Quickly taking a PNG screenshot of the current window

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Quickly taking a PNG screenshot of the current window

How do I quickly take a screenshot of the current window? (or, if that's not possible, of the window I select)

This is what I do very often:
1. Startup the screen capture program (called "Schermafbeelding" on my Dutch version of Mac OS X 10.4.10)
2. Select "Grab window"
3. Select the window to get a shot of
4. Save on my desktop as a TIFF file
5. Open the TIFF file (in Preview)
6. Save as PNG

Is there a way I can do this with a single key combo such as Shift-Cmd-5 or so?

MacBook Pro (C2D 2.16GHz, 15-inch), Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Aug 10, 2007 11:25 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 10, 2007 11:34 AM in response to znerd

Command-Shift-3 (aka Apple-Shift-3) gets the whole screen.

Command-Shift-4 gets you a cross hairs, mouse-click and drag to select any region on your screen, then release the mouse button to capture the selected region.

Both will give you the Picture#.png file on your desktop.

Hope this helps...

EDIT: Ps. With the maintenance utility Onyx you can change the file format (png is default) and save-to location (desktop is default) of screen captures, using the Paramaters > General tab setting.

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Answer 2

SteveLamb0

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Aug 10, 2007 11:32 AM in response to znerd

Hi

See if this works for you.

Shift-Cmd-4.
Click & drag crosshair to select area (in your case, the window).
When you let go, photo is taken (for me, saved as .png to Desktop).

Steve

neuroanatomist posted as I typed.

Message was edited by: SteveLamb0

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Answer 3

znerd Author

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Aug 10, 2007 11:50 AM in response to znerd

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough.

I know about Shift-Cmd-3 and Shift-Cmd-4. Both are not what I'm looking for. I want a screenshot of a window, including borders. This is Grab allows me to do, but then with Grab there's so many steps involved in getting the picture right.

Is there a way to automate this and bind it to a keystroke (e.g. Shift-Cmd-5)?

I checked Automator, and Grab does not export any actions Automator can use, it seems...

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Answer 4

Aug 10, 2007 11:57 AM in response to znerd

If you use Command-Shift-4 and then hit the spacebar the crosshairs turn into a camera, click on a window and it takes a shot of that window, including the borders.
Francine

Francine
Schwieder

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Answer 5

znerd Author

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Aug 10, 2007 2:25 PM in response to Francine Schwieder

Wow, indeed! If only I would have known a few months ago!

Thanks, Francine, you saved the day 🙂

Cheers,

Ernst

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