Vista and Windows 7's Snipping Tool is great and a welcome improvement from PrintScr, but it comes up short when you're writing documentation or when you need to annotate a screenshot.
I'm in love with FastStone Capture. In addition to having much better control of what's captured than native Windows or the Snipping tool, it has an image editor that makes annotating the screen captures effortless (including boxes, arrows, and "blurring"). From there you can copy the screen capture to the clipboard, save it, email it and so much more.
It's incredibly lightweight and very unobtrusive. There's even a portable version that's perfect for a thumb drives.
FastStone Capture is $19.95 for a lifetime license.
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