SnapClip is a small faceless background application to take screenshot easily and quickly. The captured image can be copied to the Clipboard, or saved into various format file including:
– Clipboard: the captured image is copied to the Clipboard as a PICT data. No output file is created. You can paste this PICT data into word processor document or graphic application documet directly.
– Clipping File: the captured image is saved into a picture clipping file on the Desktop with thumbnail icon.
– PICT File (lossless): the captured image is saved into a PICT file on the Desktop with thumbnail icon. The output file name has .pict extension. The image data is not compressed, the file size tend to be big. but it does not lose the original image quality.
– TIFF File (lossless): the captured image is saved into a TIFF file on the Desktop with thumbnail icon. The output file name has .tiff extension. The image data is compressed with packbit encoding which is lossless compression method. The file size is much smaller than PICT file.
– Photoshop PSD file (lossless): The captured image is saved into a PhotoShop file (PSD file) on the Desktop with thumbnail icon. The output file name has .psd extension. The image data is restructured to planar RGB format and compressed with RLE (Run Length Encoding) which is lossless. The file size is about 1/3 of the original raw image data, which is mostly smaller than TIFF file.
– PNG File (lossless): the captured image is saved into a PNG file on the Desktop with thumbnail icon. The output file name has .png extension. The image data is compressed with LZ77 encoding which is lossless compression method. The file size is about 1/5 of the original raw image data.
– JPEG File (may lose quality): the captured image is saved into a JPEG file on the Desktop with thumbnail icon. The output file name has .jpg extension. The image data is compressed with JFIF compression which lose original image quality but the file size is significantly smaller. Currently, SnapClip uses normal quaily compression level. The file size is about 1/18 of the original raw image data. If you want to make the output file size as small as possible, JPEG is the best for that purpose.
Basically, the lower menu item you choose, the smaller file size you get. So choose the one which is suitable for your purpose of using the captured image.
You might want to add SnapClip to “Login Items” in “System Preferences,” so that it’s always available.
More info and download link here.
How is this different than ScreenShot Plus?