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Nikki M.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

It is very easy to use and get the perfect screenshot. You can select as much or as little of the area you want to capture. Lightshot allows you to either save the shot as a file or copy and past it into an email or document. If you make a mistake, simply click Escape and start over. You can also share the shot on social networks, to the cloud or search for similar images on Google in an instant. The shot can be edited with text, lines, arrows, symbols and or colors before you save it. It is easy to use and quick to get the results you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

I cannot think of anything I dislike about it. It does everything I need it to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quick and easy information and screen captures that I can edit and save however I want to. It helps me create better presentations as well as share information with customers quickly and esily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Lightshot?

Screen capturing tool. Share screenshots on Facebook, Twitter. Upload screenshots to server. download from: http://app.prntscr.com/

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Screen capturing tool. Share screenshots on Facebook, Twitter. Upload screenshots to server. download from: http://app.prntscr.com/


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Recent Lightshot Reviews

Deepika S.
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Deepika S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Perfect tool for Screenshots"
Lightshot is the best print screen tool ever used. It was simple & easy to use and also provides various options to edit, share & save the screensh...
Maria N.
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Maria N.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Super neat little feature"
I use Lightshot every day to screenshot things for customers and coworkers. With the hotkey asisgned, it's easy to implement and integrate into my ...
Daenhivy C.
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Daenhivy C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Best Screenshot Recording App for Desktop!"
I recommend Lightshot software because I get to take screenshots and recordings at any time. It's so easy to use, very accessible, and free to down...
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Maria N.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

I use Lightshot every day to screenshot things for customers and coworkers. With the hotkey asisgned, it's easy to implement and integrate into my work, as I never have to actually open a program to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

It'd be nice to have more editing features or more customizable options before saving/copying the screengrab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can take smaller screenshots of exactly the parts of my screen I need to show the other party. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PANKAJ S.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

The best thing about Lightshot is that its very easy to use as it works in a single click. We can select area that to be captured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

I have not faced any issue yet.So, there's nothing as such to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can take screenshot of any specific area and after uploading it on internet it gives me a shareable link to share it with others as well. It also helpful to search and get similar matching pictures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daenhivy C.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

I recommend Lightshot software because I get to take screenshots and recordings at any time. It's so easy to use, very accessible, and free to download on desktop.

It is capable on bringing output at it's fastest time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

Sometimes, Lightshot encounters lagging issues, and I need to restart the app just to continue taking screenshots, but not all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

There was once an experience that lightshot was temporarily down due to it's issue on their servers. And this made me pick a second alternative for choosing another screenshot recording app method. But this is my first choice and I will recommend this to users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kiranjit K.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

The best thing i like about lightshot is its easy to use extension that capture the screenshot in one click. It works with Print Screen button too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

The only thing to dislike in it is that it stops working in the background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves the issue of capturing the screen without opening any software because it works with a single button too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apurva S.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

Best part about lightshot is it is an extention to the browser so I just have to add it to my browser. Second is it let's me highlight a particular area that I wish to emphasize on. Another feature that I like about lightshot is I can share link to screenshot which helps a lot in my daily work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

I don't think there is anything in particular to dislike about it except for sometimes it stops and I have to open it again. otherwise it's working well for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

Main thing that it helps me lot in is sharing screenshot links as I have to send links to clients on reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivam S.
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Digital Marketing Executive
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

The best about Lightshot is that it works with a single click. Selection of area helps in choosing the area to be captured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

There is nothing to dislike about it because I don't face any issues while using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves the issue of capturing the screenshots after selecting the areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham P.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

There are many things I like about Lightshot such as the option to select the right portion of screen according to our requirement, the doodle option that is helpful for highlighting the focus area and the option to save it as file, cloud upload, and copy to paste it later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

There is nothing much to dislike about Lightshot tool. But if we include the Lightshot Chrome extension, there are a few improvements that can make it better. Such improvements include, full webpage capture option with auto-scroll, and cloud save link should appear on the same tab instead of opening a new tab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

The major problem that Lightshot is solving is that it made it easier for users to take a screenshot of the selected portion of the screen according to their requirements and also allows to highlight the focus area with the help of Pen, Line, Arrow, Rectangle, and marker tool. Also, it provide text adding feature on the image. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Lightshot?

Lightshot is easy to install, download and free for PC and Mac.

Capture screen images with square section, search for similar and related images on the Internet.

Few system resources, automatic execution in the background and saving image in different available formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

It is not compatible for users with Linux operating system, it limits the functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

Capture images, invoices, conversations instantly and share on social networks or chat with copy and paste.

Relate images and Internet searches.

Free and unlimited access to search functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

Lightshot helps us to take screenshots easily with just a click of a button.

We can add comments and highlight or select particular areas within the screenshots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

Even though it is an amazing tool. It would be nice to have better editing options. Something like a blurring tool. We strike or blur out information from the screenshot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to send clients the screenshots with specific or highlighted information within the screenshot. We also can add comments to the screenshot explaning how the features work or what they need to do next. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajan K.
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What do you like best about Lightshot?

1) Very easy to capture the screenshots

2) You can add text, draw and use a pen before saving the screenshot, that makes a lot of things very easy.

3) You can directly upload. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightshot?

Some software allows typing while you highlight some portion of the screenshot, that seems to be missing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lightshot solving and how is that benefiting you?

Instant Editing and Annotation: After capturing a screenshot, Lightshot provides intuitive editing and annotation features.

Quick and Easy Screenshot Capture: Lightshot allows users to capture screenshots with just a press of PrtScn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.