Sharpshooter lets you rename your screenshots with pinpoint accuracy. Sharpshooter is a small utility which aids the management of screenshots.
Sharpshooter lets you manipulate and process the screenshot while it is still fresh on your mind.
When you take a screenshot on Mac OS X with Command-Shift-3 (or with another variation) Sharpshooter will present a window where you can review the picture and choose what to do with it. You can either rename it from its default name to something more descriptive, move the screenshot to the Trash, or cancel the operation
What's New
Version 2.0.3:
New app icon.
Improved the first run user consent dialog.
Better Mac App Store receipt handling. The Website Edition now recognizes when Sharpshooter has been purchased through the Mac App Store in case a user needs to switch editions.
I use a nifty lite app called Jing that will create a screen grab of whatever area of the screen or window you want, or create a video. Once the screen is grabbed you can annotate it with text and shapes. It's free and works great with Lion. The default save is to name it using the current date and time, but you're always able to rename it on save. Control-J is the key shortcut.
This is a potentially useful app, but it needs a few more features to make it easy to use:
- The Sharpshooter window should remember its size. Currently, the window opens too small to see the screenshot clearly, which is necessary when trying to distinguish between multiple similar-looking screenshots.
- A "zoom in" button to enlarge screenshots to 100% without enlarging the window would be useful, along with a hand tool to slide the image around in the window. A corresponding "zoom out" button would restore the image to a size that fits the window.
- If a Sharpshooter window is already open, then subsequent screenshots should appear within the same window, perhaps accompanied by a display of thumbnails to move from one image to another.
- It would be nice to be able to specify a number of favorite folders that would be available in the dropdown menu when choosing a location to save the screenshot.
I forgot to add to that last point that a list of recently-used folders (as used by Sharpshooter to save screenshots) would also be useful in the dropdown menu.
I gave this tool a solid 5 star rating below but after playing with it for a few hours I have one giant glaring problem with it.
There is no option to change the compression settings for certain file types like JPEG. This is one feature that seems to have been omitted from this otherwise handy tool. Without the ability to choose low quality, medium quality or high quality output files, I really don't have any use for this handy tool. If I have to manually convert each screen snapshot then this tool really won't save me any time in the least bit.
I emailed the developer about this suggestion as well.
Great app as it adds a step apple omitted, but in terms of file type and compression secrets allows setting standard file type for screen capture and right click contextual menu zips in one click so i find little need for another feature in sharpshooter.
COLLIN BLACKMAN you cannot post ZIP files to image hosting sites, LOL.
What good is zipping up an image to me then?
Both JPEG and TIF allow internal compression methods to reduce the file size before saving them. That was my point , any standard program on the Mac that saves in various image formats allows those options.
I'm so glad this is Snow Leopard ready -- I'd hate to think of using Snow Leopard without it. Sharpshooter is one of my most used utilities, and one of the best $15 dollars I've ever spent on shareware. I've never, ever had a problem with it, and it's saved me hours of time and frustration since I began using it. Couldn't recommend more highly!
After using the program for a while and reevaluating some of the fee features available, along with its stability the product and support has changed my mind in regard to my previous comments about its fee.
First of all there is not definitive reason to pay for this program. The fee based features can mostly be worked around with feature setting utilities such as Onyx and saving a screenshot to the desktop is the default Apple setting. This program can hold its own quite well against its competitors in its free format.
That said I slowly realized that its fee based features could significantly save me time and annoyance when trying to import screenshot images to various programs. That fact, along with being able to dump the screenshots into my downloads folder eliminating desktop clutter convinced me to 'bite the bullet' and get a license.
Since I try to avoid PayPal at all costs, and this was the only listed method of payment, I emailed the developer both to avoid the use of PayPal and to test out product support. I was most impressed with the response and attitude of the developer. He did his best to accommodate me, inquired with serious interest in alternatives I use with other sites, and promptly followed up with my license when payment arrangements were concluded. I simply could not ask for better support.
The program has a simple, clean and well laid out interface, It is easy to use and has never created any problems for me.
