A really useful utility for screen capturing and editing

I'm using a nice tool: FastStone Capture.

That program is really great!

The features I like more are:

• capturing scrolling windows (eg web pages),
  
• highlighting
  
• arrows and text

From the sw company web page:

• A small handy Capture Panel that provides quick access to its capture tools and output options
• Global hotkeys to activate screen capturing instantly
• Capture windows, objects, menus, full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and scrolling windows/web pages
• Capture multiple windows and objects including multi-level menus
• Options to specify output destination (internal editor, clipboard, file, printer ...)
• Draw annotation objects such as texts, arrowed lines, highlights, watermarks, rectangles and circles
• Apply effects such as drop-shadow, frame, torn-edge and fade-edge
• Add image caption
• Resize, crop, rotate, sharpen, brighten, adjust colors ...
• Undo/Redo
• Support external editors
• Save in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIFF and PDF formats
• Send captured images by email
• Send captured images to Word and PowerPoint documents
• Send captured images to a Web (FTP) server
• Screen Color Picker
• Screen Magnifier
• Screen Ruler
• Support multiple monitors
• Run when Windows starts (optional)
• Minimize to System Tray area
• Small footprint in memory

Latest version, release 6.2, is SHAREWARE and it costs only $20, it's worth of it.
release 6.2 info

I'm using version 5.3 which is FREEWARE for Home Users:
release 5.3 download


FastStone home page