When I worked with Danny Dainton he showed me LICEcap and I’ve never looked back. It’s the most lightweight .gif recorder I’ve found. If I need to describe simple product behaviour or bug reproduction I’ll use this.
Most of the rest I use you have listed. Although it’s worth knowing that the PrintScrn key on a keyboard will screenshot all monitors on Windows. Alt-PrintScrn will screenshot the active window.
I also love the clipping tool that comes with OneNote.
For me a recording tool should be very low friction to be useful. I don’t want to be clicking and typing a lot to get the job done.
I’ve been using Jing for years. It’s free, can take a window, component, or selection, and it can also record short videos for those occasions when screenshots just don’t cut it. I map a keyboard shortcut to invoke it, and then any time I need a screenshot, I hit the shortcut and I’m good to go.
A tool included in Windows, Step recorder, can be useful when you’re not allowed to install any additional programs. Its results are a compiled HTML file with screenshots, keyboard input and mouse clicks, as far as the tool is aware of the correct buttons and such; and you can add comments pointing to part of the display. Having the person experiencing the bug to submit some extra information without having to “be technical”, has proven useful in the past.
0_0 How did I not know about this? Occasionally, I’ve encountered a bug unrelated to what I’m working, and therefore focused, on, and found it difficult to reproduce. Whilst screen recorders can be of use, this is just spot on. The only issue I can really see is the fact that it records all 3 monitors.
You’d be surprised to know that we still use print screens and attach it to word documents. Our clients seem to be comfortable with this and we play around with shapes and colors to highlight The bug.
I crowdtest with few platforms and they are insistent on using screencast-o-matic and it serves the purpose.
Some of the test management tools include built-in screenshot capturing features. Testuff, which I work for, included. We also have a built-in video recorder for capturing the test and showing the bug, which is way better than screenshots.
This is an important topic to discuss as we all came across some specific areas while testing an application which needs to be highlighted using a video. In highly professional software testing company, there is an inventory of video capturing tools that can help their engineers to showcase defect in an effective way. Sometimes, describing the exact steps in video is so important when a screenshot is not capable enough to capture that particular moment when defect occurs.
We are using Snagit from last 7 years to record defects. Snagit provides a full package of professional tools that allow you to capture and record your PC screen. With the help of Snagit, we can capture screen content with just a click, customize with effects and markups and share via many separate formats. Snagit is a paid tool, however a free trial allows you to get familiar with its functionality and see if it’s right for you. You can also refer to some other tools like:
I am going with Jing https://www.techsmith.com/jing-tool.html primarily because LiceCap is dead simple, but really for capturing animations, not individual screenshots. So it wants to record, and I have to pause it if I swap my display often as part of my testing job. My trouble with Jing however, is that it asks for a filename to save to teach time - when all I want is a simple rolling filename that works more like Snagit does.
Reduces the intrusion on your exploring and note taking activity by having a file save dialog appear. Anyone using Snagit https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html (paid version)?
OBS was mentioned here, but not its replay buffer functionality. You can set how long back in time to save and just leave it running on your machine (2 minutes will use about 38mb of RAM). When a bug happens press your hotkey to save and you have a recording of what just happened. Was what I was looking for (looping/rolling screen record) when I found this thread so thought I would share.
I tried out licecap, a few weeks back. And just rubbished it because it did not fit my use case. But did not uninstall, today I used to to show off a bug in total awesome splendor. To show how a dialog box was appearing in slightly random location, by just a dozen pixels it was creeping about.
Imperceptible window wiggle to a non-tester but eventually annoying. Turns out every tool has a specific use. Simple is good. I love LiceCap now.
I’m using the paid version of Snagit. I’m pretty new to testing and haven’t used anything else, but it has been fantastic so far. There doesn’t seem to be any functionality missing that I would like, and I’ve found it very straight forward to learn.
