Don't Like Windows Snipping Tool? Here are Tricks!

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Don’t Like Windows Snipping Tool? Here are Tricks!

28 January 2021 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Summary
When using Windows computer for work or entertainment, have you ever come across the situation that you want to make a screenshot? For example, you need to take a full screen capture or a user-defined part of the screen, or take a picture from a game or video. Instead of downloading a Windows snipping tool, you can try the following tools. Let’s read this article!

Content

Part 1: How to Use Snipping Tool on Windows?

Part 2: How to Capture Full Screen on Windows?

Part 3: How to Navigate to Screenshot Folder on Windows?

Part 4: How to Make Screenshot for Active Window?

1. Use Renee Video Editor Pro
2. Use Built-in Screenshot Tool on Windows

Part 1: How to Use Snipping Tool on Windows?

1. What is Snipping Tool?

Snipping Tool is a mini tool built in Windows system, which can be directly drawn from Start menu on Windows. Windows users can use Snipping Tool to make screenshot, and don’t have to download any other screenshot tool.

2. How to use Snipping Tool?

Entry points: Start menu – Snipping Tool

If you don’t want to download any other screenshot software, you can use Snipping Tool on Windows. This screenshot tool provides all kinds of screenshot modes including rectangle snip, window snip, and full-screen snip and free-form snip. It can set the delay time to make screenshot so that you can do more detailed operations during the process.

Once the screenshot is made, it will turn to the editing status. Then, you can further edit the image.

If Windows users don’t like Snipping Tool, here are some tricks! You can also easily make screenshots.

Part 2: How to Capture Full Screen on Windows?

Hot keys: PrintScreen or Ctrl + PrintScreen

Step 1: Press the PrintScreen button on the laptop (or, Prt Sc Sysrq in the desktop computer) to make a screenshot.

Step 2: Click on the Windows icon of the Start menu; then follow to click on [Windows Accessories] – [Paint]. Or, click the icon next to Start menu to search [Paint].

Step 3: Click on [Paste] to copy the screenshot into the pane. Then, edit and save the image.

Part 3: How to Navigate to Screenshot Folder on Windows?

Hot keys: Win + PrintScreen

If you press this shortcut, you can navigate to the folder [%USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Screenshots] saving all Windows screenshots. Then, you can select the image to edit easily.

Part 4: How to Make Screenshot for Active Window?

1. Use Renee Video Editor Pro

If you want to take screenshots of a video or a game, you can use Renee Video Editor Pro, which is very friendly to users.

What is Renee Video Editor Pro?

Renee Video Editor Pro is the multi-functional software that contains video editing and screen recording. It can not only satisfy users’ needs on recording computer screens, playing video and sound sources, etc., but also create more possibilities for video editing. Users can add watermarks to the videos that are being recorded, but also optimize the video contents, like adding various kinds of transition, switching between different filter styles freely, adding exclusive subtitles for independent images, etc.

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How to make screenshot with Renee Video Editor Pro?

Step 1: Download and install Renee Video Editor Pro. Then, click on [Screen Recorder].

select screen recorder to record desktop in renee video editor pro

Step 2: Next, minimize the window and press the hot keys [Ctrl + Alt + F4] to make full-screen screenshot.

If you want to modify the shortcuts, you can directly click on the setting button at the corner and then change in the tab [Hot Key]. If you want to change the storage folder, you can modify under the tab [Screenshot].

use hot key to make screenshot with renee video editor pro

screenshot your recording video with renee video editor pro

As multi-functional and cost-effective video editing software, Renee Video Editor Pro can not only take screenshots but also realize the recording function.

How to record screen with Renee Video Editor Pro?

Step 1: Click on [Record].

click to record with renee screen recorder

Step 2: If you select [User-Defined] as the recording target, you need to drag the box to select the area to record. After that, click on [Record] to begin recording.

Step 3: Stop or pause recording as the video is finished.

If you want to further edit the video, Renee Video Editor Pro can also help you.

How to edit video with Renee Video Editor Pro?

Step 1: Click on [Video Toolbox] on the main interface.

select video toolbox in Renee Video Editor

Step 2: Click on [Add Files] to select the target video. Then, use the functions at the top menu to edit the video.

use renee video editor pro functions to edit videos

TipsCut: Shorten the video

Rotate&Crop: Rotate and crop the video screen

Effect: Add filters, set zoom in/out effects and add audio effects

Watermark: Add text, image, video, shape watermark, or use the watermark remover

Music: Add background music or add voice over the video

Subtitle: Add the subtitles for the video

Opening/Ending: Add the opening/ending to enrich the video

Step 3: Finally, set the output folder and the output format. Click on [Start] to save the video.

select mp4 as the output format and save in renee video editor pro

2. Use Built-in Screenshot Tool on Windows

Hot key: Win + G

There is a specific screenshot tool for PC games on Windows. You can press [Win + G] to open the bar and make screenshots.

Step 1: Press [Win + G] to open the screenshot bar. Then, click on the camera icon to make screenshots.

pc game recording software to download embedded video

Step 2: After that, the image will be saved in the folder [%USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Screenshots].

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