imgKlone

imgKlone is a tiny and portable application you can use to take screenshots as well as resize, rotate and sharpen images, in order to save them to local files with the JPEG, BMP, PNG or GIF extension.

Portable tool with systray integration

The entire program's wrapped in a single .exe file that can be saved to a custom location on the disk or copied to a USB flash drive, in order to easily run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers. It doesn't modify Windows registry settings, need DLLs to run or create files on the disk without asking for permission.
Once launched, it gets integrated into the taskbar notifications area and sits silently when not in use, enabling you to carry on with your normal PC activity without any interruptions.

Capture, resize and save photos

The main window is resizable and can be used to capture the image within. All options become available by opening the right-click menu. They can be either selected from the menu or triggered using keyboard shortcuts.
It's possible to resize photos after capturing them, copy, paste or clear the window, add a sharpening effect, rotate the photo, capture the screen from point, monitor the Clipboard for images, view the pic's width and height, as well as save it to file by indicating the output directory, filename and format. It can also be sent as a file attachment in your default email client.

Evaluation and conclusion

It worked smoothly in our test, without causing the operating system to hang, crash or prompt error dialogs. As expected, it had minimal impact on computer performance, thanks to the fact that it required a low amount of CPU and RAM to work properly.
All in all, imgKlone comes packed with some handy options for grabbing, resizing and saving images.