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GIF export in Snipping Tool begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

16 points by taubek 1y ago

heisgone 1y ago
This is going to be very useful for tech support. You can create a quick "tutorial" and paste it in Slack, Teams, etc.
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- sorenjan 1y ago
  The snipping tool in Windows 11 can already record videos. I just copied the result and then pasted it in Telegram, it worked great and can handle more than 256 colors. I guess having gif support for those who need it is better than not having it, but I don't see why it would be better than the current video format. I don't even know which format they use at the moment when copying to the clipboard, but when saving as a file it's saved as an mp4 file using aac for audio and h.264 for video.
- entuno 1y ago
  Sounds a bit like the old Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) tool in Windows. It was a little known tool that recorded keystrokes/clicks/screenshots, which was great for troubleshooting. Sadly, the screenshots were all lossy jpegs, and it wrapped the whole thing into an mhtml file.
throwanem 1y ago
Imagine being on the Snipping Tool team. Good grief, they must have it made...
- Mashimo 1y ago
  Can you elaborate on that? Are you saying that most people would not enjoy working on a smaller and simple tool? I like that the snipping tool is build into windows. Took a while, but I use it weekly.
  - davidcollantes 1y ago
    I think OP is referring to the adding something so old to the tool this late.
    - throwanem 1y ago
      OP is referring to the fact that to work in so small and out-of-the-way a one, among the 'many mansions of Microsoft's house,' must be in many ways the best of all worlds.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
  I wish they would try harder. Not yet on this GIF release, but the new Win11 era snipping tool is horribly slow compared to the legacy one. I used to be able to hit the keyboard shortcut and have it appear instantly. There is now a several second pause before the tool is ready to use. Have missed several screen grabs I wanted to capture of a live presentation.
  - throwanem 1y ago
    I haven't used Windows since 7. But you could probably extract that version of the tool from an unpacked install ISO and see if you'd be able to use it instead, though no doubt a little less conveniently. Does AutoHotkey still work for rebinding most Win key combos?
    - 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
      Heh. I have definitely thought about that (same with legacy paint!). Unfortunately, it is a corporate PC, and I am not sure how that would go to be loading “untrusted” files. My suspicion is that the current release is labeled as a protected system file, so I could not overwrite it. Which means the hard coded shortcut combination would continue to launch the slow, bloated one. So, yeah definitely less convenient.
      - throwanem 1y ago
        Slightly. If it's Win+C for a screenshot and Win+Shift+C is unbound, then you should be able to use AHK to bind it to launch the old binary, so at least you only have to modify muscle memory already extant. That assumes DWM doesn't own the whole Win key now and that you can run signed but not specifically approved binaries. But like I said, it's been a long time since I was acquainted with Windows and I don't think I've lacked for at least local admin on a work machine since some time in the very early 2000s, so my advice is likely not worth much.
lousken 1y ago
are we going back in time? gif should've been gone years ago
- DonHopkins 1y ago
  They had to wait until there was consensus on how to pronounce it. The IEEE GIF Pronunciation Standard took decades to get through committee!
- c16 1y ago
  Generally I agree, but there have been some rare occasions where I needed a gif of a screen recording. In that case, finding a nice way to convert was pretty painful, without using any of those online converters.
  - oniony 1y ago
    I'd use ImageMagick.
    - Mashimo 1y ago
      or ffmpeg. But having a nice tool on any (windows) computer where you can just press WIN + Shift + S (or PrtSc?) and record a image/video/gif to paste it straight into another app like a chat is very convenient.
- wetpaws 1y ago
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- izzydata 1y ago
  Why? Gifs are by far the most efficiency way to playback micro length video. As in it uses the least amount of processing power due to not being encoded and instead just being a series of images.
  - Craighead 1y ago
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mrkramer 1y ago
30 years late!
SiempreViernes 1y ago
> In this update, we are adding GIF export for screen recordings – designed to boost your productivity and turn quick captures into shareable moments. It is very funny that this article about a new way to do screen recordings documents how to use the feature without using a screen recording.
panki27 1y ago
Still waiting for the QR code reader in SnippingTool (or PowerToys).
- natebc 1y ago
  You may already know about it but I'll recommend it regardless just in case anybody else has never seen or heard about it. ShareX: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX Is a phenomenal, Open Source (GPL3) screenshot utility for windows that absolutely kicks ass. Slices, dices, reads qrcodes, uploads to custom s3 locations, captures video, the list of it's features is long.
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16 points by taubek 1y ago

heisgone 1y ago

This is going to be very useful for tech support. You can create a quick "tutorial" and paste it in Slack, Teams, etc.

