FULLSHOT PROFESSIONAL
http://www.inbit.com
Reviewed November 2009
| What’s It Do? FullShot captures on-screen images for manuals, training handouts, presentations, marketing materials, and Web pages. The screen shots can be various regions, documents, or even specific desktop areas using a combination of technologies such as hotkeys and snapshot buttons. Images can be edited and annotated before printing them directly to any printers connected to the PC. Does it do what it promises? Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request. Inbit's FullShot Pro claims to be a "professional screen capture (print screen) application". For the most part, it lives up to its claims, although I found it has problems with some kinds of captures from the Firefox browser. Reviewer 2 - Dana Bostick. Yes, quite well in fact. FullShot is basically a screen capture tool and more, that permits capturing all or part of a computer screen, making annotations, and compiling a database of captured images. It does do what in promises and seems to work well. This is a "mature" application and has been around since 1991 and is very powerful. Reviewer 3 - Dana Cardwell. Yes and it goes well beyond screen capturing. Reviewer 4 - Name Withheld By Request. Yes, FullShot Pro is a powerful and highly customizable screen capture program. It allows one to capture virtually any part of the computer's display, edit it, add graphics or text, and to save it in a wide variety of formats. Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle. Yes. FullShot Professional is a very flexible program that allows one to capture images of the entire screen, any part of it, or any single item on the screen. Once captured, FullShot Professional gives a wide range of tools to edit those images, add frames, rotate, flip and crop them. The user can change the colour properties, add notes, or create effects, such as Drop Shadow or Tear. Although some of these tools may include quite technical functions, the main ones are easily accessible, and even beginners can start using this program and producing good results very quickly. Reviewer 6 - Mark Snyder. Yes. but with one glaring exception: The Inbit Web site (developers of the Full Shot Pro program) states that this is a professional screen capture. . . application designed for any Window's user who needs an effortless [emphasis added] . . . way to take screenshots. . . . It is a professional application that I would argue is designed for the professional Windows's user, not "any," nor is it "effortless" [see below]. Was it easy to install? Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: I ran into difficulty with the download, although it's quite possible that the problem was with my computer rather than the FullShot program. The 9.4 MB file stopped when only about one-third downloaded. The computer hung and I had to force a shutdown. I tried several more times, and each time I ran into problems. Each time, I rebooted. I also ran malware scans that said all was well, but I still was unable to complete the download. Eventually, I switched from Firefox to Opera and downloaded the program successfully. Once the program had downloaded, the installation was quick and simple. Also, when I first went to the Web site to download the software, the site said that first-time users should click on the link to read the instructions. I did so and found some of the information a little confusing. For example, the Web site claimed that "the trial version includes all the real features of FullShot," but then it went on to say that "the purchased product will have features unlocked through the license key provided to you upon purchase." It is thus not clear to me whether the version a normal user would download to try does or does not have all features enabled. Reviewer 2 - Dana Bostick. Yes, simply download the .exe or the .zip file and run the installer. It can be installed over an existing version. The license is for one user on one computer only per the EULA. Multiple-seat licenses are available. Reviewer 3 - Dana Cardwell. The 9.43 MB downloaded exe file installed easily and quickly without any conflicts. Reviewer 4 - Name Withheld By Request. Installation was straightforward. The license restricts use to a single computer with a single backup copy. This is quite restrictive compared to many software products in this class that permit use on a work computer and a home computer, or others that permit installation on multiple computers by a single user provided that only one copy is run at a time. The single backup copy policy is also overly restrictive in that anyone who makes more than one backup of their hard drive as is indicated for good data protection practices is technically in violation of this license. The license does grant the right to transfer to another user provided one's copy, rights, and materials are relinquished.. A 60-day warranty is provided that this product will perform as promised. This is substantially better than many programs in this class, which explicitly abandon any promises to perform. Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: Yes, it is a fairly standard Windows installation process that allowed me to place the program where I chose. Registering FullShot is slightly different from many others programs. The first dialog that appears during installation is the Registration box. One must either enter a license key or type the word "trial" to begin a 30-day trial period. With a registration key, it is a simple copy-and-paste operation. As with many other programs, the FullShot license is for use of the program on only one computer. Reviewer 6. Mark Snyder: Yes, but again with a BIG qualification. It is a moderately sized 9.43MB file that downloads instantly and installs easily, quickly, and seamlessly with the Windows operating system. But here is where the "ease" of download and install vanishes. One must download the 3.6MB and read the 126-page User's Guide before doing anything else. Here's a clue: Expect a lengthy learning curve when the User's Guide is nearly 1/3 the size of the entire program! I was not pleased when the program did not ask before placing an icon on my desktop; however, I was really less than pleased when the program inserted itself in my Autostart folder. There was the ability to change this option from within the program, which I did appreciate. The EULA (End User License Agreement is very straight forward; contains very little legalese; has the standard disclaimers as to warranty and total lack of liability; and offers only a single license which is far too restrictive in this day and age when many people have a desktop as well as a laptop-especially for a program at the high end of the pricing spectrum. The program uninstalls poorly leaving not only its installer/uninstaller but also a sizeable number of Registry fragments beyond those that Windows creates. Good points. Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: FullShot Pro makes it exceptionally easy to capture a variety of screenshots. It adds nine clickable letters-- S,W,O,R,F,B,C,D, and I--at the top of the computer's current active window. Each letter stands for a different kind of screenshot capture: Screen, Window, Object, Region, Freehand, Button, Command Bar, Document, and Interactive. The user simply clicks on the appropriate letter to set up the capture. Each kind of capture can also be made by using the hotkey assigned to it; for example, CTL + 3 for a Region capture. The user can change any or all of the hotkeys. Although FullShot Pro can perform many conventional screenshot captures (full screen, active window, region, object, freehand, etc.), its strength lies in its ability to create special effects. For example, it enables the user to add drop shadow, stroke, tear, and/or glare effects either during capture or at a later time. These effects can be fine-tuned to meet the user's needs. If the user wishes to add a drop shadow effect, for example, he or she can specify the amount of opacity for the shadow, the angle of the shadow, the shadow's direction, the distance of the shadow from its background, and the shadow's size in pixels. FullShot also enables the user to annotate captures through what it refers to as "callouts." These are various shapes-rectangles, ellipses, clouds, arrows, etc.-into which the user can insert text and add the annotated callout to the capture. For example, arrow callouts can be used to explain or call attention to a particular part of a capture. I used elliptical callouts to make it seem as if two people in a capture were having a conversation (similar to dialogue in cartoons). See http://www.inbit.com/fsscreenshots.html for illustration of selected special effects. FullShot includes a useful feature called FullShot Explorer that gives the user ready access to the computer's files and folders, making it very easy to open, save, or delete images. With FullShot Explorer, I was able to open an image simply by clicking on it, and to delete an image by pressing the computer's Delete key. To save an image from the FullShot window to my hard drive, I simply dragged and dropped the image to the folder of my choice. To help users learn about FullShot's many features, the program offers both an extensive Help resource and a separate User's Manual available as a 106-page downloadable .pdf document. In addition, I found FullShot's tech support to be admirably responsive. My inquiries always received prompt answers. Reviewer 2 - Dana Bostick: FullShot displays five buttons at the top right of any active program window as the default setting with up to nine buttons available via a menu setting. The default buttons provide for Screen, Window, Object, Region and Document capture. It's a nice handling of the interface that does not get in the way and is hardly noticeable. All the capture modes are also available via settable "hot keys" as well. FullShot's capabilities are significant, a lot more than just screen capture. The ability to annotate, add callouts and arrows etc., add frames, flip and rotate images, convert color images to grayscale, resize, crop, blur a part of an image to mask something like a phone number or a persons face, add highlights, merge images and change resolution are useful tools for generating slides for presentation, manuals and Web sites or adding photos to a report. FullShot works with many image formats and can convert between any of the supported formats. It will also read and display HTML pages. FullShot has a thorough downloadable 126-page .pdf manual. Using it, I was able to work out how to use all the various tools and options quite easily. Reviewer 3 - Dana Cardwell: FullShot Pro has many functions, options, and buttons. As with any new program that can perform so many different tasks, the major task facing a new user is learning how to use the program. FullShot Pro has both an online user's guide and a PDF user's guide. These guides are easy to read and follow and, most of the time, information on how to use the program for a particular function can easily be found from the online users guide. The PDF users guide is similar to the online guide but offers more details. In trying out this new program, I briefly scanned the online user's guide to get a general understanding of how the program functions. Upon trying a new function that I had not tried before I found I had to review the online user's guide to refresh my memory how to make the program perform that function. Most of the time, this review of the online user's manual was to jog my memory of the hotkey that activated that function. I found it very useful to make a reference list of the hot keys I used in the program. In addition to the two user's guides, there is email support for licensed users but the guides answered all my questions and I did not need