3-NOw, Use this Box to drag and select the part of Screen you want to Screenshot. 4- To choose to move the box to the area you want to start from. 5-To move the selection Hold the SHIFT or SPACEBAR along with trackpad button. How to take a screenshot on a PC. Step 1: Take a picture of the whole screen. To capture a screenshot of your whole monitor press the “ Print Screen” button.
Most of us will be already familiar with the print screen technique of taking screenshots on windows, but there is another easier way of taking screenshot in windows and not many of us know about it.
I am talking about the Snipping tool in windows. The snipping tool, as the name suggests is a built in tool in windows 7 and above versions which can be used to take screenshots of a selected area. As you might already know the print screen method of taking screenshot captures the screenshot of your entire desktop and if you only need a specific portion of the screenshot, you will then have to crop it out using a photo editing software.
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The Snipping tool on the other hand can be used to directly select and capture any portion of your windows screen and thus it eliminates the need of any photo editing tools to crop out screenshots. This makes the sniping tool a much better alternative for taking screenshots on windows. Here is how you take screenshots using the Snipping tool in windows.
How To Take Screenshots of a Selected Area on Windows
- Step 1: Click on the Start button in Windows and search “Snipping tool” in the search bar. From the search results click on the Snipping tool at the top.
- Step 2: Next the Snipping tool will pop up on your screen, which will look like this:
- Step 3: Click on New to capture a screenshot. Hold and select a portion of the screen which you want to save as a screenshot and when you are done selecting, release the mouse button and a preview of the captured screenshot will appear in the Snipping tool.
- Step 4: Click on the floppy icon to save the captured screenshot.
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Tags: GuideLast modified: January 12, 2014Macs come with screenshot tools to capture precisely what you want—your full screen, a specific window with or without its shadow, or just a small section of your screen.
The only problem is, Macs hide their screenshot tools behind keyboard shortcuts. You need to memorize a few shortcuts—or customize your Mac—to quickly take screenshots whenever you need.
Here's how to use all of your Mac's screenshot tools to capture anything on your screen.
→ Check our full Screenshot Guide for ways to take screenshots on any other device—along with tips on taking great screenshots.
To take screenshots on any Mac, you'll need to memorize a few keyboard shortcuts. Fortunately, they're all quite similar—and each saves a screenshot image to your Mac's desktop by default. Here are the default Mac screenshot keyboard shortcuts:
- Save fullscreen screenshot:
Command
+Shift
+3
- Save screenshot of single window:
Command
+Shift
+4
, press theSpace
key, then click on the window you want to capture - Save screenshot of single window without shadow:
Command
+Shift
+4
, press theSpace
key, then hold theAlt
key and click on the window you want to capture - Save screenshot of selection:
Command
+Shift
+4
, then select the area you want to capture with your mouse cursor. - Save screenshot of Touch Bar:
Command
+Shift
+6
Tip: Want to copy the screenshot to your clipboard instead of saving it to your desktop? Add
Ctrl
to any of these keyboard shortcuts to copy the screenshot—so, for example, CMD
+Ctrl
+Shift
+3
to copy a full-screen screenshot.You can customize the screenshot keyboard shortcuts if you'd like from your Mac's keyboard preferences. Open your System Preferences, select Keyboard, then click the Shortcuts tab and select Screen Shots on the left side. There you can customize any of the default shortcuts for screenshots.
How to Capture a Timed Screenshot on Your Mac
Flash player 11 for mac. Want to capture your mouse with your screenshots—or to capture a screenshot after a delay? The built-in Grab app is for that, and you'll find it in the Other folder in Launchpad. Open Grab, then open its preferences to select the mouse cursor you want. Finally, open the Capture menu, and choose a screen, window, selection, or timed screenshot. The latter option will give you a 10-second countdown before capturing the screenshot, so you can open a menu or click anything you want in time to show up in the screenshot.
To add annotations, open your screenshots in Preview, then click the toolbox icon to show the extra tools. You can add arrows, shapes, text and more to screenshots before sharing them.
How to Capture a Video of Your Mac
macOS also includes a screencast tool in QuickTime. Just open QuickTime, then click File -> New Screen Recording and press the red record button to start recording your screen. Then, you can save the screencast as a video, or trim it to show just the section you want if needed.
How to Take Screenshots With the MacBook Pro Touch Bar
If you have a newer MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar instead of traditional function keys, you won't have to remember keyboard shortcuts each time you take screenshots. Instead, you can add a camera icon to your Touch Bar and save anything as a screenshot with a couple taps.
First, open your Keyboard preferences and click the Customize Control Strip… button in the bottom of the window. That will show all the options you can use on your Touch Bar. Click and drag the camera icon to your Touch Bar, then save the changes to always have a one-tap way to capture anything on your screen.
You can copy the screenshot or save it to a file from the Touch Bar options
As soon as you tap the camera button on your Touch Bar, your mouse cursor will switch to crosshairs to select any part of your screen to save as a screenshot. Press the space bar on your keyboard then click a window to save a full window screenshot. Or, select any of the other screenshot options that show on the Touch Bar while taking a screenshot to take a full-screen screenshot, copy the image instead of saving it as a file, and more.
Tip: Need to take a screenshot of your Touch Bar? Press
CMD
+Shift
+6
to save a screenshot of your full Touch Bar to your desktop.CMD
+Shift
+3
to screenshot your full screen. CMD
+Shift
+4
for just a section—or tap space to capture a window. Remember that, and next time you want to screenshot something on your Mac, you'll know exactly how to do it.Continue Reading:
- Want other screenshot apps and tips, perhaps to screenshot your phone or work PC? Check our full screenshot guide for the details.
- Or, get the most out of your Mac with our roundup of the 25 best productivity apps for the Mac.
- Also check out Apple's Mac keyboard shortcuts documentation to find more shortcuts to speed up your work.