Screen Block Grabber is a snipping tool that also packs a bunch of extra goodies to enhance the whole screenshot taking process.
As compared to other similar apps, Screen Block Grabber comes with a resizable window that needs to be moved around the screen in order to capture the covered area.
On the other hand, once a new snapshot is made, the photo is automatically loaded in the main window of the application where you can apply a series of filters and perform basic editing tasks.
There are several image effects at your disposal, including sepia, purple haze, negative, posterize, solarize, relief, emboss, gold and farmville. What's more, you can resize the pictures according to user-defined settings.
A help manual is also available, which is quite a good thing given the fact that the program's GUI isn't quite the most intuitive in the world.
As you can see, hotkey support is completely missing and this is a major drawback because you need to open the main window of the application every time you wish to take a new screenshot.
Furthermore, you aren't allowed to take a full-screen snapshot or simply capture just an active window, so Screen Block Grabber can only be used by manually adjusting the screenshot area.
On the other hand, this tool works smoothly on all Windows versions and remains very light on hardware resources all the time.
All things considered, Screen Block Grabber is just an interesting project because there are many things to be improved in the future. A more intuitive interface, hotkey support and multiple screenshot taking modes are absolutely needed.
What's New in This Release:
· Hotkey support (see help file for operation details)
· Only one instance of SBG can run
· Minor code refactoring
· Updated help file to reflect changes