Screen Shots (MAC)

[Tiepolo]

I've been looking for a way to make screen shots on my mac. I may just not be looking hard enough, but I figured my question would be answered here. I looked at the FAQ and it had it for a PC not a Mac. I would greatly appreciate some help, for I would like to start some stories.

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[Ginger_Ale]

Some Googling found that pressing Command + Shift + 3 will take a screenshot and save it on your desktop as a PDF. Holding down Control as well will copy it to the clipboard so that you can put it in a photo editing program (iPhoto or GIMP, whatever you use).

 

[Padma]

To help you out even more, I'll move this thread to the Mac forum, where the experts can help you.

Moderator Action: Thread moved.

 

[Beamup]

Command-Shift-4 will do a full screen capture. Command-Shift-3 will let you drag a box to select an area - but this only works in windowed mode.

You can also use the Grab utility.

 

[Tiepolo]

Thanks guys.

 

[dojoboy]

Command-Shift-4 will do a full screen capture. Command-Shift-3 will let you drag a box to select an area - but this only works in windowed mode.

You can also use the Grab utility.

Hm, it's the opposite for me.

Btw, "option+3" will type the £ symbol. I just learned this. Useful will typing up feedback for the Paradox games like Victoria.

 

[Tiepolo]

oh one more n00b question
How do I get windowed mode ( Shift + , ? )


iPhoto is only for Digital pictures. How do I get these pictures onto a forum if I have no application to put them into??

 

[Beamup]

Hold down Command when you start the app. A dialog will pop up with options for full-screen/windowed mode, among other things.

 

[Tiepolo]

For Civ? I'm confused as always.

Comand=Control? Right?
Or is Apple=Command

Ya, Good luck dealing with me

 

[AlanH]

Control has 'control' written on it and is in the bottom left corner.

Alt is also known as Option, and is next to the Control key.

Comand is the one with an Apple and a four leaf clover. There are usually two, one at each end of the space bar.

The space bar is .....

 

[Blue Monkey]

Hold down Command when you start the app. A dialog will pop up with options for full-screen/windowed mode, among other things.

Personally, I have Civ set so this dialogue always comes up. I have to click one more time, but I don't have to remember to hold down the key when a start up to play the succession game, when I know I'm going to do a few screen shots. I really like the Grab utility.

 

[AlanH]

I have Civ3 set to open with the screen setting dialog every time. It never changes to full screen mode, but I do like to be able to flip between 1152x768 and 1280x1024.

I have two 17" flat screens. 1152x768 gives me a movable window I can drag around the two monitors as I choose - one's better quality than the other. 1280x1024 gives me "full screen" on my secondary monitor while leaving the other one available for other stuff. With this arrangement real full screen, with all its limitations, is completely unnecessary.

 

[frunobulax]

Command-Shift-4 will do a full screen capture. Command-Shift-3 will let you drag a box to select an area

You got that wrong way round

Command-Shift-3 = Take a picture of the screen
Command-Shift-4 = Take a picture of the selection

there's also:

Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting = Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard
Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar = Take a picture of the selected window

Btw, "option+3" will type the £ symbol. I just learned this.

... and here are two I recently learnt -> shift+minimise [i.e. "yellow button"/top left] will minimise a window in slow motion onto your dock

and 'b/w negative colour mode' = Control+Option+Command+* (asterisk)

 

[Beamup]

You got that wrong way round

So I did, sorry. Comes from always using Grab, I guess.

Personally, I have Civ set so this dialogue always comes up.

As do I, but you have to get to the dialog before you can set it that way. So you have to use Command the first time.

 

[Tiepolo]

I did shift+command+4 and I selected an area and it didn't paste anywhere when I clicked paste in appleworks.

Is appleworks a bad application? And if so where can I get paint?

 

[Beamup]

It should simply stick it as a file on your desktop (assuming you didn't use Control too).

I don't use that much, though. Personally, I use Grab to take my screenshots, then use Preview to convert them to JPEGs for posting.

 

[Tiepolo]

But it doesn't do that.

 

[Tiepolo]

Never mind it's there. Where do I turn it into a JPEG in preview?

 

[AlanH]

Save as ... and select JPEG in the "Format" pop up menu in the bottom half of the dialog.

I use control/command/shift/4 to get a selection cursor, drag it to select the screen area I want, then bring up the destination application (usually Photoshop Elements, but Preview works as well) and select the File/New from clipboard menu option. Edit it and then save it as JPEG, or GIF or PNG if I want transparency.

 

[Tiepolo]

I swear there is not Format pop up menu in the bottom half it just has all of the places I can save it too and it says new folder at the bottom. I know what you're talking about because my art teacher does the same thing and there should be a little pull down bar thingy to save it as a JPEG but it doesn't give me that option.