to make use of this option. FullShot Pro has so many good points it's hard to determine which points to highlight in this review. I have used other screen capture programs and found that FullShot Pro was not only better but much easier to use than any other program that I have used. One of the major good points is the ability to customize how the program operates by numerous settings in the options menus. A user can determine just exactly how he or she would like the program to operate on their individual system. I do a lot of screen capturing but do not do screen capturing every time I use my PC; therefore, I do not need to have FullShot Pro start up each and every time I turn on my PC. FullShot Pro has startup options to meet any user's desires. I also like the way the FullShot Pro can be placed in the background and not interfere with the screen space of the images of the program that I'm trying to do a screen capture of. I like the snapshot buttons that FullShot Pro places in the title bar of an open window that serves two purposes, easy activation of a screen capture that is desired and to show the user that FullShot Pro is active and ready to perform a screen capture. The button descriptions that appear momentarily when the mouse pointer is held over a snapshot button easily identifies the function of that button. These button descriptions occur not only with the snapshot buttons but also throughout the entire program, making it easy for a new user to learn what each button does. In my opinion, such an addition to FullShot Pro is what makes the program easy to learn to use and will have a user performing the functions they desire with very little trial and error. The screen capture functions of FullShot Pro are total and complete. I was able to capture any, all, or part of the screen image. This ability of FullShot Pro to capture only a portion of the screen saves many extra steps from having to edit a routine screen capture to obtain that portion desired. I liked the ability to adjust the type of box used to capture a region of an image. Presentations look much better and professional when the images are not all in square corner rectangular boxes and the oval region's captures are very professional looking. I tried the freehand captures, but not being very artistic with my mouse pointer, I found the results to look childlike. FullShot Pro did capture exactly what I outlined but the erratic borders of the capture(due to my mouse control) does not appear professional. This screen captures of a program's menus and buttons is a unique function of FullShot Pro. These captures have saved numerous steps in writing instructions on how to use a program. I found it much easier to insert an easy-to-understand image of the menu or a button from the program rather than provide written instructions. The document screen capture function of FullShot Pro by itself is worth the purchase price of the Pro edition. The document screen capture can perform a screen capture of documents that cannot appear in totality on the screen. The FullShot Pro uses an auto scroll function to take a continuous screen capture while scrolling automatically through the document resulting in a single scrollable image. Although the instructions in FullShot Pro indicate that the document capture function may not work on all long documents, I did not have any problems making screen captures of long documents from numerous sources while testing this program. FullShot Pro has other screen capture functions such as preset time screen captures (session captures) and they very well, but my needs for screen capture does not include a need for timed multiple screen captures. If FullShot Pro only performed the screen captures as indicated above it would be a wonderful program and well worth the purchase price; however, the screen captures are only part of what this program can do. The non-screen capture function that I like the most was adding annotations to the screen captured images. Before I started using FullShot Pro, I performed this function by adding the image to a Word document and using the Word's draw function. This was a long and drawn out process that often resulted in less than perfect annotations. By using FullShot Pro to add annotations in any type of form including numbering or callouts, the results are much better and the entire image and all annotations can be saved as a single image. This makes alignment in the final document much easier to maintain. I liked the ability to add these annotations to images I already had, even if they were not images of from a FullShot Pro screen capture. FullShot Pro was designed with the final results in mind, as demonstrated by the copy merge function, which will copy the image and all annotations and combine them together into a single image for pasting. All these functions combine together to make a diagram that will make your instructions easy to understand. FullShot Pro also includes a rather long list of image-managing functions including resizing, rotating, resolution changes, highlighting, blurring, and many other image editing functions as well as an Explorer type interface to manage the images one stores. FullShot Pro also includes unique printing capabilities. I particularly liked the ability to adjust what is being printed through the FullShot Pro printer dialog box. This function allows the user to print exactly what he wants to print and saves both ink and paper. FullShot Pro also includes image file conversion either singly or in batch mode. Reviewer 4 - Name Withheld By Request: FullShot Pro provides diverse and powerful options for capturing visual elements on one's computer's screen. It integrates itself conveniently and non-intrusively into the top bar all running programs with a customizable set of buttons that allow one to capture the entire screen, a window, an object, freehand defined area, button, command bar, document, or "interactive". While single letters represents these functions, a rollover of the cursor will give a fuller, two word description of the function. The capture can be confirmed by an optional audio and visual signal, and full screen captures can be delayed to allow time to set up the screen properly. Capture can also be initiated by keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys), but I optionally inactivated them to minimize the chance of conflicts with other programs. There are a wide variety of editing and capturing options in a review of this format. One can add shadows and frames at the time of image capture; add text, drawings or labels; undo undesired edits; customize the area captured to any and all of the visible screen plus areas which can be scrolled to, and much more. Captured images can be saved in most major graphics formats (.jpg, .tif, .gif, etc) as well as FullShot's own proprietary format (.fsd). It also gives control over the resolution and color level depth. The user's guide gives a reasonable and needed description of the functions of this program; reasonable in that the instructions and descriptions are clear, and necessary in that I did not find the use of this program's functions to be obvious or intuitive. Reading the user's guide is essential to fully understand and utilize this program's capabilities. Once I was oriented to this program's interface and capabilities, I found it easy to use. Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: One of the most powerful parts of FullShot Professional is that one can do screen captures from within any other program without switching out of the active program to FullShot. Usually I start FullShot, and then minimize it to the toolbar. Now, any program will have an extra set of buttons on the its blue Title Bar, beside the "X" Close button. By default, these will be the SWORD captures: Screen, Window, Object, Region, Document. These are five of the nine capture possibilities; the others are: Freehand, Button, Command Bar, and Interactive Scroll Capture. A screen capture can be done by clicking on the applicable button, or by using a hot key. A most interesting tenth capture is "Title and Menu": clicking on any item in a program, and using the FullShot hot key, that drop-down menu - and even its fly-outs (if any are showing) are captured. When using the editing function, a new window appears in the FullShot workspace. The name on the blue title bar of this new window has the name of the function that applied. For example, I have been playing around with a capture, and now have: Annotation, Rotate Right, Flip Horizontal, Invert, Modified Image, and more. I can immediately see the effect I have created and can undo it if I wish. I can continue to try things out, and let the windows accumulate. Any effect that I do not like can be deleted at any time, not necessarily as soon as I have tried it out. I can save the image (or all of them at once) or send it to any printer that is attached to my computer. This is the easiest system of image manipulation that I have seen in any screen capture program that I have tried. I particularly like the Text Tools, as I like to capture a bit of a window, then add comments to it with arrows pointing to the part I want to illustrate. There is a Callout feature, which lets me create the kind of balloons seen in comic strips. Inside the balloon, I can add the text I wish. The text can be modified with all the tools we have become accustomed to with our word processors: fonts, styles, sizes, colours, etc. FullShot Professional includes an Image Explorer module that lists 19 different image formats as well as all my drives. After selecting each format and drive, the Explorer displays a list of all the files on the selected drives that match the formats I have requested. I can scroll through the list of files and see a small copy of that image in the space below the list. Double-clicking on that image will bring it directly into the FullShot Workspace. I can now manipulate it as I would any that I have captured with one of the buttons or hot-keys. Another handy module is BatchCon, a file-conversion function that allows converting a batch of files from one format to another. Selecting the folder containing the files and choosing the output folder starts the conversion process. Unlike other conversion programs, FullShot can take a variety of formats in the source folder and convert them all into the one format chosen for the output. I found the support staff to be very responsive and helpful. When I sent them a question (with screen captures to illustrate my problem), they provided the solution within two hours. This kind of user support could serve as a model to many other software companies. Reviewer 6 - Mark Snyder. Many of us need screen captures whether putting together flyers or pamphlets, dressing up office presentations, or simply providing error messages to technical support. As a professional writer as well as a university professor, I am in constant need of a quality screen capture program and am constantly on the lookout for the next "latest and greatest," which for me (as for most, I suspect) means ease of use. Most screen capture programs on the market today do much the same, contain nearly all of the same features, and have each gone far beyond the built in Windows "Alt/PrtScrn." This is where screen capture programs have come into their own. In one or two steps, or automatically in some instances, they allow one to not simply capture the screen or an object or objects on the screen (nine different ways in the case of FullShot Pro), but also allow editing those images as to size, boarders, edge effects, color depth, and so on. Almost all screen capture tools on the market today will essentially provide all, probably more of the tools ever needed, but FullShot Pro does offer some that are unique and/or work a bit better than others. 
