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So, "Australian" is a separate language now? ;).

Filed under  Australia   English language   Flickr   funny   language   screen capture  
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Posted 7 months ago

Screen-grab like a Mac with Digeus SnapIt! (Sort of.)

In a previous post, I wrote: 


It's super smooth to do a screen capture in Mac: 

1. command + shift + 3 to capture the whole screen. 
2. command + shift + 4 > click + drag to capture part of the screen. 
3. command + shift + 4 > spacebar > click to capture a window.

In all cases, a png image will appear on your Desktop. 

The people at Digeus provided me with a copy of SnapIt Screen Capture Software to review. This is what I learned. 

1. SnapIt is snappy. It starts up quickly (after a hassle-free typical install). It doesn't slow down my machine. It runs in a little Taskbar icon. 

2. It can be set up to mimic behaviour 2 above: 

2.1.Press Prt Scrn and your mouse pointer will change to crosshairs. Click and drag the portion of the screen that you want to capture. 
2.2. Right-click the SnapIt icon in the Taskbar and click Save As. 
2.2.1. Or, set up the Preferences to autosave the image wherever you want - I save mine as pngs on my Desktop, mimicking my Mac. 

3. And that's about it. SnapIt doesn't do 1 and 3 like the Mac does. 

3.1. But I'm happy - SnapIt allows me to capture my Twitter Serendipities well enough! Give it a go - it's free to try. 

Filed under  apps   computers   Mac   recommendations   recommended   screen capture   software   Windows   work  
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Posted 8 months ago

Is there an easier way to screengrab in Windows?

It's super smooth to do a screen capture in Mac: 
1. command + shift + 3 to capture the whole screen. 
2. command + shift + 4 > click + drag to capture part of the screen. 
3. command + shift + 4 > spacebar > click to capture a window.

In all cases, a png image will appear on your Desktop. So easy, so intuitive! (Once you remember the key combinations. I think to myself, "capture + screen + x...") 

On Windows, I press the Prnt Scrn key, open Paint, paste in the image, save as jpg, then crop as needed. Very messy. Is there an easier way? Maybe I'm just being a Windows n00b and doin it rong. Feel free to correct me, if I am. 

In the mean time, I'm going to review SnapIt Screen Capture Software. I'll see how it goes and let ya know. 
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Posted 8 months ago
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