Lightscreen

{{notability|Products|date=May 2014}}

{{Short description|Screen shooting application for Microsoft Windows}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Lightscreen

| logo = Lightscreen logo.svg

| logo size = 64px

| screenshot = Lightscreen.png

| screenshot size = 186px

| caption =

| developer = Christian Kaiser

| latest release version = 2.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2014|04|15|df=yes}}

| operating system = Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP

| platform = Qt

| programming language = C++

| genre = Screenshooting software

| language = English, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian and SpanishSee Lightscreen v1.01 Options dialog box

| license = GNU General Public License

| website = {{URL|https://lightscreen.com.ar/}}

}}

Lightscreen is a lightweight screen shooting application for Microsoft Windows, used to automate the process of saving and cataloging screenshots. It operates as a hidden background process that is invoked with one (or multiple) hotkeys and then saves a screenshot file to disk according to the user's preferences. It has no built-in editing or annotation tools.{{cite web

| url = http://lifehacker.com/5135970/lightscreen-captures-region-screenshots-with-ease

| title = Lightscreen Captures Region Screenshots with Ease

| accessdate = 21 December 2010

| publisher = Lifehacker

| date = 21 January 2009

}} Lightscreen has features to set a delay time and save screenshots in multiple image formats.{{cite web

| url = http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Lightscreen-Review-139549.shtml

| title = Take Screenshots Fast and Easy

| work = Softpedia

| publisher = SoftNews NET SRL

| accessdate = 21 December 2010

| date = 26 April 2010

}} A portable version is available{{cite web

| url = http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-take-easy-screenshots-with-lightscreen-portable/

| title = How to Take Easy Screenshots with Lightscreen Portable

| first = Tim

| last = Lenahan

| date = 14 October 2009

| accessdate = 21 December 2010

| work = MakeUseOf.com

| publisher = MakeUseOf

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Graphics/Windows-Portable-Applications-Portable-Lightscreen.shtml

| title = Portable Lightscreen 1.01

| accessdate = 21 December 2010

| work = Softpedia

| publisher = SoftNews NET SRL

| date = 22 March 2010

}}{{cite web

| url = http://cybernetnews.com/fast-screenshots/

| title = Lightscreen: Fast & Easy Screenshots

| publisher = Cybernet News

| accessdate = 21 December 2010

| date = 5 February 2009

}}

Current Website: https://lightscreen.com.ar/ As of August 20, 2020, Lightscreen is at Version 2.4 and the download is hosted on GitHub. It no longer appears to be using Sourceforge.net which is still hosting version 1.01 and was last updated 2014-04-15.