What is a screenshot? This day
and age, you may have heard of the word screenshot. What exactly is a
screenshot you might ask? A screenshot or screen capture, is a digital image or
picture of the computer monitor, or phone. It is created by pushing a series of
buttons on the device you want to capture, in order to take a picture of its
screen. Many people take screenshots because the device will not allow them to
save individual chosen pictures or to save the work or words on the screen.
This action is much easier to do quickly than trying to save all the
information on a screen. Also, some screenshots are important when you want to
capture the whole screen or send it to another person as it is.
How to screenshot on a Mac computer with a keyboard
The Mac
operating system has always made it easy for any user to capture a screenshot.
Whether it be the whole screen or just part of it. Here is a quick glance of
how to screenshot on a Mac with a keyboard. First thing you need to decide is
how much of the screen you want captured. If you want to save the whole screen
that is captured then you can press Command-Shift-3. The screenshot will be
automatically be saved as on your desktop with the filename starting with
“Picture” and then a number. For
example: Picture 1 and Picture 2
If you want
to just copy the screen in order to paste it into another program like Word or
Google Docs, you will need to press Command-Control-Shift-3. The screenshot
will be placed onto your digital clipboard for you to paste into another
program like PowerPoint, Word, Photoshop, etc.
Now if you
want to only take a screenshot of a portion of the screen you will need to
press Command-Shift-4. When you press these buttons a cross-hair cursor will
appear on the screen. Here you need to click and drag to selected area that you
wish to capture. Be sure to keep the mouse button pushed in when dragging the
cursor. When you let go of the mouse button, the screenshot will be
automatically saved on your desktop just as if you were to save and capture a
screenshot.
If you want
to copy and paste on a portion of the screenshot, it works about the same.
First you press Command-Control-Shift-4 and drag the cursor to capture the
piece of screen that you wanted to capture. When you release the mouse button,
you can paste the screenshot to another application.
If you want
to capture a specific application window then that is only a little different.
First you will press and hold the Command-Shift-4 button at the same time, then
tap on the Space-bar. The cursor will then look like a camera. You can move the
camera cursor around the screen and highlight different parts of the window.
Make sure that you click the mouse button when you have the camera over a
window you want to capture and the screenshot will be saved on your desktop
How to screenshot on a Mac computer without a keyboard
Here it is
explained how you can take a screenshot on mac without using the keyboard.
Apple has a great application tool called Grab. This utility can used to get a
screenshot, whether you want to capture the whole screen or be given so many
seconds to switch from one screen to another in order to capture it. You want
to make sure that you know which screen you want to capture so you can time it
correctly. First, you will go to the applications on your Mac, next you want to
go to your utility folder, the click on Grab. You only need a mouse to help
with this, as no keyboard is needed. Then, once you get to Grab's main menu,
you will see a tab that says Capture and then Selection. This is the tab you want
when you need to select the area which to take a screenshot. If you choose the
tab that says "Capture and then Window", you will be able to choose
the window you want screenshot. Also, if you prefer a more timed screenshot,
you will want to click on Grab, then Capture, and then Timed Screen. This
allows for you to have up to ten seconds to adjust the screen to how you need
it before capturing it.
After you
take the screenshot, you will be asked if you want to save it. When you save it
you will be able to change the name of the file or even give it a new name.
With the Grab application that apple provides, it allows for the screenshot
that is saved to be done so in high resolution and will be saved as a .tiff
format. Of course you can change the extension file to make .jpeg or .png if
required.
Remember
that when you want to take a screenshot, make sure that you know what you are
capturing or how you want the screen set up so you can capture the perfect
screenshot. Make sure you label them as descriptive as possible so you can find
the screenshots that are the most important.
Conclusion
With the
help of Mac, users can have all kinds of fun with different screenshots and
different ways to capture your screens. Whether it is a whole page, a piece of
a page, or you have a keyboard or not, you can now press some buttons or use a
utility called Grab to take care of all the screenshots you could possibly
want. Remember, you can get creative and make some really creative pieces with
screenshots. Don’t let not having a keyboard keep you from capture the screens
you find most important!
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