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Sharpshooter lets you rename newly taken screenshots
Do you like using Mac OS X's built-in screenshot key commands? If you do, chances are that you don't like the files that it outputs on your desktop: "Picture 1.png"? What was I thinking when I took this screenshot? What is the screenshot of? If these questions bother you, then you might like Sharpshooter. Sharpshooter is an application that chimes in when you take a screenshot using command + shift +3 and gives you options for setting the file name, save location, and the format. You can even move the screenshot directly to the trash.
Overall, Sharpshooter looks like an awesome addition to any Mac OS X system in which users are constantly dealing with screenshots using the built-in utility. Sharpshooter is available from the developer's website for an introductory price (until October 2008) for $12 US. Regular price is $15. A free 30-day trial is also available.
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crazypenguin said 12:07PM on 9-09-2008
12 bucks for a screen shot? naa, i'll stick with the widget
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mark said 4:53PM on 9-09-2008
...meaning this widget?
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/business/screenshotplus.html
Regardless, I don't think I've *ever* complained about the price of an app, but $12 for Sharpshooter is simply ludicrous, let alone $15. Even $5 is ridiculous.
Good luck with that.
Alex said 12:11PM on 9-09-2008
I have paid less for better screenshot programs with more features. And at a discount of 3 dollars from 15? Are you kidding me? Was this posted simply because TUAW received a free copy? Lately, all the app reviews I've seen on here are for lame programs that frankly are a bit pricy and simply not the best of their kind.
I would like to see TUAW make posts in which they reviewed many apps of the same type similar to the back to school blog post.
This looks more like a sponsored ad review.
I would expect this app to be free or 3 dollars at best. It simply looks old and is very limited in functionality. Brushed metal; people still design with that? Can anyone honestly see themselves paying 15 for this? If so, "I" can recommend better apps for less.
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mentalsticks said 12:22PM on 9-09-2008
i wish I could give you more than one thumbsup.
zippy said 12:18PM on 9-09-2008
A useful tool, but certainly not worth $15. I'm happy with the free SnapNDrag by Yellow Mug
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Stormwater Quality said 12:20PM on 9-09-2008
This seems like a real niche app. Maybe I'm just accustomed to the traditional way of getting screenshots, but it works fine for me:
http://www.filterra.com
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wharper said 12:24PM on 9-09-2008
Frankly, I'm amazed that there are people out there that aren't using Skitch.
http://skitch.com/
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Big John said 12:48PM on 9-09-2008
I don't need Yet Another Program clogging up my workstream. This is a nice extension to the built-in screenshot function (read: not Grab, but the universal Cmd+Shift+3 shortcut) but I don't believe it's worth the $12.
Jordi Duran said 12:43PM on 9-09-2008
I use Skitch from Plasq.com
and it's great, not only takes screenshots, it also has a build-in image editor to add arrows, text, lines, draws... it allow resize, crop...
Also drag&drop, history....
Everything I need.
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Big John said 12:46PM on 9-09-2008
$12 for some GUI'd AppleScript? No thanks.
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NutMac said 12:59PM on 9-09-2008
OMG! It lets you rename a screenshot? Get outta town! It even lets you move the screenshot to trash? Totally amazing stuff!
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Fannar said 1:50PM on 9-09-2008
You say what?!?
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Justin D said 2:14PM on 9-09-2008
Useless without Cmd-Shift-4 support.
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Brian Moon said 2:23PM on 9-09-2008
Jing works great as does Grab. Not sure why you need this.
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SpinThis! said 2:24PM on 9-09-2008
I'm surprised they're charging for this. Might have been somewhat useful in Tiger but now with QuickLook you can easily whip through your screenshots and rename them easily.
If you need to rename or move or whatever directly after the shot, why not setup a folder action? Automator makes this pretty easy... you could probably set this up in about 10 minutes tops.
And for those who forget:
* Cmd-Shift-3: Whole screen
* Cmd-Shift-4: gives you crosshairs to select
* Cmd-Shift-4, then Control: puts it in the clipboard (for example, further manipulation in your fav editor)
Cmd-Shift-4, then Spacebar: lets you select windows, the menubar, palettes, etc.
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LuminousNerd said 7:23PM on 9-09-2008
Noooo!!! This ruins a good thing! For one, it's a lot less steps to use exposé to hide your desktop. Two, THE VERY REASON that I absolutely LOVE the built-in screenshot utility is because it's INVISIBLE, and I don't think I'm the only one.
This is insane! I don't want a popup every time I take a screenshot, and for god's sake I don't want to PAY for it!
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Samuel said 11:59PM on 9-12-2008
I tell you what, on Windows, there is this bloddy excellent app called ALzip that creates zip archives, but instead of "New File1.zip" is randomly selects a name from a pre-defined list of wild birds names like "albatross" -- its so kooky. I love it and wish Apple would build that into OS X for folders but with Wild Cat names instead.
Anyway, I can see something similar here but a terminal command in the background, something automatic.
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Rok said 9:51AM on 10-21-2008
Sheesh. What a bunch of whiners...
All I know is that, in the span of a work week, when I'm desperate to get images cobbled together from any number of sources, ESPECIALLY for presentations, it's good to know that, as long as I can see it on screen, I can get it with the built-in screen capture utility.
But, after a few helter-skelter presentation assemblies, I am also looking as a folder with 32 "Picture X.png" files in it, because you're just snapping everything and working out the details in Photoshop or whatever. Yet some of the screengrabs stl hold value after the fact. I also use the screen captures for online receipt storage (especially if the site doesn't offer a great "print this receipt" function). If you had some way to name the snapshots before saving, it would be a real time-saver. I honestly forget that Grab still exists (dig that FUNKY NeXT-era moving eyeball icon! The good thing is it shows you how stable it is if they haven't touched it in this long, the bad is that they haven't touched it for THIS LONG...)
LuminousNerd, you sound like someone's forcing you to pay for a utility you'll never use. They're not.
And, finally, last I checked, the only other utility that intercepted screenshots with all of the standard Mac OS X key commands was the $30 very-long-in-the-tooth SnapzPro from Ambrosia (screen capture variant only). Wow, Jaguar pin-stripes? Really? So, you know, it's half THAT anyway.
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