Software by Mike
Robinson

Cappy

Screen Capture Made Simple

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Select an area on the screen and instantly pop the captured image into Microsoft
PowerPoint, Word, or Excel.

Save the image as a file (BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG), send it by email, print
it, copy it to the clipboard, or open it in your image editor or Microsoft
Paint. You can capture the entire screen, just the contents of one window, or
any one of 10 custom shapes: rectangle, ellipse, circle, square, rounded
rectangle, racetrack, triangle, diamond, hexagon, octagon. The image can be
rotated to any angle,
mirrored, flipped, scaled, color inverted, made black and white. It can be
stamped with the date, time, or your name. Many custom backgrounds
(32 patterns) are provided and the edges can be blended. You can create nice
portraits, like the tiger cub shown above with a blue pattern background and
blended edges.

Cappy can capture any image you can get up on the screen.
It does not matter which program is displaying the image.

Start the
program and it appears as a small icon in the tray on the lower right of your
screen. The icon looks like a small blue computer monitor. Then click on the
Cappy icon and you will see this menu:

Then select
"CAPTURE SCREEN" on the menu and you will see this screen that allows you to
choose the capture shape:

Then select the capture area shape. Choose rectangle, entire screen,
ellipse, circle, square, rounded rectangle, racetrack, triangle, diamond,
hexagon, octagon, or window contents. Then click and drag on the screen to
select the capture area. If you select window contents just click once anywhere
inside the window and all of the contents inside the window will be captured.

Up pops the Previewer screen you see at the top of this page above. The
little menu on the lower right is erased before the screen is recorded so that
it will not appear on the saved screen.

To send the image to PowerPoint,
Word, or Excel, you must have these programs installed on your computer. Cappy
will automatically create a PowerPoint Slide, or a Word Document, or an Excel
Spreadsheet. It will then open the program and show you the captured image. You
can then do any of the functions contained in PowerPoint, Word, or Excel. For
example, you can add arrows pointing out features in the captured image, or add
titles or labels. You can also make more than one capture and they will all be
placed in the same document. In PowerPoint each screen capture will appear on a
different slide, so you can capture an entire slide show.

Some programs
and web pages try to prevent you from copying their graphics. Cappy can still
capture the screen even if the printscreen key is disabled. Some programs will
not start if a screen capture program is detected as running. The trick here is
to get the graphics up on the screen and then start Cappy. Then just capture the
screen. If you want to do this, make sure the Capture PrintScreen box (Settings
menu) is not checked or the other program will see that Cappy is running. When
you surf the web and you can capture anything you see.

This is a 32 bit
program and will run on Windows ME, NT, 2000, and XP.

See the bottom
of this page if you would like to purchase
Cappy for just $20.00 (Twenty US Dollars). This trial
version will operate for 14 days. It also places the word "Cappy" on the bottom
left of each captured screen. If you purchase the program I will send you a
serial number by email that will remove this line, enable continued operation
with no time limit, and automatically place your name on the PowerPoint slide,
Word Document, or Excel Spreadsheet. Pay once and all future upgrades are free.
Your serial number will work with all future versions. This program, like all my
programs, contains no spyware, no advertising. If you purchase this program and
are not satisfied with it for any reason I will refund your money.

See
below for installation
instructions.

Program Operation

Reading across the top of the previewer screen you see the
following menu buttons. The function of each button is also included in the
pulldown menus above the buttons.

If you do not like
the way the capture looks in the previewer, press this button to try the capture
again using the same capture shape.
If you would like to try a different
capture shape you can use the drop-down shape box
to pick a new shape and then press the retry button.

You can also
use the shape box to change the shape of the current capture. For example, if
you made the capture using a rectangle you can use this box to see what the same
capture would look like as an ellipse. Try all the shapes to see which one looks
best.

Save the captured image
as a file. You can choose from a BMP, JPG, GIF, or PNG file. You will get the
best image quality using a BMP file, but the JPG file offers a much smaller file
size. The GIF file is also fairly small, but the format is limited to 256 colors
so you may see some color distortion. The PNG file is usually about the size of
the JPG file but I think the image quality is better than JPG.

Copy the image to
the Windows Clipboard. You can then paste the image into any capable Windows
program.

