Screenpresso 1.8.1

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Migration to Microsoft .NET 4.8 Framework

Following Microsoft updates for performance and security, Screenpresso runs now on .NET 4.8 framework.

• Install the latest version of the .NET Framework on your computer using this Microsoft link if you are not using Windows 10.
• If you are using Windows 10, you already have the right version.
• If you want to know which frameworks you have, you can use this tool.

Capture

Improved custom filename

The configuration of a custom filename for screenshots is enhanced, and more options are available.

• Choose "User-defined" and click on the configure button:

• Define your filename pattern with predefined placeholders:

The 2 minutes limit length for animated gif is removed

Animated GIFs should be short and lightweight. That's why we recommend keeping GIFs video under 2 minutes length. However, Screenpresso does not hard limit it anymore.

New "VideoPauseBeforeStop" advanced settings

You can resume the video recording when you stop it. The stop button acts as a pause button, and a second confirmation is needed to finalize the video.

New "SnappingDepth" advanced settings

When you start a capture, moving the mouse over a window selects it. If you set the depth value to 1 you can select the child window of this root window by moving the mouse over it. If you set a value to 2, you can select a child window of this child window, and so on... The default value is 1 but to capture only root windows in one click, you might prefer to set it to 0.

A new What's new? dialog has been added

When a new version is available, the release note is now shown directly in Screenpresso.

Updated third parties components

• The OCR is now based on Tesseract 5-alpha.
• The Google SDK v3 is now used for Google drive and Youtube integration.

Bug fixes

• Due to instabilities on Windows APIs, the Direct MP4 recording option is not supported anymore over Windows 8.
• Improved the clipboard engine. Sometimes the content was not set resulting to an empty clipboard.
• The "Reset all settings" button was not workink propertly (sharing settings were not resetted).
• The video recorder was sometimes crashing due to audio issues.
• A display issue has been fixed when printing from the workspace.
• The Check for Update window size has been fixed for windows users with font size greater than 100%.

Other embeded technologies

New interprocess communication engine

Screenpresso uses a new communication framework for interprocess communciation. It will improve performance and security.

New internal logger

As you may have seen it using the beta version of Screenpresso, we now use a new internal logger to help us diagnose issues and fix bugs.

Faster install and uninstall

Screenpresso was already quick to install, but it is even faster now on this 1.8 version.

• Editor: update OCR Tesserac to version 5-alpha
• New display for release notes
• Added 'OpenFileExplorerAfterProcessing' advanced setting
• Fixed an issue with latest security Microsoft patch for Windows 7
• Fixed gif video issue when video clipping was applied at the same time
• Fixed Android video recording occuring with some mobile phones

• Improved memory usage (some bitmaps are freed more quickly)
• Fixed wrong FFmpeg version in MSI install

• Fixed a bug with policies and pro license
• Removed support for Hightail sharing service since they don't provide an API anymore
• Release notes is now displayed in Screenpresso when a new official release is available

• Screen resolution (DPI) is now set into the captured image file

• Screen resolution (DPI) is now taken into account when drawing mouse cursor

• When FFmpeg must be re-installed, now a message explains why

• Fixed policies not applied at startup

• Fixed app not starting with Windows on some computers

• Fixed issue with settings
• Fixed display of tools in built-in image editor
• Restored "Check for beta update" checkbox in About Box dialog

• Fix the startup issue when no settings.xml exist.

Fix a set of minor bugs.

This version is mainly a bug fixes release.

Capture

Fixed lag at video recording's startup

When "Direct MP4 recording" option is checked, there was a lag during about 0.3 seconds at the very beginning of the record.

Fixed issue with automatic merge at the end of video recording

A new feature of the previous release is for Screenpresso to merge automatically multiple AVI files when Direct MP4 recording option is not checked and a long video recording ends. This new feature introduced a bug preventing the video preview from being displayed.

Editor

Added dash-dot line style

For lines, circles, rectangles and polygons, it is possible to set a plain or a dash line style. Now we added the dash-dot line style.

