[OSX-Users] Re: Screen capture

[Hugh Glaser]

On 10 Oct 2012, at 05:05, Terry Payne <trp at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> Echoing what others have said: cmd ctrl shift 4 will allow you to select part of a screen with cross hairs and store in the clipboard - but no border is generated!!!  
But it does give you a (big grey) border if you capture a window, which is what I am usually doing.
(At least as far as I can see - maybe if I press cmd ctrl option shift 4? :-) )
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> If you *then* go to Preview/File, you'll see an option to create a new image from clipboard - so if you want to make basic modifications to your screen grab before saving, you can do it there... and you get to save to a name'd file (rather than cluttering the screen).  Although most of the time I paste directly into tools like keynote, mail etc
Basically, moving both my hands to the keyboard to press keys and then moving them back to my mouse and rest is more time, effort and pain than leaving my hand on the mouse and clicking on Grab or Preview and then a menu item to get the same point.
But it is horses for courses.
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> Yes - it takes remembering the key combinations (though it is easy to check using system preferences/keyboard and look up the shortcuts).  After knocking up a bunch of slides with screen grabs, your fingers will know the combination and you wont even think about it!!!!
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> 	Terry
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> On 9 Oct 2012, at 18:33, Hugh Glaser <hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> Thanks Luke, I guessed that there might be a combo, but didn't know it (not that I go looking for these things unless I have to!)
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>> On 9 Oct 2012, at 17:49, Luke Teacy <wtlt at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
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>>> I usually just use cmd-shift-4 (⌘⇧4) then select part of screen you want. Is there a benefit to using an application to do this?
>> Well, yes, I don't waste my diminishing brain cells remembering the key combinations.
>> "Now which was the one for window capture that I last used 8 months ago?"
>> Actually, I think there are:
>> - I don't want a file on my desktop - I can never see my desktop
>> - I don't want to have to find it and open it and then do the select/copy and then delete the file
>> - it means I can more easily save it in whatever format I want straight off
>> - I can easily go round doing a bunch of grabs, and then move to PPT or whatever and choose and paste them.
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>>> Hold down control key before you finish and it will go straight to the clipboard, rather than desktop. Esc to cancel.
>> Well whoopee - a useful undocumented feature that I really have to remember :-)
>> Help says:
>> Command (⌘)-Shift-4, and then drag the crosshair pointer to select the area. Continue to press the mouse button, release the keys, and then press Shift, Option, or the Space bar while you drag to resize the selection area. When you are ready to take a picture, release the mouse button.
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>> To cancel, press Escape before you release the mouse button.
>> Simples!
>> And no mention of control:-)
>> Of course, if I want the window capture:
>> Command (⌘)-Shift-4, press the Space bar, move the camera pointer over the area to highlight it, and then click.
>> Got that?
>> Bang go some more brain cells I was hoping to keep a few more years.
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>> Actually, interestingly I think I may continue to use Grab - it doesn't give some gratuitous border around the image like the key combo and the Preview thing.
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>> Cheers guys.
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>>> For whole screen: cmd-shift-3 - that really has been there forever.
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>>> On 9 Oct 2012, at 17:25, Hugh Glaser <hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> I've just noticed that Preview does selection/window/screen capture.
>>>> How long has that been there? :-)
>>>> (I have been using other apps such as Grab for a while now.)
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