As soon FullShot Pro is started and minimized, it places a row
of short cut capture buttons on the title bar of every open
window (the buttons do not appear in any screen capture,
however). This is a convenience that no screen capture tool
should be without. A big bravo from this writer!
There are some tools not usually found in most screen capture
tools such as write, save and print image annotations; image
merge, flip/rotate; selective erase; and an image database
function that anyone working with hundreds of images would not
want to be without.
There is an enhanced screen capture mode I have not seen in many
other such programs. In the standard default mode ("current
window") one captures, as expected, the current window such as a
Web page or current active; however, when a more specific
capture is needed, say a specific toolbar, tool pane, floating
bar, dialogue window, etc. the "select window" mode can be
selected with the specific sub-window to capture. This is a real
benefit as it saves one from the hassles of dragging regions.
Finally, there is FullShot Pro's ability to capture cascading
menus, as these are not a part of the normal window and cone in
a variety of sizes and shapes, this feature is welcomed.At $79.99, this is a feature-rich program as expected; in fact, I counted over 60 features available, many not found on competing programs. If the user actually needs all these features for making screen shots and has the patience to learn an extremely complex program, then FullShot Pro may be that for which he is looking. Weak points. Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: Though FullShot Pro offers a variety of special effects, I was disappointed in its performance of more routine screen captures. I can quickly and easily capture all or part of a document that extends beyond the window with my usual screen capture program, HyperSnap. By contrast, FullShot's Interactive Scroll Capture was very slow and clumsy. I had to first click on the window I wanted to capture, then click on the down arrow on the vertical scroll bar and wait for FullShot Pro to add the additional area to what it had already captured, and then repeat this process over and over again until FullShot Pro had finally covered the entire area I wanted to capture. If I tried to get FullShot to add more at one time than just a tiny increment, the program would hang. Another disappointment was FullShot's inability to capture a region that extends beyond the window. I often use HyperSnap's AutoScroll Region feature to capture, say, a long table or column that takes up only part of the width of the page but extends vertically for two or three pages. To my surprise, tech support informed me that FullShot does not have this capability. I had problems with FullShot's Object Capture and Menu Capture. When I tried to capture objects and drop-down menus in my default browser, Firefox, I found that the captures included not just the object or menu but also the entire Firefox page in the background, in spite of making sure that the "Erase Background" option was checked. Tech Support told me that FullShot has a problem with some applications, among them Firefox. Although FullShot should be commended for having both an extensive Help section and a separate User's Manual, neither seems to have been updated to cover the current version. The User's Manual is for version 9.3, while the version I tested was 9.5.1.4. The manual (copyright 1991-2006) makes no mention of Vista, and both it and the interface's Help section contain information that is no longer accurate. For example, they both show a screen shot of the Capture Settings menu for Document Capture and for Interactive Scroll Capture that includes a choice of scrolling algorithms, but the current version offers no such choice. The Print Preview feature is woefully inadequate. Most screen capture programs I have used offer a full-size, fully detailed preview image of each page of a capture. I often depend upon this feature to ascertain whether my capture includes everything I need and only what I need. FullShot, by contrast, offers a tiny preview (the "large" preview is roughly 2.5" X 3"; a smaller one is also offered) in which none of the detail is clear. If the capture extends to more than one printed page, only the first page is shown. FullShot does not show any preview of subsequent pages but merely states how many pages the capture contains. These details were confirmed for me by tech support. Hotkey settings should be included in the mouseover tool tips. Reviewer 2 - Dana Bostick: There were none that I discovered. Reviewer 2 - Dana Cardwell: I did not find any weak points in using FullShot Pro. The only weak point that I can perceive would be purchasing the Standard Edition rather than the Professional edition and missing out on many of FullShot Pro's best features. I would make one suggestion to the makers of FullShot Pro: in the main program Help menu a link to email technical support should be added. Reviewer 4 - Name Withheld By Request: FullShot Pro tended to freeze and crash more than any program I recall using on my usually stable XP Pro platform. Improper use of the "interactive option" triggered a crash consistently. It also exhibited a "silent crash" where the letters were still visible on the top bar of programs but pressing them produced no action. This seemed to improve once the keyboard hotkeys were inactivated. The User's Guide tends to superimpose itself over the FullShot Pro window making it difficult to use the guide to take the user through multiple step processes in the program. It would be helpful if right clicking on the letter icons would lead to a more detailed description or to instructions for how to properly use the function. Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: I have no complaints about this program. At present, I have 70 running processes. In terms of demands on memory, FullShot Professional ranks 60 out of the 70 programs. It takes up very few system resources, which is a mark of excellent programming and coding. Reviewer 6 - Mark Snyder. I really wanted to love this program and I tried it for several months but. . . . A screen capture tool should assist in the flow of one's work and not be an impediment that brings it to a crashing halt for an hour to read through an overly long and overly complex User's Guide.. I must confess that I am one of those who generally will not use a program that I cannot intuitively and, at least rudimentarily, understand right out of the box, so to speak. Had I followed this practice with FullShot Pro, there would have been no review because after over three months I have still not fully become comfortable using it. In fact, I think this might well be the most obtuse and non-intuitive program I have ever used. For example, I can't begin to tell you how long it took me to understood what was meant by the repeatedly used term "call out." I now know that it is simply a caption or a label, or more generally an annotation more appropriately used back in the days of true desktop publishing, but "call out?" Need I say more? In addition to what may only be my personal mental stumbling blocks:
The GUI (Graphic User Interface) is non-intuitive and complex
beyond belief. Not counting the drop-down menus from the
standard tool bar, I counted 75 symbols or icons running along
the top or sides of the Interface. Sure, some such as a printer
icon, are immediately recognizable, but 75????
Resources! It uses far too much resource. Idle on my desktop, it
consumed between 15.6 and 17.8MB of memory.
To paraphrase from a popular fast food commercial from several
years ago: Where's the support? First of all it is hidden on the
Web site and only through drilling down in the "About Us" tab
that can only faintly be seen at the top of the page will one
discover that the only support offered is an email address.
There is no email ticket type of procedure, no telephone, no
live chat, just an email address and a FAX number. And no clue
as to when one might expect a reply-which was never, as best I
could tell.Aside from support, which I think is inexcusable for a program that is this expensive and claims to be "professional," this is not a bad program. In fact, I could find no real weaknesses or flaws. As can be seen from its version number, it has been in constant development for a long time-almost twenty years in fact. My only real complaint is that it is far too complicated and non-intuitive when there are programs just as feature-rich such as SnagIt that can be used comfortably almost from the moment it is opened. Developer's Web site. Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: Inbit's Web site is slightly confusing, since even the FullShot product page (http://www.inbit.com/fullshot.html) has at its top a fairly large banner ad devoted not to FullShot but rather to a "free Web-based support or sales IM for your site" powered by an Inbit product called 24im. Other than that, the FullShot product page devotes itself to explaining and promoting FullShot. It offers a description of the program, a chart comparing the features available in FullShot's three versions (Standard, Professional, and Enterprise), images illustrating FullShot's capture modes and some of its special effects, a brief account of version changes, a listing of awards the program has won, case histories of how users have benefited from FullShot, and, of course, an opportunity to download and purchase the program. According to the Web site, FullShot did not add Vista compatibility until June 2009. The Web site makes no mention of Windows 7. Reviewer 2 - Dana Bostick: The Web site is clean and simple. It offers three products, FullShot being one of them. Clicking on the product link navigates to that page with a lot of information and other links. The site was easy to navigate and I found the information I need. The Web site would benefit by using its own application to generate a few videos of how FullShot might be used. Visuals would communicate an idea much better than text copy alone. The site includes a number of "case studies" explaining how FullShot is being used in the corporate environment for producing training solutions for various software application providers. Reviewer 3 - Dana Cardwell: The Web site is pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate. The support options are not clearly indicated on the Web site and are contained under the heading About Us. When I was looking for support options I found support only by selecting the Site map. I was impressed by the details of the FullShot's functions, found on the Web site by selecting more information. Reviewer 4 - Name Withheld By Request: Once beyond the initial screen discussing multiple programs from this publisher, the Web site is very descriptive about the history and capabilities of this program. There were no visible links to support, FAQ's, blogs, or troubleshooting. Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: Like the program, the Web site is professional and easy to use. There are only five main headings, and clicking on any one of them brings up a single page. On any of these main pages, there are links, which allow one to "drill-down" further within that topic. The five main headings remain the same all the time, so it is easy to navigate to the desired information. There are no distracting flashing banners or garishly coloured images: "just the facts." Support is provided by email, and the link for that is on the About Us page. Reviewer 6 - Mark Snyder. The Web site is as confused and unnecessarily cluttered as is the program's GUI. There are unverifiable testimonials running down two sides of the Web site as well as "Case Studies" and "Awards" occupying even more space along the bottom. Any technical support is hidden. The site is unattractive and not useful. Other comments. Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: At $79.99, FullShot Pro seems expensive. Although it offers a few special effects features that my primary screen capture program, HyperSnap, does not, HyperSnap's normal screen capture features are often superior to FullShot Pro's, and HyperSnap sells for half the price of FullShot Pro. Moreover, FullShot Pro updates cost more than three times as much as updates for HyperSnap. Reviewer 2 - Dana Bostick: FullShot Pro is a "feature rich" application that will take a little time to learn in order to fully take advantage of all its capabilities. Many of the application's screens are similar to the familiar ones one might see in any image editor, with tool bars full of tools used to modify the captured image. One can also set defaults so that the captured images already have some of the effects applied automatically. Once I started working with it, I found it to be very easy to use and it worked nicely. I can see that this application will be useful for annotating photos I use for my work. Adding "callouts" and text annotations to my photos is usually a trial-and-error proposition and I have not, until now, found a good solution that is easy to use. FullShot Pro handles task quite well. See the sample below:
FullShot has three versions: Standard, Pro & Enterprise versions, priced at $49.99, $79.99 & $149.99 respectively. There is a 30-day free trial available. A feature comparison table for all the versions is available at www.inbit.com/features.html . Reviewer 3 - Dana Cardwell. None. Reviewer 4 - Name Withheld By Request: This program is most appropriate for users who do a lot of screen captures and who need professional looking results, which go beyond the standard cut-and-paste. Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle: FullShot has been around for a long time; in fact, there is a reference in the manual to "the original FullShot 1.0 implementation in 1991". The fact that it is still in use and is still being developed attests to its stability and the strength of its feature set. One can download the complete version, which is fully functional for the 30-day trial period. There are three versions: Standard, Professional and Enterprise. For those who need to create images for use in teaching or training, reports, papers or assignments, presentations, flyers, newsletters or Web pages, FullShot is certainly worth serious consideration. Reviewer 6 - Mark Snyder. I cannot recommend this program. It has a generally excellent reputation and is purported to be used by many of the top Fortune 500 companies in the United States. The company, Inbit, has been around since 1991 and that can only mean that it has, at least in the past, provided its customers with a product that they could trust. Maybe FullShot Pro has become too big and complex for its own good; or maybe it has evolved into an application best suited for a more commercial user; or maybe this reviewer's needs are just too far less than are required and easily understood using this program. There is a Standard Edition available at $49.99 that might be better suited to one's needs, and there is a 30-day trial version to test this. Will you continue to use it? Reviewer 1 - Name Withheld By Request: I may keep the program on my computer to use occasionally for callouts, but for most screen captures, I prefer to use HyperSnap. Reviewer 2 - Dana Bostick: Yes, this is something I have needed for a while and it will remain in my start up group. I do use screen capture frequently and the other solutions I have used have left me wanting more. This one works! Reviewer 3 - Dana Cardwell. Yes, it will be added to my list of routinely used programs. Reviewer 4 - Name Withheld By Request: Yes. Reviewer 5 - Peter Royle. Yes, definitely. Reviewer 6 - Mark Snyder. No. |
OPERATING SYSTEMS USED IN THIS REVIEW
Windows XP Pro, XP Home Premium, XP Media Center
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