Added Ctrl+C shortcut

Ctrl+C now copies to clipboard selected item or the whole image.

Sharing

Fixed Google Drive public permission

When you upload a media to Google Drive thanks to Screenpresso's build-in publish feature, you can request it to be publicly available. This feature was not working properly and is now fixed.

Removed ScreenpressoCloud banner (pro)

If you are a Screenpresso PRO user and publish a media to ScreenpressoCloud, the hosting Web page won't display a banner advertising Screenpresso anymore.

Upgraded ScreenpressoCloud max file size

The maximum file size has been changed from 20MB to 50MB.

Settings

Smaller settings.xml file

Now the settings.xml file storing all your settings is much smaller because it does not contain default values anymore (settings that you haven't changed are not saved to the file anymore).

Fixed proxy error message

When a proxy setting does not work, there is now a better error message.

About box saves previous choices

About box window now remembers whether you checked Check for beta option or not. Previously this setting was always checked when you opened the window.

Others

Fixed German and Dutch translations

ScreenpressoRcp.exe is now 64 bits

ScreenpressoRpc.exe is a software used when Screenpresso.exe is installed in Program Files folder. Previously it was running as a 32 bits software even under Windows 64 bits.

Capture

Automatic merge of mp4 files when multiple files have been generated during video recording

When "Direct MP4 recording" option is not checked, Screenpresso records video in AVI file format. This format limits the file size to 2GB. Therefore Screenpresso may produce several AVI files during one recording session. Previous to 1.7.8, Screenpresso was generating as many MP4 files as AVI files at the end of the recording session. This new version enhances the conversion pipeline and produces one single MP4 file.

Generation of GIF video is now much quicker and better

Screenpresso uses a brand new processing engine to generate GIF file quicker with higher quality. Ghosting artifacts have been reduced, and the dependancy on ImageMagick third party has been removed.

Upgraded version of FFmpeg and ADB

Screenpresso uses FFmpeg third party for some video conversion tasks. We now use the version 4.1.4.

To record videos or take screenshots on Android devices, Screenpresso relies on Android Debug Bridge (ADB) third party. Screenpresso now uses the version 1.0.41 of ADB to be able to communicate with the latest versions of Android devices.

Automatic Update

Enhanced Check for update

A new option has been added to choose between the official or the beta releases.

Screenpresso already features an automatic update engine so new official releases are progressively deployed on each screenpresso installation. However, the user can force the update by clicking on Check for update button in the About Box dialog.

Previous to 1.7.8, beta versions and official versions were available behind the same update button. Starting with 1.7.8, the user can now choose to get only official releases. Latest beta releases can be used for testing purposes and may include feature preview of Screenpresso 2.0 (v2).

The release date of the v2 version has not been disclosed yet.

Editor

Numbering items can now be displayed in Roman (in addition to number and letter)

You can add numbering items to your screen captures in 3 formats:

• Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4...
• Letters: A, B, C, D...
• Romans: I, II, III, IV...

Policies

Administrators can now fine-tune which sharing features are available or disabled

IT administrator can disable Google Drive and Evernote sharing features and remain OneDrive and OneNote sharing features available.

Please refer to the user manual (press F1 key from Screenpresso to open it) or run the command line Screenpresso.exe /policies to generate a sample registry file.

Security

All Web calls are based on TLSv1.2 protocol.

Screenpresso will use the latest version of HTTPS protocol supported by your operating system.

Advanced settings

3 advanced settings have been added.

EditorSingleInstance

The EditorSingleInstance option set to True will force Screenpresso to edit images always in the same editor instance instead of opening multiple windows.

WorkspaceCloseOnEdit

If you set WorkspaceCloseOnEdit to False then the workspace window will remain open when you double-click a media to open it (a media is an image, a video or a document).

ScreenshotHideCursor

If you set ScreenshotHideCursor to False, the standard mouse cursor will be used to define the capture region instead of the crosshairs (default).