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Free Screen Capture Tool on Mac
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DuckCapture for Mac is a free screen capture tool for Apple Mac OS X! The major functionalities have been introduced in Free Screen Capture Tool, this article will be focusing on installation and usage on Mac OS X.
1. Download the disk image file. When you double click the dmg file, it will mount as a disk and opened automatically.
2. Drag DuckCapture and drop on the “Applications” folder alias, which is on the right side of the DuckCapture icon.
3. Open Applications folder, and double click “DuckCapture” to run, you’ll see an new icon on shared menu bar system tray area.
4. When you hove mouse cursor on the icon, the system panel will show up. You can click the available capture options to start screen capture.
5. Click the icon to get the menu, you can also select “Show Main Window” to open the main window, and change more advanced options.
6. After you have captured screen areas/windows, you can user annotation tools to add arrows, rectangles or text. Please see also Add Annotations on Screenshot.
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Free Screen Capture Tool
DuckCapture: simple and ease-to-use screen capture tool
DuckCapture comes with four capture modes that make screen capture easy! Capture a window on your screen, region of your screen, or the contents of a tall web page that scrolls. You can easily edit, and share a screenshot. Don’t waste time cropping your captures. DuckCapture is exactly what you need.
4 Capture Modes: Window, Region, Scrolling and Full Screen
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Capture a WindowGet just the window, not the stuff behind or around it. |
Capture a RegionDraw a box on the screen and capture whatever is inside. |
Capture a Tall Web PageCan’t fit it on the screen? DuckCapture auto-scrolls the web page or window and grabs it all! |
Rich Editing Tools
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Annotation ToolsOnce you finished basic capture, you can start editing right away: draw annotations with arrows, blocks, and more. |
Multiple CapturesSelect multiple regions of one screenshot, move and refine them. |
Share Simply
 One-click to upload captured screen with annotations to image sharing website min.us. Share the link through email, embed in your blog, or post to community. |
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(Professional Version Only) |
 One of the big advantages of DuckCapture is the fact that it can be easily extended with new functionality. The programming language for DuckCapture plug-in is ECMA Script (in the form of several well-known dialects such as JavaScript and ActionScript). Check out the documentation, code examples. The community forums can help you get answers from your peers. |
Add Annotations on Screenshot
DuckCapture provides rich editing tools to add more captured areas or add informative annotation on screen shot.
Add Captured Areas
Once you have selected one area and entered into the editing mode, you can use the “Add” tool to combine more screen areas in one image, organize them by moving blocks, or adjust the selected area by grip editing.
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| “Add” Tool | Add new rectangle areas | Add new polygon areas | Add new areas by window on screen |
Draw Annotations
DuckCapture provided tools to draw simple basic graphics, including text, on captured screenshots.
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| “Draw” Tool | Sub tools to draw basic annotations |
Save and Share
Once you finished editing and adding annotations, you can print it out directly, save to file, or copy to clipboard.
Add Annotations on Screenshot
DuckCapture provides rich editing tools to add more captured areas or add informative annotation on screen shot.
Add Captured Areas
Once you have selected one area and entered into the editing mode, you can use the “Add” tool to combine more screen areas in one image, organize them by moving blocks, or adjust the selected area by grip editing.
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| “Add” Tool | Add new rectangle areas | Add new polygon areas | Add new areas by window on screen |
Draw Annotations
DuckCapture provided tools to draw simple basic graphics, including text, on captured screenshots.
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| “Draw” Tool | Sub tools to draw basic annotations |
Save and Share
Once you finished editing and adding annotations, you can print it out directly, save to file, or copy to clipboard.
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