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On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 1:29 PM Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I have but I agree with Others who mention SnagIt. Way better tool and
> cost is under $50.
>
> Another nice thing about SnagIt is that it can create an entire palette by
> just grabbing a pixel of color from a web site, word page, or graphic.
>
> And using presets, you can have a screenshot go immediately into Word or
> other outputs w/out going into the Snagit editor first. When I am
> documenting a new software tool, I can really jam, using the preset that
> drops my screenshots directly into Word. And you can set it up so they have
> a border automatically applied. Love the tool!
>
>
> Lin
> 206-900-1861
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> It is a great tool and so well worth the money and the hour or so it would
> take to get up to speed on the things I mentioned.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: soniaferns2004 -at- gmail -dot- com <soniaferns2004 -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 2:08 PM
> To: Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
> Cc: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Pixel Color?
>
> Has anyone used greenshot ?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 12, 2018, at 4:04 PM, Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > I just use SnagIt and while it isn't free, it is so cheap for the power
> it has in the last few releases. You do need to open the editor first, but
> I don't need to use it so often that it bothers me.
> >
> > But what I wanted to say is how much I appreciate the list when it comes
> to suggestions like Lauren just gave with the link to other options. I
> usually just quietly watch, but I just had to speak up.
> >
> > Thanks Lauren! And thanks to all for your contributions. I'm always
> learning cool stuff by lurking.
> >
> > Lin
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: techwr-l-bounces+linlaurie1=hotmail -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > <techwr-l-bounces+linlaurie1=hotmail -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> On Behalf
> > Of Lauren
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 1:41 PM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: Re: Pixel Color?
> >
> > Did you look at the alternatives for ColorPix?
> > https://colorpix.en.softonic.com/windows/alternatives
> >
> >> On 6/12/2018 1:28 PM, Chris Morton wrote:
> >> No, I'm looking for a real-time tool that I can simply point at a
> >> pixel onscreen and nab its values.
> >>
> >> ColorPix did that AND provided coordinates to boot!
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