Share Some Screenshots

Do you ever want to share a screen shot with someone? Or need to save something as a picture file? Well you can with the Print Screen button on any keyboard.  But what about just a small clip of the screen because you don't want such a large file or picture, or to focus in on one part of the screen without having to open the picture in a photo editor of sorts and crop the picture or draw a highlight box?

Well Gyazo does just that. Install the application, and all you have to do when you need to share a screen shot or clip of a screen shot, is run the application. It then turns your mouse pointer into a cross-hair so you can draw a selection box of what you want to share on your screen and it automatically uploads it to their server, and opens it in your browser.  The picture in the browser gives you some sharing options such as Flikr and Twitter, or Info which gives you a box with the direct URL to paste wherever you need to show or share it.  The convenience of a URL is great and it keeps you from having to upload it somewhere else, like a photobucket type service or your Dropbox public folder to do so.

My favorite part is after you select what you want and it uploads, it closes itself.  The bad thing is if you want to do several clips, you'll have to open it several times, but the fact that it's made to not sit open on your system is awesome.  Another great thing is it's free and is cross-platform and works on both Linux and Mac, See:

I also took this screenshot clip off their website as an example/explanation:

Now you can share screenshots/clips to your hearts desire, like these people share free music.

Edit: 6/6/10: Their servers are currently under maintenance.