Thursday, July 7, 2011

Mac - Screen shot : Windows print screen alternative

IF you are looking for an alternative to print screen(windows) in MAC then just follow below simple easy steps....

Find below options to take a screen shot of your choice....

  • Full Screen Shot - If you want to take the screen shot of the complete screen you have on screen  follow the below steps.              
                   Select keys  "Command + Shift + 3"  at once.
                   Release the keys, now a complete screen capture image of your screen will be available on your desktop. Rename it if needed.
  • Selected Screen Shot - If you want to just take a selected part of the screen shot then follow below steps.
                  Select keys  "Command + Shift + 4"  at once.                   
                  Release the keys.
                  Now you will see the mouse cursor will change to + symbol.  Start at a point on the screen from where you need screen capture and release till where you need it.   You are done, a image will be available on your desktop with the selected portion captured.          
  • Screen shot of a particular application - If you want to take a screen shot of a particular application follow below steps 
                  Select keys  "Command + Shift + 4"  at once.                   
                  Release the keys.
                  Press "Space" bar.
                  you will see a camera image on the screen. Just click it on which window you need the screen capture. You are done, an image is created on the desktop for you with the screen capture of the window.

In all the cases, keep your window on top/selected for which you are planning to take a Screen Capture. 
By default all the images will be saved on your desktop and will be given some name. You have move and rename as per your needs.

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