Download Image Capture Mac

Download Image Capture Software For Mac
Download Image Capture Mac

We often think of making screenshots as the first option when trying to teach others how to do something new on computers, share our screen with them, preserve things seen on screen and more. In many cases, capturing image on screen can be quite efficient to you and the guys you’re helping with. In this article, we will explore into the free image capture tools for Win/Mac users to easily create their screenshots.

Image Capture is a pre-installed application on your Mac which enables you to import images from your camera without the need to copy and paste files. It can be configured to launch as soon as you connect your camera, and you can also delete imported images within the app once they have been transferred. Download Image Capture Plus Express Package for Mac Image Caputre Plus Express is the mode for Image Capture Plus to scan with easy and intuitive operation.The scanned images can not be viewed and edited. The result of shooting image can be quickly displayed by working together with 'Remote'. It also enables you to check the shooting image by using grid and guides. A list of image data such as RAW and JPEG is displayed. Using 'Viewer', you can select images to be used for 'Edit' to develop RAW images.

I. Best Image Capture Software for Windows

Due to the rapid developments of programs based on Windows platform, there’re thousands of applications concerning screenshots in the software world. However, very few of them are worth taking up a place on your PC if you’re looking for the ability of essential capture, built-in image editor, file uploader and more options. Read our reviews of the best ones after the jump.

Free Screenshot Online (Windows)

This tool seems to be new for users, but it has a perfect integration of all the functions to assist you in image capture and even more than that. Basically, it makes screenshot capture quick easy by simply making a few clicks. And it gives you the options to include the cursor in snapshot or to have delay in capture. Different from paid program like Snagit which presents abundant options, this tool concentrates on presenting one-stop solution from capturing image to editing and sharing it.

Below are the main features:

Capable of snapping the whole screen or customized spot on screen easily
Detect live windows automatically and generate screenshots instantly
Empower users to edit on a snapshot right after capturing it
Offer free web space available for uploading screenshots after editing
Customizable shortcuts for activating the image capture immediately

This tool also has a pro version which has various useful functions, such as taking automatic screenshot, recording screen and capturing scrolling windows. You can now enjoy all those functions by downloading it on your PC.

Where it falls short

There’s nothing that’s really perfect in the world and so is for software. The early version of Free Online Screenshot does not support scrolling window which usually appears when browsing webpages. Also, though you can edit the snapshot right after capturing it, it’s not available to drag the objects added to it. Luckily, such limits will be overcome and we could expect more optimized functions in later versions.

Snipping Tools (Windows)

This tool comes ready to use on Windows 7, Vista, 8 and even XP. Despite PC, it’s also available on the devices based on Windows 8 platform, for instance, Surface tablet, etc. Due to the convenience that you don’t need to install any third-party software, we have included it into the list. This free image capture software seems to be too simple for veteran users, but it does fulfill your needs on making screenshots. To access this tool, you just need to go to “Desktop” – “Start” – “All Programs” – “Accessories” – “Snipping Tool” (For Windows 8 user, please go to Start screen and search for “Snipping Tool”). Have a quick glance at the key features of it:

Simple interface with capture options available on the top menu
Immediately paste the image to editing board after capture
Provide handy editing options like highlights, lines, etc
Allow users to share the image through email by using Outlook

Where it falls short

As said, this tool seems to be too simple that you are not supposed to find comprehensive editing nor sharing options. For details, it does not allow adding text to the screenshot which is the most obvious drawback for it’s usually needed in annotation. Also, it only supports delivering image via Email while the social options like Facebook are not available. There’s also a slight demerit – the program does not remind you when a screenshot is done and you will be taken to the editing board without any hints.

II. Best Image Capture Freeware for Mac

There’re much fewer snapshot applications on Mac as compared with Windows. However, the average performance of such tools is relatively better than those on Windows, too. Before revealing the stuffs we found as the best, you could check the tips of using keyboard combination to create screenshots.

Command + Shift + 4: Turn your mouse cursor into a cross-hair which lets you drag a region on screen to create the snapshot. Also in this mode, you can hover your mouse over an active window and click to capture it.

Command + Shift + 3: Simply capture the entire screen with a notification of camera shutter sound.

