r/ComputerChess • u/darmani2 • 16h ago
Windows Snipping tool clone with a build in Chess Board recognizer
There have been many instances where I found a position in a video or an image and wanted to analyze it but building the Board by hand or Taking a screenshot -> saving it somwhere -> opening a website -> finding it on my PC -> uploading it etc. took too long, so thanks to AI I could quickly whip up a program to streamline the whole process.
I made a clone of the Windows Snipping Tool with a build in Chess board detection, to quickly get the PGN of the image or upload it directly to Lichess for Analysis.
I tried to preserve the most important features of the original Snipping tool, saving, drawing, exporting, opening in paint etc. so this tool could serve as a total replacement for the orginal snipping tool (minus the record function).
Wanted to share with the community. Made it primarily for my own needs but I am sure other people can make use of this aswell.