Lightscreen

Lightscreen
License:
Free (GPL) Source code
Language:
English
Developer:
Developer's website
OS:
Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista/7
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Softonic review

Jon Riggall

“Small and simple screenshot tool”

by Jon Riggall about Lightscreen

If you're looking for a quick, no-frills and lightweight program that lets you take screenshots, look no further. Lightscreen is a tiny application that helps you capture your screen quickly and easily.

The first time you run Lightscreen you can set it up in Options, which allows you to define a target directory for images, the format (PNG, JPG or BMP), auto-naming of images, plus setting of hotkeys to make it really fast to use.

The setup options are fantastic, meaning you can get Lightscreen working exactly as you like. It will run in the System Tray, and all the functions can be activated with hotkeys if you want, so it's really unobtrusive. You can choose to capture the whole screen, a selected window or a particular area.

What tiny Lightscreen doesn't have is an editor - you can choose image quality, but any actual editing has to be done in another program. However, this keeps Lightscreen small and light on resources.

Lightscreen is a really well put together little screenshot application, offering a great mix of usability and stripped down functionality!

Pros
  • Three different types of screenshot
  • Excellent configuration options
  • Lightweight
Cons
  • Only saves in three formats
Free Download Lightscreen 1.0

Lightscreen is virus free

We have analyzed the latest version of Lightscreen with 30 antivirus engines and it is virus free. See analysis results.

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Lightscreen (2) User reviews

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  • 6/10
  • FloBot FloBot
    User reviews
    1

    This is a wonderful program, especially if people are just beginning to use the computer or are computer challenged or just want something simple.
    I like the simplicity of the program. Gets the... More

    • Review of Lightscreen - 04 Jan 2012
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  • Daveo643 Daveo643
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    1

    It's a nice, simple program, but defies the suggestion from it's name as being "light". Task manager shows that it's taking just shy of 20,000kB of RAM just to start-up!! And... More

    • Review of Lightscreen - 12 Feb 2012
      This review is liked by 0 of 0
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