Saturday, September 13, 2014

Taking a Picture / Screen Shot / Using Snip It Tool

Here's how to take a screen shot of something on your screen...
For PC Users...

  • The program is called "The Snipping Tool."
    • Open the program (you may type in the name in the search bar and hit enter).  The program should come up if its loaded on your computer.

For Mac Users...

  • The program is called "Preview."
    • Under FILE, select TAKE A SCREEN SHOT.
    • Select the type of screen shot: select, window, full screen.
    • Take the picture.
    • The picture will be saved to your desktop.
  • Keyboard Shortcut:  
    • Hole COMMAND + SHIFT + 4.  The cursor will turn into a + sign.
    • Click and drag around want you want to take a picture of.
    • Release.  You should hear a camera sound.  It will be added to your desktop as a PNG file. 
  • To Convert from PNG to other formats:
    • Some sites or programs can only read JPEG files.  If you run into this problem, just double click on the image.  Under FILE, select EXPORT.  Then change the PNG file to JPEG (or whatever format you need it changed to).

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