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Enable and create GIFs with Snipping Tool on Windows 11
You can create GIFs on Windows 11 using the Snipping Tool (version 11.2505.21.0 or higher) by recording your screen and exporting the clip as a GIF. The feature allows up to 30-second recordings and includes options to choose quality before saving. If the feature isn’t available, you can enable it with ViveTool using the command vivetool /enable /id:47081492. The Snipping…
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Windows Snipping Tool now lets you create animated GIF recordings
Microsoft announced that the Windows screenshot and screencast Snipping Tool utility is getting support for exporting animated GIF recordings. This new capability is rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, who have updated the app to version 11.2505.21.0. “In this update, we are adding GIF export for screen recordings – designed to boost your productivity…
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Snipping Tool Is Getting a Big GIF Upgrade
GIFs remain one of the most popular image formats on the internet, despite their age. They’re even natively integrated into most messaging apps. Now, Microsoft is testing the ability to create and export them using Windows’s native screenshot and screen recording tool. In the current version of Snipping Tool, the only GIFs you can export are static, just like a…
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How to take screenshot on Windows 11 using Snipping Tool
On Windows 11, use the “Print” key (or “Windows key + Shift + S” shortcut) to bring up the Snipping Tool toolbar and take a screenshot. You can also open the Snipping Tool, choose the type of screenshot, and click the “New” button to take a screenshot. Alternatively, you can use the “Windows key + Print” shortcut to take a full-screen screenshot…
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Snipping Tool in Windows Is Getting Two New Features
Microsoft has announced updates to its Snipping Tool app for Windows 11. There’s now a ‘Perfect Screenshot’ option to automatically crop your screenshots to the important parts, and a built-in color picker for quickly checking the colors from any on-screen content. These updates are currently being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, but should come…
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Five Unexpected Things You Can Do With Windows’ Snipping Tool
The Snipping Tool grabs screenshots—and much more besides. Credit: Lifehacker The Windows Snipping Tool is best known for its screenshot-taking capabilities—after all, when you launch it from the Start menu, that’s what it invites you to do. But Microsoft has packed a number of other unexpected, useful functions into this program. These extra features aren’t particularly well-advertised nor easy to…
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8 ways to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 10 and Windows 11
One of the most useful tools included in Windows is the Snipping Tool. This app allows you to capture any part of your screen, save the screenshots as images, or copy them to the clipboard. You can also annotate your screenshots with pens, highlighters, and erasers. The Snipping Tool is available in all versions of Windows, and there are many…
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