Enhanced PrintScreen [ Clip | Capture ] with RWin Passthrough

[enteleform]

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SCRIPT
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@ GitHub


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WHAT IT DOES
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I've been using Lenovo ThinkPad Keyboards for a while now, and lately I've been feeling like:



I use a ton of (native) hotkeys for SublimeText & other apps, and it's super useful to have a full set of modifiers on each side ( 2X hotkey combinations ftw! ).

So I wrote a script which does the following:

1. PrintScreen to clip a selected area of the screen
2. Shift + PrintScreen to clip a selected area of the screen & annotate it @ Skitch
3. Ctrl + PrintScreen to capture the entire screen
4. Shift + PrintScreen to capture the entire screen & annotate it @ Skitch
5. RWin passthrough on PrintScreen + [Optional] Modifiers + Any Key

Instead of Windows' native PrintScreen function, I used Windows Snipping Tool and Skitch.


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BENEFITS
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Snipping Tool

• can clip portions of the screen, as well as capture the entire screen
• automatically copies the image to the clipboard, so you can quickly paste the image to your preferred editor
• allows saving the image at an arbitrary location, rather than being limited to the predefined Pictures/Screenshots directory

Skitch

• quickly & easily annotate images with features including: text, arrows, shapes, marker, highlighter, icons, & blur

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DEMOS
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SnippingTool: Clip





SnippingTool: Capture





Skitch: Clip





Skitch: Capture





RWin Passthrough:




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NOTES
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[1]
I used Snipping Tool in place of Skitch's clip function, because Snipping Tool loads faster & has a nicer overlay during clipping.

[2]
Thanks @lexicos for help with the RWin passthrough function