Rotates the image clockwise by any angle. Select the rotation angle in the
small drop-down box just below this rotation box. You can also type in any
positive number with up to 2 decimal places. If you select 0.00 in the box then
all rotations are removed and the image is reset to the original position of
0.00 degrees. You can also rotate using the two smaller rotation buttons or the
menu. Each time you press a button the image will rotate by the number of
degrees (increment) shown in the drop-down box. So if the box shows 10.25
degrees and you click the button twice the image will rotate a total of 20.50
degrees. Cappy can rotate in any increment from 0.01 degrees to 359.99 degrees
in either direction. Small rotations are useful if you are trying to level a
scanned image that is not quite aligned with the edge of the page. If you have
the date stamp option on then the date stamp will be erased, the image rotated,
and the date stamp will be reapplied across the top of the image. If you have
mirrored or flipped the image these are done first and the rotation is done
last.

Cappy is unusual because it allows you to
rotate to any angle. Most programs can only rotate by 90 degrees. This is the
easiest rotation because all of the pixels map one-to-one. Rotation to other
angles is much more difficult because you must interpolate between pixels. Cappy
also uses an anti-alias routine to eliminate the stair-step appearance (jaggies)
that sometimes appear when a straight horizontal or vertical line is rotated by
an angle that is not a multiple of 90 degrees.

You may also notice that
rotation causes the size of the image to change. You can force the image to keep
the same size by pressing the "Clip Rotated Image" button or menu item. The
button is a white square with a black border like this     just
below the big copy button. With clipping on the edges of the image will be
clipped when rotated. If the image is not clipped, the "extra" space will be
filled by the background color. If you are using a pattern background, then the
fill color will be the last solid color selected before the pattern was
selected. If you select a background color that is the same as the background in
the image then the borders of the image will be invisible when rotated. You can
pick the background color from the screen using the "Pick Background Color on
Screen" button which looks like an eyedropper like this     just below
the big program button.

Opens Microsoft
PowerPoint, creates a slide, and then puts the image on the slide. PowerPoint
will open in Landscape mode (wide) if you have the PowerPoint Landscape
item checked in the "Settings" form, or in Portrait mode (tall) if you have the
PowerPoint Portrait
item checked. It can also place a line of text in an editable text box on the
lower left, and the date on the lower right. You can turn these text boxes on or
off in the Settings
form. The lower left text box can be customized in the purchased version only.
Once the slide is created both text boxes can be edited or erased in PowerPoint.
You can then do any of the many functions contained in PowerPoint such as add
text, titles, labels, or other images. If you capture additional images then a
new slide will be added if you have the New
Sheet item checked in the "Settings" form. If you have the Same
Sheet item checked then the capture will be added to the same slide. These
will appear in the same presentation. If you already have an existing
presentation open it will not be disturbed. Cappy will only write to the
presentation it has created. You can save or close the presentation at any time.
If you close PowerPoint completely then a new presentation will be created the
next time you use this function to send an image to PowerPoint. If the image is
larger than the slide, it will be scaled down to fit the slide. You can then use
the Format Picture command in PowerPoint to resize the image. This method will
allow you to maintain the original ratio of width to height (aspect ratio) so
the image does not become distorted. Or just click and drag the edges of the
image to resize, but this method will sometimes introduce distortion. Cappy will
work with any version of PowerPoint. Of course you must have PowerPoint
installed on your computer to use this function.

Note: In some version
of Microsoft Office I have found Word and Excel to have better image clarity
than PowerPoint. If you have these programs then experiment to see what looks
the best.

Opens Microsoft Word,
creates a document, and then puts the image on the document. Word will open in
Landscape mode (wide) if you have the Word Landscape
item checked in the "Settings" form, or in Portrait mode (tall) if you have the
Word Portrait
item checked. It can also place 2 lines of text above the image. The first line
can be any text you choose. The second line is the date. You can turn these
lines on or off in the Settings
form. The top can be customized in the purchased version only. Once the document
is created both lines can be edited or erased in Word. You can then do any of
the many functions contained in Word such as add text, titles, labels, or other
images. If you capture additional images they will be added to the bottom of the
document. These will appear in the same document. If you already have an
existing document open it will not be disturbed. Cappy will only write to the
document it has created. You can save or close the document at any time. If you
close Word completely then a new document will be created the next time you use
this function to send an image to Word. If the image is larger than the
document, it will be scaled down to fit the document. You can then use the
Format Picture command in Word to resize the image. This method will allow you
to maintain the original ratio of width to height (aspect ratio) so the image
does not become distorted. Or just click and drag the edges of the image to
resize, but this method will sometimes introduce distortion. Cappy will work
with any version of Word. Of course you must have Word installed on your
computer to use this function.

