saving screen shots

[ssdelorean]

Originally Posted by mark v

Yep it makes a PDF file on my desktop. I open with Preview (Mac photo viewer) and convert to JPEG. Takes about 10 seconds.

There use to be a hack where you could change the default PDF into what ever file you like (e.g. JPEGs, TIFs etc). It stopped working after upgrading to OSX2 and I never bothered to check how to do it on the new system.

Here are some other options available for screenshots on a Mac:

Command-Shift-3
Create a picture file of the entire screen.

Command-Shift-4
Create a picture file of a rectangular section of the screen. (After pressing and releasing the key combination, drag across the part of the screen you want to take a picture of.)

Command-Shift-Caps Lock-4
Create a picture file of a window. (After pressing and releasing the key combination, click the window you want to take a picture of.)

Command-Shift-4-Space
Same as above but slightly different.

Shannon

[ssdelorean]

One to stow away in the FWIW department...

Originally Posted by ssdelorean

There use to be a hack where you could change the default PDF into what ever file you like (e.g. JPEGs, TIFs etc). It stopped working after upgrading to OSX2 and I never bothered to check how to do it on the new system.

For those running on OSX.4 and above and want to change the default format of your screen shots here's how you go about it courtesy of Mac | Life Magazine (formerly Mac Addict Magazine)...

The geeky way. Open Terminal, type in the following: defaults write com.apple.screencapture type
-string TIFF and hit the Return key. Now log out and log back in. Henceforth your screenshots will come out as TIFF files. Use JPEG, PDF, BMP, or PICT in place of TIFF if desired.

The easy way. Download OnyX (free, www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html), Cocktail ($14.95, www.maintain.se/cocktail), or TinkerTool (free, www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html) – each of these powerful utilities provides a simple pull-down menu for changing the default screenshot format.

Shannon

[REB]

Originally Posted by conundrum

I just hit "Print Screen" and pasted it into Paint.

Same here. Then a quick edit in paint.

One thing I like about paint is that you can edit at the pixal level.