![]() ![]() For that, launch the app and click on the open file icon. The new Snip & Sketch not only lets you take and edit screenshots, but you can use it to annotate old pictures as well. For that, click on the crop icon at the top and select the area that you want to crop. Fortunately, in Snip & Sketch, you can crop the image once it has been captured. In Snipping Tool, you would have to take a new screenshot if the size wasn’t of your choice. Sometimes, the screenshot that we take is too big. On the bright side, you can measure lines and angles with them. While Snip & Sketch isn’t any better, it offers a ruler and a protractor to draw straight lines and a circle. Sadly, all are missing in the Snipping Tool. Any screenshot tool should have basic tools like shapes, arrows, and text. I don’t know who advises Microsoft developers about the features. Also, it offers many colors for all marking modes. In the Snip & Sketch tool, you get a pencil besides pen and highlighter. You only get a pen and a highlighter with limited color options. Snipping Tool is restrictive when it comes to marking tools. That is not possible with the Snipping Tool. On the bright side, each screenshot opens in a separate Snip & Sketch window allowing you to work on multiple screenshots simultaneously. In the Snip & Sketch, the overall process is long if you use the above three methods. But at least, in Snipping Tool, the screenshot would directly open in the app. You need to tap on the notification to open the editor and then only you can save it.īoth the apps don’t save the screenshot automatically. Once you do so, you will get a notification, and the screenshot will be copied to your clipboard. That is, when you use the shortcut WinKey+Shift+S, PrtScn key, or the icon in the Action Center, the screen will be dimmed, and you will find screenshot modes (rectangular, freeform, fullscreen) at the top for taking custom screenshots. On the contrary, while using the New button (or Ctrl+N shortcut) when the app is open is one way to take a screenshot in Snip & Sketch, it also offers a direct, quick way. Fortunately, when you take a screenshot, it will directly open in the app where you can annotate and save it. Even though you can also use the Ctrl+N shortcut, but that will only work when the app is open. In the Snipping tool, as you can open it by one method only, i.e., through the app directly, you need to click on the New button in the app to take a screenshot. On the right, you have the settings and sharing options.įurther, when you change the size of the app, the various icons align themselves to fit in the available space where some even take the bottom bar. You will find the new screenshot button on the left side with various pens in the middle. The Snip & Sketch tool is part of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and as such offers a modern design, similar to other Microsoft apps for Windows 10. The various icons such as New, Delay, Mode, etc. Snipping Tool has been part of Windows since a long time and hence, has the same old interface with File, Edit, and other options. Turn the toggle on for Print Screen shortcut. For that, go to Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard. Lastly, you can assign it to the PrtScn key too. You can also use the shortcut WinKey+Shift+S to start taking screenshots from any app directly. Secondly, you will find it under Action Center. First, you can launch it from the Start Menu similar to any app. On the other hand, Microsoft offers several ways to launch Snip & Sketch. You can launch Snipping Tool only from the Start Menu or with the help of its shortcut on the desktop. It is currently installed on the October 2018 build too, but the app clearly says that in the future updates only Snip & Sketch will be available. Snipping Tool runs on earlier versions of Windows. Unlike Snipping Tool, you can download and install it from the Microsoft Store too. The Snip & Sketch tool is available on Windows 10 desktops and laptops running October 2018 build and above. You will get your answer in this post where we compare Snip & Sketch and Snipping Tool. You may be wondering what is this new tool and how does it differ from our beloved Snipping Tool. While Screen Sketch is no longer installed on Windows PC, Snipping Tools resides along with Snip & Sketch as of now. That’s because it combines the features of both the tools. Snip & Sketch gives the impression that Snipping Tool and Screen Sketch (another screenshot tool part of Windows Ink Workspace) got together and had a baby. Just when I got used to it, Microsoft pushed a new update, and suddenly, now there is another tool known as Snip & Sketch on my Windows 10-based laptop. Thankfully, Windows 7 arrived with a proper screenshot tool known as Snipping Tool. But, it’s also tedious as you need to paste the screenshot in another tool to use it. The easiest way to take screenshots on Windows is by using the PrtScn key. ![]()
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