Opens
Microsoft Excel, creates a spreadsheet, and then puts the image on the
spreadsheet. It can also place 2 lines of text above the image. The first line
can be any text you choose. The second line is the date. You can turn these
lines on or off in the Settings
form. The top can be customized in the purchased version only. Once the
spreadsheet is created both lines can be edited or erased in Excel. You can then
do any of the many functions contained in Excel such as add text, titles,
labels, or other images. If you capture additional images then a new worksheet
will be added if you have the New
Sheet item checked in the "Settings" form. If you have the Same
Sheet item checked then the capture will be added to the same worksheet.
These will appear in the same spreadsheet. If you already have an existing
spreadsheet open it will not be disturbed. Cappy will only write to the
spreadsheet it has created. You can save or close the spreadsheet at any time.
If you close Excel completely then a new spreadsheet will be created the next
time you use this function to send an image to Excel. If the image is larger
than the worksheet, it will be scaled down to fit the worksheet. You can then
use the Format Picture command in Excel to resize the image. This method will
allow you to maintain the original ratio of width to height (aspect ratio) so
the image does not become distorted. Or just click and drag the edges of the
image to resize, but this method will sometimes introduce distortion. Cappy will
work with any version of Excel. Of course you must have Excel installed on your
computer to use this function.

This button will
pop up the following screen that allows you to export the image to different
programs. These can be any image viewing or editing program capable of working
with a BMP file.

Click
on the small circles in the rectangle on the lower right to select any one of
three programs:

1) Use Program Above - You can type in the path to any
program. Or click the Browse button to look for a program. Or click the Default
button to automatically fill in the Windows default program for a BMP file.

2) Use Default Program - Uses the Windows default program for a BMP
file.

3) Use Microsoft Paint - Every Windows PC comes with this free
image editing program.

Then press the OK button to open the image in the
selected program. If you would always like to always open the same program
without asking, then click on the small check box that says Don't Show This
Screen. The program will remember your image program preferences the next time
it is run. The image is automatically saved as a BMP file named capture-temp.bmp
located in the same folder as cappy.exe. Then it is opened by the program. If
the program is an editor you can edit and save the image anywhere you like. The
BMP format was chosen since it is the highest quality image, but most image
programs will allow you to save the file in several different formats. You can
also open any of the programs above, including the MS Office programs, by
selecting the Programs menu item on the top of the Previewer screen.

Saves the image as
a JPG file (capture-temp.jpg) and attaches it to an email message using your
default email program.

This opens the
Windows print dialog and allows you to print the image on any printer on your
computer or network.

Menu Commands

There are several functions that are available in the menu on the
top of the Previewer. Most of these functions are also available by pressing the
small buttons at the top of the screen.

If you do
not like the way the capture looks in the previewer, press this button to try
the capture again using the same capture shape.
If you would like to try a
different capture shape you can use the drop-down shape box     to pick a
new shape and then press the retry button. You can also use this shape box to
change the shape of the current capture. For example, if you made the capture
using a rectangle you can use this box to see what the same capture would look
like as an ellipse. Try all the shapes to see which one looks best.

Copy the
image to the Windows Clipboard. You can then paste the image into any capable
Windows program.

Paste an image
from the Windows Clipboard. You can then change the image using functions in
this program.

Rotates the
image clockwise by the angle in drop-down box. See big rotate
button above. If you have the date stamp option on then the date stamp will
be erased, the image rotated, and the date stamp will be reapplied across the
top of the image.

Rotates
the image counterclockwise by the angle in drop-down box. See big rotate
button above. If you have the date stamp option on then the date stamp will
be erased, the image rotated, and the date stamp will be reapplied across the
top of the image.

Clip the image
after rotation to keep the same image size. Turn clip off and after rotation the
image will be increased in size so that the corners of the image are not clipped
off.

Mirrors the image
from left to right. If you have the date stamp option on then the date stamp
will be erased, the image mirrored, and the date stamp will be reapplied across
the top of the image.

Mirrors the image
from top to bottom. If you have the date stamp option on then the date stamp
will be erased, the image mirrored, and the date stamp will be reapplied across
the top of the image.

Scales the
image size up by 5 percent. The actual image is scaled, not just the view, so if
you save an image that has been scaled up the saved image will be larger.

The scale can also be changed using the drop-down scale box to the right of
the scale buttons as shown here:     For
example, if you select 200 in this box the scale will be 200 percent or twice
size. You can also scale by typing in a value from 1 to 400 in the drop-down
box.

