Using Greenshot to make better flashcards

Require Reading

• Creating NAKED flashcards
• Installing and setting up Greenshot

Intro

Have you ever found a great picture for your flashcard, but the word that you want to learn is in the picture?? Isn’t that annoying?

There is an answer to this. Greenshot! Greenshot is a screenshot software. It lets you take pictures of your screen. Then you can modify the pictures with the simple image editor.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to

• Remove unwanted words from your pictures
• Enhance your pictures with arrows, X’s and other symbols

Remove unwanted words

Press Print Scr. Click and drag your mouse to form a box around the image.

Click Open in image editor

Press the letter “o”. Click and drag your mouse over the unwanted words

To make the meaning even more clear, I can put an X over the picture the says near. Press “L” to make a line.

Make the line thicker.

Draw one more line.

Press Ctrl+C or click File->Copy to clipboard

Paste the image to your flashcard.

Extra Tips

Here are the most useful keyboard shortcuts for Greenshot:

• L – draw line
• A – draw arrow
• R – draw rectangle
• E – draw ellipse (circle)
• O – obfuscate (make text blurry)