marrmoo

Can anyone tell me how to take a screen shot of my Powerbook?

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Vinnie Cappuccino

Snapclip Found Here: http://www.pixture.com/macosx.php
is an awesome, FREE program to do just what you want!

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Chealion

It is built in [img]smile.gif[/img]

Press Command, Shift and 3 together at the same time and you'll hear a click sound and you have a Picture #.pdf appear on your desktop. This file is a picture of your entire screen when you took it. If you open the PDF in Preview, you can export it as a jpg, png or gif, or a few other file formats.

There is also Command, Shift and 4, which allows you to select an area to take the picture of, or if you click on a window, it will take the picture of the window.

There is also the application Grab that comes with the system that does the same thing, but allows for timed screenshots.

A positively awesome app for taking screenshots, and movies of what you are doing on screen is Ambrosia Software's Snapz Pro X. Version 2 is coming out soon, and is a complete rewrite and all the beta testers have given it immense praise. However it is shareware and it will cost you some $$ to register it.

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gordguide

Built into MacOS since Mulroney was Prime Minister:

Command-Shift-3 Full Screenshot
Command-Shift-4 Crosshair cursor to select an area for screenshot

MacOSX creates PDF files while MacOS9 and earlier creates editable PICT files.

If you need to make animated movies or select some hard-to-grab items (like menus, which might dissapear if you move the cursor) you can look at 3rd party products like Snaps Pro (MacWorld 4-5 star, from Vancouver BC) or perhaps SnapClip (which I'm unfamiliar with).

New Users: the Command key is the key directly beside the spacebar (both sides); it is marked with a cloverleaf (for Command) and on Apple keyboards, an Apple Logo. Some people call it the "Apple Key", (which is not correct, but is at least descriptive). Get used to calling it the Command key, because that's what you'll find in application docs and help files.

Gerbill

Since long before that - at least the basic Command-Shift-3 worked in System 6. Possibly even farther back, but that was before my time.

Cheers :-> Bill

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marrmoo

Thank you

I will now crawl back under the rock from which I came.

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Chealion

marrmoo - Stay out from under that rock, its more fun out here in the sun. [img]smile.gif[/img] Don't hesistate to join into discussions here either.

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PosterBoy

A far more useful screen shot is the window shot, which is also built in.

Press Command-Shift-4 to get the crosshairs and then press the Spacebar. The crosshairs will become a camera and you will be able to take a shot of one window, one icon in a window, the toolbar, the dock, or one item in the dock.

--PB

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Vinnie Cappuccino

Boy Howdy, Do I ever Feel Dumb!! Why would people write Programs for the stuff the OS already Does!! Geez, Thanks Though

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mose

Philistines...

For screen shots I either:

1. Go to OCAD. Contact one of the more gamine aspiring artists and invite them over for Barbaresco, paté and a session of "sketch my Mac"

2. Hire some CNE silouette artists. Scissors are always nice.

3. If all else fails, carry the monitor over to the photocopier...press copy.

4. Carbon paper.


Ask and ye shall receive.

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