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Screen shots save as .pdf????

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Amphersand

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May 25, 2006
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When i do a screen shot they have started to save as .pdf????

Using an imac running X10.2.8 - im guessing its a pref somewhere but i cant find anything.

the pdfs are more than usable, but they take a while to open/convert in photoshop, i just want to change them bac to .pic files or another equivilent. any help is much appreciated.

Cheers
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Cheers Tim
Im sure theres an easyer way than all that tho??? I was using a G5 running a higher version of X and that seemed to save screen shots as .pics

Cheers anyhow.

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Amphersand said:
Cheers Tim
Im sure theres an easyer way than all that tho??? I was using a G5 running a higher version of X and that seemed to save screen shots as .pics

Cheers anyhow.

A.
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Mac OS 10.3 and up save screenshots as .png by default. You could take a screenshot to the clipboard as well.

command-ctrl-shift-3 : full screen
command-ctrl-shift-4: crosshair selector (while you have the crosshair, push space to get the "camera"; this will take pictures of windows, palettes, whatever you point it at)

Once you capture what you need, switch to Photoshop and paste.
 
When I open a screenshot I've saved, it automatically opens as .png (in Preview). But regardless, you can save the screenshot as a different format. Just choose your format from the "Save as" menu in Preview.

Picture 5.png

Does that answer your question? Or is there something else that I'm not understanding?

Edit: Beat by 3 minutes by Zarathustra :)
 
zarathustra said:
Mac OS 10.3 and up save screenshots as .png by default. You could take a screenshot to the clipboard as well.

command-ctrl-shift-3 : full screen
command-ctrl-shift-4: crosshair selector (while you have the crosshair, push space to get the "camera"; this will take pictures of windows, palettes, whatever you point it at)

Once you capture what you need, switch to Photoshop and paste.
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I believe 10.3 saved as PDF. It wasn't until 10.4 that they changed the format to PNG.
 
If Preview has the same possibility to choose "Save as" format, then it shouldn't matter that the OP has 10.2 - she/he can still choose the format she/he wants from the save-menu.
 
annk said:
If Preview has the same possibility to choose "Save as" format, then it shouldn't matter that the OP has 10.2 - she/he can still choose the format she/he wants from the save-menu.
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Absolutely, it's quite handy that Preview can change formats.
 
Here's an easy way:

Download TinkerTool.
Link:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html#Download

Install TinkerTool.

Open TinkerTool. Go to the "General Pane." There is a section that says Screentshot file format. Choose PDF.

You're done!

EDIT: My advice was completely useless to you. I quickly misread your post. I assumed you were in Tiger and wanted to save to PDF. Sorry.
 
swingerofbirch said:
Here's an easy way:

Download TinkerTool.
Link:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html#Download

Install TinkerTool.

Open TinkerTool. Go to the "General Pane." There is a section that says Screentshot file format. Choose PDF.

You're done!
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That doesn't work on Jaguar or Panther AFAIK.

There is a solution for Panther, but I don't know if it works on Jaguar or not. Open Terminal and type the following:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png

Or substitute "jpeg" or "gif" for "png" if you prefer a different format, or use "pdf" to change things back.
 
Amphersand said:
When i do a screen shot they have started to save as .pdf????

Using an imac running X10.2.8 - im guessing its a pref somewhere but i cant find anything.

the pdfs are more than usable, but they take a while to open/convert in photoshop, i just want to change them bac to .pic files or another equivilent. any help is much appreciated.

Cheers
A.
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Or use ChangeCapture. Doesn't get much easier than that.
 
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