Scales the
image size down by 5 percent. The actual image is scaled, not just the view, so
if you save an image that has been scaled down the saved image will be smaller.

The scale can also be changed using the drop-down scale box to the right of
the scale buttons as shown here:     For
example, if you select 50 in this box the scale will be 50 percent or half size.
You can also scale by typing in a value from 1 to 400 in the drop-down box.

Invert the
colors of the captured image. This will make a photo appear like a film
negative. If the captured image is already a negative it will appear normal when
inverted. You can use this on blueprints (white lines on a black background) to
change the capture to black lines on white background.

Change
the capture image to black and white. Technically this is actually a "grayscale"
image that contains many shades of gray, but most people call this black and
white.

Change the capture
image to sepia tone, a type of image in which the image appears in shades of
brown.

Puts the date,
time, or your name on the upper left corner of the image. See the Settings
section below to select the stamp type. Press this button again and the stamp
will be removed. The stamp will remain there even after the image is mirrored or
rotated. You can also turn on the stamp feature in the settings menu. Once you
turn the stamp on all images will be stamped until you turn it off. The program
will remember your stamp preference the next time it is run.

Brings up a screen of settings options. See Settings
section below.

Brings up a
screen to change the background color or change the background pattern. See Background
section below.

Use the mouse
cursor to select any onscreen color that will then be used as the background
color. To hide the edges of a captured image pick a color that is already in the
background.

Blend the edges of
the captured image so they appear fuzzy. The width of the fuzzy band is 15
pixels but you can change this on the Settings
screen to any value. To make a nice portrait use the ellipse capture shape and
pick one of the background patterns.

Settings

Select this on the main menu in the tray
in the lower right, or in the "Set" menu on the top of the previewer, and you
will see this popup screen that allows you to change all the program settings:

On
the top are the settings for the programs in Microsoft Office. If you purchase
this program your name can be put into the PowerPoint, Word, or Excel files by
using the "Put User Name on Slides" checkbox. This text can be your name or
anything else you choose. It will be put on the bottom of the PowerPoint slide,
or on the top of the Word document or Excel spreadsheet. Use the "Put Date on
Slides" checkbox to put today's date on the slide. Click the "Font" button on
the top right and a popup font menu allows you to change the font type, size,
color, and make it normal, bold, or italic.

You can set PowerPoint,
Word, and Excel to open in either Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) mode. You
can change this at any time, but previously captured images will be somewhat
distorted. It is better to choose a mode before you capture any images and stay
in this mode so the images will not be distorted. Because of the way these
programs are designed all of the slides/documents/sheets must be in the same
mode. So if you change modes, all of the slides/documents/sheets will change to
the new mode.

In the box on the right set "Same Sheet" and all of the
captured images will be put on the same PowerPoint slide or Excel worksheet.
Select "New Sheet" and a new slide or worksheet will be created for each
capture. You can change this setting before or after the file has been created.
You can change it as many times as you like. So you can put some of the captures
on the same slide/worksheet and others on a new one. This setting applies to
both PowerPoint and Excel, but does not apply to Word where the captures are
always put in the same document. When put on the same slide or worksheet each
capture is put in a slightly different position so they are easy to grab and
move around.

Stay on Top   - Click this
checkbox and the Previewer will stay on top of other windows.

Auto Close Previewer   - Click this checkbox and the
Previewer will automatically close after the captured image is placed into
PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or the image editor. If you want to put the same
capture into more than one program, uncheck this box so that the previewer stays
open.

Save Settings on Exit   - Click
this checkbox and all of the current settings will be saved when you exit this
program.

Capture PrintScreen Key   - By
default Cappy "hooks" or "captures" the PrintScreen key when it is running. When
you press the PrintScreen key up pops the menu to select the capture shape. So
you can capture part or all of the screen. The full screen capture is still sent
to the clipboard so you can paste it into other programs. Uncheck this box and
Cappy will not capture the PrintScreen key. You can turn this feature on and off
while Cappy is running. Some programs will not start if a screen capture program
is detected as running. Turn Capture PrintScreen off and the other program will
not detect Cappy.

Show Hints   - When
the mouse is placed over a button a hint is briefly displayed. Uncheck this box
to turn the hints off.

