Many of you have mentioned how awesome Apple’s Screen Capture was, but I didn’t know what the commands were or how it worked, so I thought I’d try it out.
It’s already built into the Apple laptop line.
Taking a regular screenshot
SHIFT + COMMAND + 4
It’s a cross hair cursor that pops up and you use it to select what you want to take snapshots of. I went to J. Crew and took a picture of the bag.It does it automatically, makes a wonderful camera snapping sound and names it “Picture”, with a PNG image file extension.
Ta dah!
Taking a screenshot of an entire window/screen
SHIFT + COMMAND + 4 + SPACEBAR
Same as above, but instead of the cross hairs that pop up, it’s a little camera icon instead.
It takes a snapshot of the entire window. Easy peasy. Saves it as “Picture”, with the file image extension PNG.
WHAT ABOUT THE PC?
For the PC you can use other software like SnagIt Screen Capture by TechSmith which costs $49.95 or this free program Extensoft Screen Capturer which I haven’t tested or reviewed yet.
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I second Leanna with the print screen and paint. It’s easy and using already installed functions of Windows.
Great tip! I use Skitch on my mac which is a free application. Does the same thing but has some added features.
Learn something new everyday. I didnt even know the shortcuts. So much easier than trying to find preview and open it and then take the picture. Thanks FB!
I like to just use the Alt+Print Screen command, then paste into paint (or photoshop) and cut out what you want. A couple extra steps but works great if you are pinching the pennies!
On a Mac, you don’t need to push Space Bar.
Just use “Shift”+”Command”+”3” for a full screen, or “Shift”+”Command”+”4” to make a selection.
I always just used my PC’s “print screen” button. After that I pasted it into Paint or Word or any other photo software and edited away. No fancy programs! 🙂 That’s a pretty handy function for the mac, though.
My super savvy Mac addict BF showed me that trick years ago and it is my favorite! My first computer was a Mac SE, I think it had a 30MG hard drive. I can’t see myself owning anything but a Mac, especially using my 3rd party mouse with scroll wheel!
My preferred PC screencapture tool is FastStone Capture
It’s free and has a lot of great features.
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cool! I was wondering how to do that. Thanks for sharing!