Capturing the Desktop Image

[Eric Noa]

Hello,

How can I get an image of what I have on my desktop and save it as a .jpg?

I need to capture the image of an internet page but dont know how.

 

[Telp]

command > shift > 4 all at once. A set of crosshairs will come. It will save the file as a png. There is a way to change that though. I downloaded Onyx and set it to save as a jpg.

 

[Lurchdubious]

Command + Shift + 3


edit: Oops, that's not a jpeg either.

 

[Telp]

Command + Shift + 3

Command shift 3 will take a picture of everytihng that is currently up and showing. For something specific command shift 4. Either one works.

 

[Eric Noa]

Got it, thank you

 

[Telp]

thank you for the fast reply, but one more question? where does it saves it at?

It should save onto your desktop.

 

[kfordham281]

Skitch will do the same thing too. It's free right now and is a great piece of software. I use it almost every day.

 

[Eric Noa]

thank you all for the help

 

[jodelli]

How about Grab, which will capture a screen, window, or whatever portion you select. Saves as a .tiff, which any half decent photo software can convert into ,jpg.

Grab is already in the utilities folder and iPhoto in Applications.

Sorry if this is another Apple feature drop in Leopard.

 

[sickmacdoc]

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Sorry if this is another Apple feature drop in Leopard.

Just for curiosity what is this referring to? Nothing has changed regarding screenshots from previous OSX implementations (as has been shown above) and there is no need to go into Grab for them, so I have to wonder what you meant. Thanks.

 

[joelw135]

I use Screen Capture NX which is Freeware.

 

[jodelli]

and there is no need to go into Grab for them, so I have to wonder what you meant. Thanks.

I have Grab in the dock, so the 'no need to go into Grab' isn't an issue. The mouse clicks are easy enough.

It's just that I came across threads where people were touting third party apps to do what Grab can already do.
And the command>shift>4 spacebar captures extra pixels.

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/07/grab-clean-leopard-window-shots-with-cleangrab/
http://www.ryanirelan.com/blog/entry/screen-grabs-in-leopard/

 

[Lurchdubious]

ok, today I did the command+shift+option+4 to capture an image w/text. Everything seemed to work fine, but I can't find the image now. It hasn't saved to my desktop. I tried the screen capture and it sounded like the picture took, but again, not saved to desktop. Where would it be? I checked pic & document folders, to no avail. I can't search in spotlight cuz I have no idea what the image is now called. Any ideas?

 

[Telp]

ok, today I did the command+shift+option+4 to capture an image w/text. Everything seemed to work fine, but I can't find the image now. It hasn't saved to my desktop. I tried the screen capture and it sounded like the picture took, but again, not saved to desktop. Where would it be? I checked pic & document folders, to no avail. I can't search in spotlight cuz I have no idea what the image is now called. Any ideas?

Are you sure you didnt click the control button, not the option button? When you use the contrl button the picture is saved onto your clipboard, for copy and paste.

 

[bindigok]

I love the spacebar, never knew until this:

http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/screenshots.html

 

[GregE]

I love the spacebar, never knew until this:

http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/screenshots.html

Cool

 

[fleshman03]

I love the spacebar, never knew until this:

http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/screenshots.html

lol. I was just going to post that. Damn you!

 

[bindigok]

I'm such a tool, I only recently discovered Pro Tips. I was annoyed with the other tips b/c I knew most of them. But I've picked up a few tricks on Pro Tips.

 

[Lurchdubious]

Are you sure you didnt click the control button, not the option button? When you use the contrl button the picture is saved onto your clipboard, for copy and paste.

That was it! Thank you!

 

[Apocrathia]

http://is.gd/7mlR

png > jpg