Stamp Image   -
Check this box to put the date, time, or your name on the upper left corner of
the image. Just below this checkbox you can select one of 5 different stamp
types: Date only, Time only, Time + Date, Date + Time, or your User Name.
Uncheck this box and the stamp will be removed. The stamp will remain there even
after the image is mirrored or rotated. You can also turn on the stamp feature
in the main menu on top. Once you turn the stamp on all images will be stamped
until you turn it off.

Rounded Rectangle Radius
is given in percent of the short side of the captured rectangle. So the
default of 50 percent means that the corner radii together occupy 50 percent of
the short side. The maximum value is 100 which causes the capture to be
racetrack shaped with a full diameter (and no flat) on each of the short sides.

Blended Edge Width is given in pixels.
Increasing this number gives a larger fuzzy area around the capture if the Blend
Edges button or menu item is selected. The default is 15 pixels.

Foreground Brightness   - Changes the captured image
foreground brightness. Minimum brightness is -255 (all black) and maximum
brightness is 255 (all white).

Background Brightness
- Changes the captured image background brightness. Minimum
brightness is -255 (all black) and maximum brightness is 255 (all white).

Reset Button   - Resets the following to
default values: Rounded Rectangle Radius = 50, Blended Edge Width = 15,
Foreground Brightness = 0, Background Brightness = 0.

All of these
settings will be preserved the next time the program is run if you have the
"Save Settings on Exit" box checked.

Background

Click on a color or pattern to set the background on the captured image.
The background is shown in the sample tile in the upper left. You can also press
the buttons to "Define Custom Colors" or import your own "Custom Tile" as a
background. The imported tile image can be a JPG, BMP, GIF, or PNG image file of
any size. If the tile is smaller than the captured image it will be repeated (or
tiled) to fill the entire background. The program will remember these background
settings including the custom colors or tile. 32 different background tiles are
provided, one custom tile can be saved.

You can also set the border
width around the captured image. The size of the border is in pixels and the
default border size is 20 pixels.

File Name
Collisions

If you try to save a file name that already exists in
that folder then up pops this screen:

Press the overwrite button to overwrite the file. Press the rename
button to save the file with a different name. The new name will be
automatically generated. If the file is named "capture.jpg" then the new file
will be named "capture(1).jpg". If you try to save another file of the same name
and press rename then the number in parenthesis is increased by 1. If you check
the circle "Always Overwrite" and save another file of the same name then Cappy
will automatically overwrite the file without asking permission. If you check
the circle "Always Rename" then it will always rename the file without asking
permission. These "always" options will persist for the entire program run but
will reset to "Always Ask" the next time you run the program.

Install

Run
CAPPY-SETUP.EXE to install the program. This will create a folder, copy all the
files to the folder, and create shortcuts on the desktop and the start menu. An
alternate install method is to download the executable file CAPPY.EXE. Then just
run the program. If you use this method, then to uninstall simply delete the
files.

UnInstall

Open Windows Control
Panel, select Add Remove Programs, select Cappy in the list of programs, and
click OK. The uninstall program will then run and remove the program. If you
installed the program manually then delete the files to uninstall the program.

Legal Stuff

This program is Copyright
© 2004 Michael Robinson.  All Rights Reserved.  Use this program at
your own risk.   If you purchase this program and are not satisfied with it
for any reason I will refund your money.  You may give this file away free,
but you may not sell it.  It must be distributed as a package along with
all files.  Modification of the executable file is prohibited.

Revision History

1.0.0  Mar  17,
2004  Initial Public Release.
2.0.0  May  09, 2004  Many
New Features Added.
3.0.0  Jul  30, 2004  Even More Features
Added.
3.2.0  Oct  01, 2006  Added Open File and PNG
Read/Write
3.5.0  May  26, 2007  Updated for Windows Vista.
Added PrintScreen key capture.

3.7.0 Sep 1, 2008
Added save
transparent GIF file option. Added repeat capture. Added hotkeys for capture and
repeat capture for one keypress captures. Added display of color numbers on
bottom line for Hue, Luminance, and Saturation.

3.7.1 Nov 1, 2009 Added
checkboxes to turn hotkeys on and off

Purchase

If you purchase this program and are not satisfied
with it for any reason I will refund your money.

This trial version will
operate for 14 days. It also places the word "Cappy" on the bottom left of each
captured screen. If you purchase the program I will send you a serial number by
email that will remove this line, enable continued operation with no time limit,
and automatically place your name on the PowerPoint slide, Word Document, or
Excel Spreadsheet. Pay once and all future upgrades are free. Your serial number
will work with all future versions. This program, like all my programs, contains
no spyware, no advertising.

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