Prog Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 How do you take a screenshot in OS X? (Like the printscreen key function in Windows). Thanks. P.S. This is on a real Mac (an iBook). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stelriah Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 apple + shift +3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prog Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Hey thanks a lot stelriah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setec Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Also, Apple+SHIFT+4 --> This gives you a cursor that you can drag and select the space you want in the screenshot image. Apple+SHIFT+4, then hit SPACEBAR --> This will take a screenshot of the active window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prog Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 Also, Apple+SHIFT+4 --> This gives you a cursor that you can drag and select the space you want in the screenshot image.Apple+SHIFT+4, then hit SPACEBAR --> This will take a screenshot of the active window. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Also helpful! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagaku Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Does anyone know what causes the weird texturing/compression artifacts that are present in all screenshots? It doesn't matter what program I use to take the screenshot, either using apple+shift+3, Grab.app, or Snap 'n Drag; they all produce the same results. Here's an example: http://outrigged.com/misc/2005.09.11.png If you look at the background wallpaper, you can easily see what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfire89 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Does anyone know what causes the weird texturing/compression artifacts that are present in all screenshots? It doesn't matter what program I use to take the screenshot, either using apple+shift+3, Grab.app, or Snap 'n Drag; they all produce the same results. Here's an example: http://outrigged.com/misc/2005.09.11.png If you look at the background wallpaper, you can easily see what I'm talking about. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> that happened to me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebush05 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 One more thing. If you plan on putting a screenshot on the internet, you will need to convert it from .tiff format (i think its tiff) to something like jpeg, etc. Grab won't do it, so I use Grab I load the saved screenshot into a working build of Preview.app, then select EXPORT from the pull down menu, export where ever, and select the format you want to change it to. SAVE AS does not give you this option. There are many other methods, but thought I'd throw it out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoz Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 you can do apple + shift + 4 + spacebar to allow screenshots of highlighted applications only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagaku Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Has anyone made any progress on the weird texture on screenshots? Here's another example of the problem I'm still having: http://outrigged.com/misc/2005.09.25.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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