Then I switched to FTP upload on some VPS, then just went with Google Cloud Storage. I remember using the Imgur uploader for a few months. Hovering Destinations -> Image Uploader -> Pick imgur.Īnd that’s it, screenshots sharing! Alternative to Imgur In fact, ShareX literally supports Imgur uploads. Kind of like uploading an image to Imgur. You could host these images with some URL to your computer, but then they wouldn’t work when your computer is off. The point of sending the image somewhere is so it’s always available. Upload image to host: Once both the above are done, this uploads it somewhere.Save image to file: This stores the image on your hard drive.You get the whole picture in your Windows copy/paste. Copy image to clipboard: This is kind of the default.You can see there are three things selected: Second thingy is defining what to do after capturing a new screenshot. Under “Hotkey settings…”, the UI is intuitive:

Feel free to click around, the worst that can happen is your computer explodes.įirst thing I’d setup is the hotkey to capture a region. There’s a few settings, like all software. You can right-click on the ShareX icon to get its settings: Once it’s installed, run it, the icon should appear somewhere around the bottom-right of your screen (on Windows). Probably make sure to enable that it starts on system start. Here’s a little tutorial:įirst you have to download the installer, run it, then click next, next, next, next…. I can paste the link to the image I just made using Ctrl+V.As I release the mouse button, I hear a little ding meaning the screenshot is uploaded.It’s a little program that starts when your computer boots. It does two things: Capturing screenshots & uploading them somewhere to share. It supports sharing lots of different content, but I mainly use it for screenshots. The install file will automatically install this software on ubuntu.Today I want to share a tool I use which can step up your Internet game.Ī lot of people already know about it: it’s called ShareX. Requires extra software to be installed to your server, called Exiftool to read metadata from uploaded images.Click the image to view image's metadata like camera, lens, iso, shutter speed, etc.Add a field to your body called showCase, and then make the value true.

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