Top Image Grabber Software and Problem of Deduplication of Grabbed Photos

An image grabber is a specialized software used to capture snapshots of different regions of the computer screen or web pages. You can grab images from any desktop application, website, email, and save them into different image formats such as PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, etc. Some image grabbers may also provide additional functionalities for basic editing of your images.

Duplicated images are a mess by all means. Fixing them is a must, or else you run the risk of going low on storage space, spending long hours searching for a specific image. The solution lies with PictureEcho, a software app that can delete duplicate & similar images at a single click.

Delete Duplicate Images Using PictureEcho’s PowerFul Scan

PictureEcho follows Google Software Principles

What is the Purpose of Using an Image Grabber?

Image grabbers can be used for different purposes. Some of them are given under:

• Captured images can be inserted into Word Documents, PDF files, etc.
• You may use the captured images in your office presentations (PowerPoint slideshows).
• You can combine different images from different sources. Captured images can be merged with other images to turn them into entirely new image.
• An image grabber can also copy your images to the Windows Clipboard. You can paste the image into an email and send it to your friends and colleagues.
• You can import the captured images into third-party applications such as Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, etc.

Top Image Grabber Software

ShareX (Free; Open Source)

ShareX is free and open-source software that goes beyond a basic image-capturing tool. With the Print Screen key, you can capture any region of your screen and it automatically saves it to the Clipboard and a file. Unlike the default Print Screen feature in Windows, you don’t have to separately save the image to a file.

Moreover, you can grab a specific portion of your image, share the grabbed images on the Internet with your friends and colleagues. ShareX is available for download on its official website as well as on Microsoft Store.

ShareX supports capturing

• Full screen: You can grab the entire region of your computer screen.
• Window: You can grab a screenshot of an active window on the screen.
• Region: Here, you can specify the portion of the screen area you want to capture.
• Scrolling Capture: This is a preferable option to grab websites, PDFs and other scrolling content. Using this feature, you can grab scrolling objects into a single picture.
• Screen Recorder: You can record the activities on your screen in the form of a video file.

Alongside, ShareX gives you the option to specify a grab time interval, show or hide the cursor, grab the text content inside an image and you can share the files with a single click.

TechSmith SnagIt (Paid)

TechSmith SnagIt is a paid, professional image grabber and screen-capturing software. It can be helpful while blogging, creating content, forum posting, or working on your digital notebook.

SnagIt is relatively expensive. It is available for both PC and Mac at $49.99 with an optional $12.49 as part of the maintenance download links, priority phone support, updates, SnagIt certification course, how-tos, etc.

• Capture full screen, a specific region, scrolling windows and record screens.
• Add annotations, and narrations, erase portions of the grabbed screenshots and use a variety of image measurement features.
• Easily export your files to the cloud (such as your social media accounts).
• Insert texts, arrows, and other objects inside your images.
• Create GIF files.

Snipping Tool (Free)

The Snipping Tool comes preinstalled with Windows 11. It is easiest to use, has an intuitive user interface and offers multiple capturing options. It replaces the classic Snip & Sketch tool in Windows.

Since the Snipping Tool is already preinstalled, there’s no additional step you need to do. Just click on Start, type Snipping Tool and open it from the search results.

With the Snipping Tool, you can grab the entire screen, rectangular portion, active window, or select a custom portion using the free-form mode. There’s also a feature to automatically grab after a specific time period (such as a few seconds).

Snipping Tool has a major limitation though. Unlike other tools mentioned above, there’s no way to record a video of your screen activities (especially gaming sessions).

Dedupe Grabbed Photos

Taking multiple screen captures can cause duplication and confusion. Duplicate grabbed photos can take considerable storage and affect the performance of your PC. There’s an easier way to dedupe grabbed photos:

Using PictureEcho

PictureEcho is a duplicate image cleaner for Windows. It provides various automatic image selection criteria (for example, high/low-resolution images in each group, newest/ oldest images in each group, images by their location, larger/ smaller images in each group, etc).

1. 1. Download PictureEcho and install it.

 

1. 1. Open up the software and click on Add Path.

 

1. 1. Select the destination directory containing your grabbed photos.

 

1. 1. Choose one of the file selection criteria:
      • • Exact match: Use this option to compare files byte-to-byte. Choose this for 100% accurate results.

       

      • Similar match: Use this option to compare visually-similar files. Choose this for less accuracy but larger scan results.

 

1. 1. Click on Start Search.

 

1. 1. Once the scan is finished, review the files. You may use the checkboxes or click on Select Duplicates, followed by your file selection criteria.

 

1. Click on Select Action > Move to Folder or Delete permanently.