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Snaptastic
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:56 am


Make sure to be in an Art Program! Use Paint if you are on Windows.
User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.

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Neat Trick: If you are in Windows XP/2000/ME you can press ALT + PrntScrn and it will take a screenshot of your most active window.
So if you want to only screenshot a single window, you can use that.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:28 am


Hey there. Just thought I'd add Marius' guide on how to do a screen capture on a Mac as well:

Marius_Th
How to screen capture with MacOS!


It's really simple actually, just press "Command - shift - 3" (Command, also known as the apple key for the picture of the apple it holds) and a picture of your screen will automatically appear on the desktop, depending on the version of your OS this might be either a 'picture' file type (on pre-OSX computers), a PDF file type (I think, on panther), or a PNG one (with latest OS 10.4 Tiger)

Also, depending on the key's you press you can also make a shot of a specific window or a specific area, which will then appear as pictures on your desktop in the same way as a screenshot would

Here are the combinations:

"Command - Shift - 3"
Screenshot to file

"Command - Control - Shift - 3"
Screenshot to clipboard

"Command - Shift - 4"
Area Shot to file

"Command - Control - Shift - 4"
Area Shot to clipboard

"Command - Shift - 4" + "Spacebar"
Window shot to file

"Command - Control - Shift - 4" + "Spacebar"
Window shot to clipboard

And in case of wondering, the command key is the one with the apple, and control is the 'ctrl' key, and shift is the one with a white arrow

To add to that, the file doesn't always appear on the desktop; for my old Performa (OS 8.5), it appears in the Hard Drive instead. smile

Here's some additonal help:
Clay West
If you're using Firefox, as I do, here's a very helpful extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146

With this you can quickly copy and save the screen, in 3 forms: entire page ; visible portion ; selectable (in this option, you can make a box over the section you want to grab. Great for avatar saving, for example).

This is a great time-saving add-on for those who need it 3nodding


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GuardianCentauri

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:22 am


Points to remember:
Make sure you don't have anything extra turned on.
For example, my Keyboard has the print screen button in secondary writing, meaning I have to turn off the Special Button to use it.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:59 pm


I Guess It's easy I Think???

CuteInu_MyInu


vash of blades

PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:52 am


its kinda easy once you find where it all is
PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:00 am


Do you need to hold Shift or anything?

SheWolfAshlynn

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Clarakeim

PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:01 pm


YES!!! MORE Mac friendly stuff!!!
PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:23 pm


Sorry to post in here but it wont let me screencap.
I press the button PrtSrc on mine and it takes me to the Print Menu. I try also using the Ctrl+PrtScr and that doesnt work.
Can someone help me please?
Oh and once again I'm sorry to post in here.
EDIT: NvM I found out I have to push this one button on the corner of my keyboard then do it.

GtHb


Celaze

PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:43 pm


hmmmmm..............thank you. smile
PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:55 am


Ummm... um..... I screen caped a music video and when I went to save the piic it made the screen go black so all I had capped was the music player.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:01 pm


i don't have an art file thing under edit... sad
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:51 am


Leid
Ummm... um..... I screen caped a music video and when I went to save the piic it made the screen go black so all I had capped was the music player.


You can't screencap videos, I'm afraid. sweatdrop

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:33 pm


Thank you so much!!
I've been all over the Q&&A trying to find a thread that would tell me.
I don't like asking questions...it makes me feel like a n00b. >_<
I never realized it was so easy!!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:11 pm


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