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Yes, I can do this already, but it wastes a lot of time. Is there any such software that can automatically save .jpg in clipboard? Just like when I use greenshot to create the .jpg, and then copy that image, that .jpg is now in the clipboard and I can paste it other places like the browser or the file manager I use.
– Eternal482223
Commented Jul 6, 2023 at 20:02
@Eternal482223 isn't "Save directly" as harrymc suggested explicitly what you are asking for?
– Yorik
Commented Jul 6, 2023 at 20:05
@Eternal482223: "Save directly" is almost immediate.
– harrymc
Commented Jul 6, 2023 at 20:07
When I save directly, I have to open that folder and copy it from the folder, which takes at least 2x as long as just having it copied to the clipboard. Since apps like Greenshot will upload to places like Imgur and put the link in your clipboard, I would have assumed some app can put a compressed .jpg in your clipboard.
– Eternal482223
Commented Jul 6, 2023 at 20:18
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@Eternal482223: The clipboard format is hardwired to be what it is (and I don't believe that it's compressed although the format might support this). The compression is done when converting the memory image to the disk image in JPEG format, so it's done after, not before. There is really no way to avoid it, the screenshot is just a snapshot of the pixels from the screen buffer area that is kept by Windows, so it's not in a sophisticated image format like JPEG, and was never meant to be.
– harrymc
Commented Jul 7, 2023 at 8:46

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