Aviary’s New Visual Markup Tool

Using the latest version of Aviary’s new Firefox Extension (Talon), users can quickly perform screen capture on select regions or even entire web pages (including content hidden below the fold). Users can capture data to their desktops, clipboards, or even markup and edit the content directly in Aviary’s applications. Download the latest version here!

Open the web page that you want to capture, go to the address bar of the browser and type “aviary.com/” just before the http:// part of the URL.

For instance, if your web address is something like like http://www.invinciblebrain.com, the new URL will become aviary.com/invinciblebrain.com – hit Enter and there you have an editable screenshot image of that page.

Or add this bookmarklet to the bookmarks bar and you can even save yourself from typing aviary.com every time you want to capture a screenshot.

You can save the image to the desktop or further add annotation using the Type Tool, freehand brushes, arrows and other tools available in the Aviary editor. It can’t get easier than this.

And it even works with the Flash videos of YouTube.

Other great features include

Blazing Fast / Instant On
Falcon is under 90k in size, resulting in an instantaneous load time. Anyone that hasAviary’s Firefox extension Talon installed can access and edit screen captured data without any server interaction (it all takes place right within the browser).

Easy Color Extraction
Use the built-in color picker tool to extract web color values from images and screenshots. This is awesome and simple for web designers!

Simple Editable Markup
Draw arrows, edit text, make shapes. Everything is selectable. Move, rotate and resize anything added to the screen. You can even recolor, add outlines and shadows.

Built-in Sharing
Host your file online for easy sharing or download it right to your desktop. You can even easily post it to Twitter and other social sharing services.

Image Preparation Features
Crop, Rotate and Resize your image quickly and easily to prepare it for the web.

Aviary Application Integration
Need more design power? Port your image into 4 different Aviary tools (color editor, advanced image editor, effects editor and vector editor).

Intuitive Interface
Designed for bloggers, the interface is intuitive, quick to use and responsive.

Ideal for Netbook Use
The app resizes perfectly for use in netbooks with small screen resolutions.