Taking a picture

[Nika]

Does anyone remember how to take a "screen snapshot" picture on a mac? I forgot the key combination!


Thanx!
Nika.

[911Turbo]

Sure, easy!!!
Press Command, Shift and 3 (not F3) at the same time and it will take a picture of your screen and put a file into your main hard/system drive labeled "Picture xx"

Command, Shift, and 4 does the same thing, BUT it allows you to select what part of the screen to make a picture of.

[sounddesign1]

There is one more picture trick that I find really useful. Shift, Apple, 4 and Caps Lock will take a picture of the complete window you click on next.

I use it all the time for web production.

[Nika]

OK, now THAT one is REALLY snazzy!

[Joe Muscara]

if you do command-shift-4 then hit the space bar, the cursor turns into a camera and will highlight the window it will grab for the screen shot.

[channelite]

Don't forget command control shift 4 to copy a section to the clipboard, then paste it into Photoshop..

[music producer]

These are helpful and will be useful. Can't tell you how many pictures I've taken over the years by accident... Shift/Option/3 consolidates selected regions in pro tools, and in the heat of battle, it's really easy to snap a pic! But the pic thing is SO Great for saving complex information of any sort that is most easily accessed visually.