GrabUp (Mac)

This tool provides a smooth way to create and share screenshots on your Mac platform. This image capture tool works as uploading your image to internet as soon as it has been captured. You will receive link to every image uploaded this way. To start using it, just search for the official site via Google and get the free version to your computer. After activating the program, you’re able to press “Cmd + Up + 4” to capture image and then press “Cmd + V” to save the screenshot. When you’re not using this program, you could hind it to the task bar.

You may double click on the minimized icon to view all the images crated within this tool, but since it’s a little bit too automatic, you will find each one is set with a name which is unchangeable. GrabUp also shows up your pictures on the web which links for delivering to social accounts or other channels. However, it seems like publishing images to web is the only way to preserve them.

Where it falls short

This program is nice for users who create screenshots for sharing because it can automatically upload every of your image to web. But it’s also a significant drawback that you cannot even save them to local directory. Also, we sometimes create screenshots for personal use only but there’s no option to disable the uploader. Moreover, it seems to be a harsh to change the name of snapshot or annotate on it. All these limits have narrowed the usage of this free image capture software.

Download Image Capture Software For Mac

Because my wife’s Mac refused to sync her iPhone’s media properly, she wouldn’t delete photos and videos she’d taken on her iPhone. Eventually, her phone filled up, and it was time to fix this problem.

She recently migrated from iPhoto to Photos—based on Mac 911 emails, this isn’t a unique circumstance. Photos seems to be happiest importing relatively few pictures and movies, or using iCloud Photo Library. (She’s not interested in storing her personal media in anyone’s cloud.)

I recommend using Image Capture, something I’ve written about frequently in Mac 911 columns. This underappreciated app, installed as part of macOS in the Applications folder, handles importing and managing media on memory cards, scanners, and on attached iOS devices and cameras. (You can also access a scanner via Preview.)

You can set Image Capture via a menu at the bottom of its window with a given device or drive selected to import selected or all media to iPhoto or Photos, as well as to other apps, scripts, or folders.

In my wife’s case, however, Image Capture stopped working. She tried to import all images, and it would appear to make progress, but then fail with a lengthy error message listing problematic images, and an incomplete state of what was imported. Image Capture doesn’t have an option like Photos for importing only new images (ones that it’s sure it imported before), but it also didn’t seem like there were rampant duplicates. (To remove Photos duplicates, the best option appears to be PowerPhotos, which can work with Photos libraries directly for deduplication, merging, and other features.)

The list of failed imports was so long, it didn’t seem worth the time to try to run each of those down, and she lacked the confidence that her originals were imported correctly besides them that would lead her to delete them from the phone. (She has an encrypted online backup and regular clones of her drives, to ensure we don’t lose her Photos library.)

To figure out what the cause of the problem was, I suggested a different tactic: binary troubleshooting, which is where you split a set of whatever you’re working in half, try to accomplish an action and, if it fails, split it in half repeatedly. This lets you drill down to the problem, while also accomplishing the task (like importing media) for sections of the overall set you’re working on.

With Image Capture, we attached her phone to her Mac via USB, selected it in the app, and then used the Date field to sort images in chronological order. We then selected the oldest half by finding the rough middle point and selecting from there backwards in time. Clicking Import, we watched the progress bar—and, shockingly, it succeeded.

We looked at the oldest and newest photos in Image Capture that we’d imported and then cross-checked against Photos to be sure those were imported and at full resolution. With that confirmed, we returned to Image Capture and clicked the delete button (a red circle with a diagonal slash through it) and delete that half of the images. That freed up gigabytes.

But now, working with the remaining half, we stopped encountering problems in viewing and importing. It’s possible that something had become corrupted in iOS in how it had indexed images, and delete half of them either freed up enough space or caused a rebuild operation. Regardless, the errors disappeared.

However, if you find yourself in a similar situation, you could continue down the binary path to identify any remaining images or videos that won’t import. You may be able to delete those, either from the iOS device or via Image Capture. If they refuse to be deleted, after making sure you’ve retrieved all the media that you can, you might consider backing up the iOS device, wiping it, and restoring it to see if that resets your device’s photo storage.

Another option? Switch on iCloud Photo Library, and buy extra iCloud storage if you need it for just the month, syncing everything to a Mac and making sure to download it there at full resolution. Then disable iCloud Photo Library and confirm those images and movies are on the Mac. You can then delete all or some of the media from your iOS device, knowing its safely coped over.

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