deleted 1y ago
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sorenjan 1y ago
The snipping tool in Windows 11 can already record videos. I just copied the result and then pasted it in Telegram, it worked great and can handle more than 256 colors. I guess having gif support for those who need it is better than not having it, but I don't see why it would be better than the current video format. I don't even know which format they use at the moment when copying to the clipboard, but when saving as a file it's saved as an mp4 file using aac for audio and h.264 for video.
entuno 1y ago
Sounds a bit like the old Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) tool in Windows. It was a little known tool that recorded keystrokes/clicks/screenshots, which was great for troubleshooting. Sadly, the screenshots were all lossy jpegs, and it wrapped the whole thing into an mhtml file.

throwanem 1y ago

Imagine being on the Snipping Tool team. Good grief, they must have it made...

Mashimo 1y ago
Can you elaborate on that? Are you saying that most people would not enjoy working on a smaller and simple tool? I like that the snipping tool is build into windows. Took a while, but I use it weekly.
- davidcollantes 1y ago
  I think OP is referring to the adding something so old to the tool this late.
  - throwanem 1y ago
    OP is referring to the fact that to work in so small and out-of-the-way a one, among the 'many mansions of Microsoft's house,' must be in many ways the best of all worlds.
0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
I wish they would try harder. Not yet on this GIF release, but the new Win11 era snipping tool is horribly slow compared to the legacy one. I used to be able to hit the keyboard shortcut and have it appear instantly. There is now a several second pause before the tool is ready to use. Have missed several screen grabs I wanted to capture of a live presentation.
- throwanem 1y ago
  I haven't used Windows since 7. But you could probably extract that version of the tool from an unpacked install ISO and see if you'd be able to use it instead, though no doubt a little less conveniently. Does AutoHotkey still work for rebinding most Win key combos?
  - 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
    Heh. I have definitely thought about that (same with legacy paint!). Unfortunately, it is a corporate PC, and I am not sure how that would go to be loading “untrusted” files. My suspicion is that the current release is labeled as a protected system file, so I could not overwrite it. Which means the hard coded shortcut combination would continue to launch the slow, bloated one. So, yeah definitely less convenient.
    - throwanem 1y ago
      Slightly. If it's Win+C for a screenshot and Win+Shift+C is unbound, then you should be able to use AHK to bind it to launch the old binary, so at least you only have to modify muscle memory already extant. That assumes DWM doesn't own the whole Win key now and that you can run signed but not specifically approved binaries. But like I said, it's been a long time since I was acquainted with Windows and I don't think I've lacked for at least local admin on a work machine since some time in the very early 2000s, so my advice is likely not worth much.

lousken 1y ago

are we going back in time? gif should've been gone years ago

DonHopkins 1y ago
They had to wait until there was consensus on how to pronounce it. The IEEE GIF Pronunciation Standard took decades to get through committee!
c16 1y ago
Generally I agree, but there have been some rare occasions where I needed a gif of a screen recording. In that case, finding a nice way to convert was pretty painful, without using any of those online converters.
- oniony 1y ago
  I'd use ImageMagick.
  - Mashimo 1y ago
    or ffmpeg. But having a nice tool on any (windows) computer where you can just press WIN + Shift + S (or PrtSc?) and record a image/video/gif to paste it straight into another app like a chat is very convenient.
wetpaws 1y ago
[dead]
izzydata 1y ago
Why? Gifs are by far the most efficiency way to playback micro length video. As in it uses the least amount of processing power due to not being encoded and instead just being a series of images.
- Craighead 1y ago
  [dead]

mrkramer 1y ago

30 years late!

SiempreViernes 1y ago

> In this update, we are adding GIF export for screen recordings – designed to boost your productivity and turn quick captures into shareable moments. It is very funny that this article about a new way to do screen recordings documents how to use the feature without using a screen recording.

panki27 1y ago

Still waiting for the QR code reader in SnippingTool (or PowerToys).

natebc 1y ago
You may already know about it but I'll recommend it regardless just in case anybody else has never seen or heard about it. ShareX: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX Is a phenomenal, Open Source (GPL3) screenshot utility for windows that absolutely kicks ass. Slices, dices, reads qrcodes, uploads to custom s3 locations, captures video, the list of it's features is long.

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