However, if your job demands to take screenshots frequently, learn more options to become super productive at this. Note: The keyboard shortcuts to do screenshots work the same way on MacBook Pro, Macbook Air, iMac, Mac Mini, or any other Mac. 4 Keyboard Shortcuts to Take Screenshots on Mac; How to Use Preview App to Take a Screenshot on Mac. The easy ways to take screenshot on a Mac are as follows: 1. Command+Shift+3 / ⌘ + ↑ + 3, Mac Screenshot This is the most commonly used shortcut for capturing the screen of a Macintosh Computer.
Windows 10 provides several ways to take screenshots of your entire computer screen, or just select parts of it.
The fastest way to take a screenshot on Windows 10 is by pressing the 'PrtScn' button on your keyboard. There are various key combos to take screenshots of portions of the screen.
Microsoft also provides a Snipping Tool to take custom screenshots, and draw on the images.
You can take screenshots within games by opening the Game Bar with the Windows + G keyboard shortcut.
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If you need to capture a screenshot of something on your computer screen, Windows 10 offers a variety of methods for doing just that.
Whether you want to save the entire screen, or just a piece of it, we've rounded up all the most common techniques for taking a Windows 10 screenshot.
How to take a screenshot on Windows 10 with the PrtScn key
The simplest way to save a copy of whatever is on your computer screen is to simply press the 'Print Screen' key on your keyboard. It's usually labeled 'PrtScn' (or something very similar) and is located in the top row, among or near the Function keys.
On some keyboards (particularly laptops) you might need to trigger the Print Screen using the Function key (in other words, hold the Function key and then press PrtScn).
Press PrtScn. This copies the entire screen to the clipboard. You can paste the screenshot into any program that displays images, like Paint or Microsoft Word.
Press Alt + PrtScn. This copies the active window to the clipboard, which you can paste into another program.
Press the Windows key + Shift + S. The screen will dim and the mouse pointer will change. You can drag to select a portion of the screen to capture. The screenshot will be copied to the clipboard, which you can paste into another program. (This shortcut only works if you have the latest version of Windows 10 installed, called the Windows 10 Creators Update.)
Press the Windows key + PrtScn. This saves the entire screen as an image file. You can find it in the 'Pictures' folder, in a subfolder called 'Screenshots.'
How to take a screenshot on Windows 10 with Snipping Tool
Microsoft includes a much more flexible screenshot utility with Windows 10, called Snipping Tool.
You can use Snipping Tool to grab a screenshot and save it as an image file without first pasting the screenshot into another program.
1. Start the Snipping Tool from the Start menu.
2. In the 'Mode' drop down, choose the kind of screenshot shape you want - you can choose anything from full screen to rectangular to a free-form shape.
3. Click New, and your screen will freeze. You can then use the mouse to create the screenshot. The screenshot will then appear in the Snipping Tool window.
4. If you want to include something like a tooltip, which only appears after a mouse movement, you can specify how long to wait before taking the screenshot using the Delay menu.
5. If you want to, once you've taken your screenshot, you can use the drawing tools to annotate the screenshot.
6. When you're done, click 'File' and then click 'Save As' to save the completed screenshot to your computer.
7. You can also click the copy button in the Snipping Tool window - it looks like two pages laid over one another - to copy the image to your clipboard.
How to take a screenshot on Windows 10 with the Game Bar
The Game Bar is an overlay you can use within most Windows games to take screenshots and record video. Here's how to use it:
1. Start a game from the Start menu or the Xbox Console Companion program.
2. While playing the game, press the Windows key + G. The Game Bar overlay should appear.
3. Click the camera icon to take a screenshot, or you can use the keyboard shortcut: Windows key + Alt + PrtScn.
The screenshot will be automatically saved to the 'Videos' folder in a subfolder called 'Captures.'
If you're playing a game on Steam, you can also press F11 to take a screenshot. It will be added to your screenshots folder on Steam.
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Apple computers or Macbooks are the 2nd most widely used computer systems in the world after windows. Everyone need to take screenshots once in a while and taking a screenshot on a Mac or Apple computer is no different.
Here, we’ve compiled you an easy and interesting guide on how you can take a screenshot on MacBooks, iMac computers or any other apple computing device.
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1 The easy ways to take screenshot on a Mac are as follows :
The easy ways to take screenshot on a Mac are as follows :
1. Command+Shift+3 / ⌘ + ↑ + 3, Mac Screenshot
This is the most commonly used shortcut for capturing the screen of a Macintosh Computer. It is used to take the entire screen, screenshot.
2. Command+Shift+4 / ⌘ + ↑ + 4
This command turns the cursor into a crosshair. Now, it’s all you need to do is drag to select a portion of the screen that needs to be captured. Once you release the mouse button, the screenshot is then saved on the desktop. You can now use the screenshot for whatever you want.
3. Command-Shift-4, then spacebar, then click on a window
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Using this method you can take the screenshot of any window you want. All you need to do is hit the space bar after ‘Command+Shift+4 (⌘ + ↑ + 4) shortcut. It turns the crosshair into a little camera icon. This camera icon can be moved to any active window. Click on the window which you feel like capturing. The screenshot then gets saved on the desktop.
4. Capture screenshots using the command line (“Terminal”)
Yes, you can take screenshots on a Mac computer using the command line tools or Terminal as well. All you need to do is type in the following commands:
man screencapture
screencapture -T 10 ~/Desktop/screenshot.png – For adding a time delay in screen capture.
5. Mac screenshot in the clipboard
Well, sometimes you might need to have the screenshot in the clipboard instead having it saved on the desktop. It becomes crucial in the situations when you are working on some document and you want to paste the captured image in that document. In such situations, this shortcut comes in very handy.
Screenshot On Mac
To take a screenshot on a Mac computer, you need to Hold the Control button on the keyboard with any of the shortcuts given above (1st, 2nd & 3rd).
These methods of taking a screenshot will work with OS Sierra, OS X El Capitan, OS X Yosemite, and also most older variations of the contemporary Mac os, though the pictures we’re showing are all from OS Sierra.
6. Using Applications
Some applications such as Lightshot are made just to take screenshots. But the best thing about using these applications to take screenshots is that they come bundled with a ton of other features. Some of these are editing the screenshot, cloud sharing, printing etc.
Most of the computers in our office have ‘Lightshot’ installed in them. You can also use them, trust me they save a lot of time and energy. We’ll soon publish a list of such amazing Softwares, you can use to capture screens.
Some applications, especially those made to play copy-protected videos, could not allow the components of their home windows to be screenshot.