Sometimes the quality of the product is the best marketing tool for a product. This is the case for Sharpshooter. One of my personal values is to take ownership for my actions. In this case my previous comments were premature and I have no problem in stating they were wrong about this product. Given the convenience of its fee based features, and the support offered for the product it is worth the shareware fee. As such I now highly recommend the product, both in its freeware and shareware configurations.
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Sharpshooter lets you rename your screenshots with pinpoint accuracy. Sharpshooter is a small utility which aids the management of screenshots.
Sharpshooter lets you manipulate and process the screenshot while it is still fresh on your mind.
When you take a screenshot on Mac OS X with Command-Shift-3 (or with another variation) Sharpshooter will present a window where you can review the picture and choose what to do with it. You can either rename it from its default name to something more descriptive, move the screenshot to the Trash, or cancel the operation keeping the screenshot as it is.
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The upgrade price is $8.
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Tvfilm reviewed on 04 Jan 2011
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Jo* reviewed on 19 Oct 2009
However, there are two things I'd ask the dev to work on:
1. Make it a little quicker. Sometimes up to 5 seconds elapse until the "Save as" window pops up.
2. Make it work with Default Folder X.
Other than that perfect little app that deserves a 5 star rating.
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- The Sharpshooter window should remember its size. Currently, the window opens too small to see the screenshot clearly, which is necessary when trying to distinguish between multiple similar-looking screenshots.
- A "zoom in" button to enlarge screenshots to 100% without enlarging the window would be useful, along with a hand tool to slide the image around in the window. A corresponding "zoom out" button would restore the image to a size that fits the window.
- If a Sharpshooter window is already open, then subsequent screenshots should appear within the same window, perhaps accompanied by a display of thumbnails to move from one image to another.
- It would be nice to be able to specify a number of favorite folders that would be available in the dropdown menu when choosing a location to save the screenshot.
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There is no option to change the compression settings for certain file types like JPEG. This is one feature that seems to have been omitted from this otherwise handy tool. Without the ability to choose low quality, medium quality or high quality output files, I really don't have any use for this handy tool. If I have to manually convert each screen snapshot then this tool really won't save me any time in the least bit.
I emailed the developer about this suggestion as well.
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What good is zipping up an image to me then?
Both JPEG and TIF allow internal compression methods to reduce the file size before saving them. That was my point , any standard program on the Mac that saves in various image formats allows those options.
But SharpShooter does not offer such an option.
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MacTechHead reviewed on 21 Aug 2009
A keeper in my books and Snow Leopard ready too before it's even released.
Great job!
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Steven Goodheart reviewed on 20 Aug 2009
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JimW reviewed on 28 Dec 2008
First of all there is not definitive reason to pay for this program. The fee based features can mostly be worked around with feature setting utilities such as Onyx and saving a screenshot to the desktop is the default Apple setting. This program can hold its own quite well against its competitors in its free format.
That said I slowly realized that its fee based features could significantly save me time and annoyance when trying to import screenshot images to various programs. That fact, along with being able to dump the screenshots into my downloads folder eliminating desktop clutter convinced me to 'bite the bullet' and get a license.
Since I try to avoid PayPal at all costs, and this was the only listed method of payment, I emailed the developer both to avoid the use of PayPal and to test out product support. I was most impressed with the response and attitude of the developer. He did his best to accommodate me, inquired with serious interest in alternatives I use with other sites, and promptly followed up with my license when payment arrangements were concluded. I simply could not ask for better support.
The program has a simple, clean and well laid out interface, It is easy to use and has never created any problems for me.
Sometimes the quality of the product is the best marketing tool for a product. This is the case for Sharpshooter. One of my personal values is to take ownership for my actions. In this case my previous comments were premature and I have no problem in stating they were wrong about this product. Given the convenience of its fee based features, and the support offered for the product it is worth the shareware fee. As such I now highly recommend the product, both in its freeware and shareware configurations.
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Menubar icon is there, dropdown menu says it's watching for screenshots.
I take a screenshot, nothing happens.
iMac G5, OS 10.4.10
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