strapped right now) that I can get that can save screenshots real easy?

You mean like the "Print Screen" button?

1) Press Print Screen. Open Paint. Paste image.
2) ?
3) Profit!

 

[Viirin]

Yep, that's exactly what I'm asking for, Burned Hand. I've been taking a screenshot, shoving it in paint, and saving it- but I wanna hit just a single button so I can take lots of screenshots and have them autosaved quickly.

 

[Ragsnstitches]

Steam has a built in screencap feature that allows you to take multiple screencaps per session and save them to your drive (or to the steam cloud to display on your profile or community hubs)

This also works with non steam games if you boot them up through steam with the in-game steam community enabled.

f12 is the default key for taking screenshots, but you can changed that in settings.

EDIT: Not sure if the image I posted shows up for everyone, let me know if it doesn't.

EDIT EDIT: Nevermind... I didn't read OP

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Certain programs can be run through steam and can use the steam community features (like screen caps).

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Sorry, checked myself, doesn't seem to work in non games at all.

 

[CrystalShadow]

I know such programs exist, because I went looking a while back.
Problems is, I didn't find anything that wasn't a complete headache to use.

Having said that, I seem to recall most video capture programs that gamers use can do screenshots as well.
(such as fraps, or Bandicam)

I don't think the screenshot features of the free versions of these programs has any real limitation (not sure though.) - They may possibly have watermarks or other restrictions, though I think it's mainly the video which is limited for the free versions.

Personally I also had an older computer with non-standard graphics drivers. It's technically a separate program (And I don't know if it still exists, or if there is an equivalent version for other hardware), but the driver included a utility called 'ati tray tools' (shows you how old that is). - Most of the features are graphics card driver stuff (graphics settings, overclocking, resolution changes, etc.), but it also allowed you to set a screenshot hotkey. (it was in the same part of the menu that allowed you to show a driver-level FPS counter)

So... That's 3 options I know of...

You could try one of those, see if it does what you want it to.

 

[Viirin]

Tried the first two, but I'd have to be in-game to get it to work; doesn't work just from desktop. But I ran across something else, in case someone else needs to know what I just learned. Hit the Windows and Prntscrn button and it autosaves to pictures-screenshots.

 

[Dalek Caan]

https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html

I was recommended this programme by another user a while ago and though I have not tried it myself but apparently it works very well for him. He has used it more than once to take certain screenshots of our Steam convos.

[sub][sub]Bastard *Grumbles*[/sub][/sub]

 

[CrystalShadow]

Tried the first two, but I'd have to be in-game to get it to work; doesn't work just from desktop. But I ran across something else, in case someone else needs to know what I just learned. Hit the Windows and Prntscrn button and it autosaves to pictures-screenshots.

Huh. Just tried that. Clearly it's a new feature, because it doesn't work on my windows 7 system.
(A google search shows it to be a new feature for windows 8. Incidentally I have a windows 8 phone, and the behaviour of pressing 'windows+prntscrn' sounds awfully similar to the behaviour of my phone when I press the power and volume up buttons together - which captures a screenshot.)

XD