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I know this has been around for a long time but not everyone knows about it.

command+shift+3 = full screenshot

command+shift+4= take picture of selection

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9 Responses to “Screenshots”

  1. James Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 1:26 pm

    I use this constantly when taking screen shots or sections for posts on this site.

    if you press command+shift+4 to activate the “crosshair” then press the spacebar, it will let you take a screen shot of the whole window. Very handy.

  2. Garrett Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

    That’s awesome! I didn’t know that one. Thank you!

  3. Jake Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

    And if you press command+ctrl+shift+4 (or 3) you copy the taken picture and can paste it anywhere.

    It’s cool if you don’t wanna waste your desktop.

  4. Nikki Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 7:44 pm

    I use this all the time but is there an easy way to change the format? My old mac use to make them .pdfs, my new mac makes .pngs. I want to make them pdfs again or are they equivalent anyway?

  5. niclet Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 10:26 pm

    Moreover: press command+shift+4 to activate the “crosshair”, start to select and while holding the mouse down, you can use Option key to resize symmetrically your selection. OR, while holding the mouse down, you can use the spacebar to move your selection elsewhere.

    Also, when your selection is done, instead of releasing the mouse to create an image on the desktop, you can press Control while selecting to place the selected image in the clipboard ;)

  6. James Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 10:52 pm

    niclet, very cool. I didn’t know that!

  7. Rc Says:
    November 30th, 2007 at 1:29 am

    you can also do command+shift+4 and then hit the space bar, you will see your mousecursor changes into a photocamera, now you can take pictures of only the window you click, included with shadows and round corners etc.
    example: http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6161/picture2zr2.png

  8. Bhadrul Huda Says:
    December 20th, 2007 at 10:36 pm

    another great tips guys; this will come be very handy!!!

  9. bhuda777 Says:
    January 8th, 2008 at 5:29 am

    nice1 guy all the tips make screenshots to a more precise level
    @Rc this trick works a treat! cheers Rc

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