14 DAY TRIAL // There are so many screenshot capture tools out there that's really difficult to find the one that suits your needs best, but somehow Microsoft thought there was room for one more.
So today, the Redmond-based tech giant has launched Snip, a new screenshot tool that lets you capture either the full screen or only part of it and then annotate the photos. At the same time, you can add voice recordings to each snapshot and then share them with friends or even embed them into your own blog or site.
The application comes with a rather simple interface that allows you to annotate any screenshot with basic drawing tools, while a floating toolbar stays on screen and shows whenever you move the mouse cursor at the top of the screen.
Snip also takes over the print screen button on the keyboard, so whenever you press it, it can instantly take a screenshot. There are no settings whatsoever, which is clearly a major drawback when compared to other screenshot capture solutions out there, so for instance, you cannot configure hotkeys for the available modes.
What's more, Snip doesn't come with auto-saving features, and this means that you have to manually save every screenshot to a select folder.
A Microsoft Garage project
Snip is the creation of Microsoft Garage, a new Redmond division that develops new software for both mobile and PCs and improves them with feedback received from users.
There's no guarantee that the app can be released as a stable product and it is currently in preview stage, so bugs and issues are very likely to be experienced.
For the moment, Snip appears to be working quite fine on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, so with future improvements, it could become a really helpful app.
If you want to give it a try, you can download Snip and see what it is all about. Remember that it's not a full app and it could take time until Microsoft fixes everything.