It looks something like this:. When you use this method, the OS copies the entire screen automatically to the clipboard. From there, you can directly paste it into an email, social media platform , or messaging app. You can even start editing it in an image editing software like Photoshop or even MS Paint. Note: One disadvantage of using this method is that it automatically captures the entire screen, including the toolbar and tab bar of your screen.
Manually cropping can lead to inconsistent screenshot sizes. One of the easiest ways to save a screenshot taken with the print screen key is to paste it into your photo editing software of choice.
For example, you can use Microsoft Paint, which comes free with all relevant versions of Windows. You can also right-click and select Paste from the dropdown menu. If you use Windows 10, you can also use Paint 3D. But if you want to use a more powerful image editor, we recommend a specialized tool. All recent versions of Windows, including 7, 8, and 10, include the Snipping Tool. You can easily open it by searching for it in the toolbar search.
Press the Windows key to open the toolbar and jump to Windows search. However, note that in Windows 7, you must manually select the search field before you can type out the keyword. It would be best if you did that manually. In Windows 10, the updated version of this app can be opened with a shortcut—more on that later.
Pressing the Enter key after typing the correct phrase will open the program automatically. It has various modes, including free-form screenshots, but the basic form is a rectangular screenshot shape. But at least it gives you more flexibility than just pressing the print screen key. You can then select the area you want to capture and save.
You can now edit the screenshot with the pen, highlighter, and eraser tools. It also offers a few unique options compared to copying and pasting something into Paint, such as the Delay mode for taking delayed timed screenshots. You can also highlight something in the screenshot and email it directly from the Snipping Tool. In the table below, we break down all the keyboard shortcuts only available after opening the Snipping Tool :.
One feature we miss is the ability to take multiple screenshots with an identically sized and placed window. Also, here, you can choose from window, free-form, full-screen, or rectangle options for your snapshot. By default, the PNG format files saved by Windows screenshotting software are unnecessarily large. You can then choose from dozens of chrome extensions for screenshotting webpages. There are so many options that it can be hard to choose. To make things simple, we recommend any of the following:.
For example, you can capture a full-page screenshot instead of only the visible part with each of these. Another practical feature is that you can screenshot just the contents of any particular tab. It also means you can take screenshots with identical dimensions across multiple different pages. Move the camera icon to the active window and click it.
After that, the screenshot of the window will be immediately saved to the desktop in PNG format. Method 2. Activate a screenshot tool. Navigate to screenshot. Take a screenshot of your current window. Make sure the window you want is on the top of other tasks. Hit the camera icon on the interface of this app. After that, the mouse cursor will turn into a crosshair. Hover it over the active window until you see a frame appears around its borders, click your mouse to capture the window. Save the screenshot.
Once the screenshot is taken, two toolbars will appear on the sides of it. Before saving the image, you can make use of the edit function on the horizontal bar. It enables you to add various annotations to the picture, such as highlights, texts and blurs.
After editing, you can click the last button on the horizontal bar to save the graph to your local disk. Method 3. Launch Skitch. Go to your applications folder, find the logo of this program and double click it to activate this program. Take a screenshot of the active window. Put the window you want upon other apps. Then the window will be captured and appear in the program.
These services make it more exact, and with the Snipping Tool you can just easily select one window to screenshot. Yes No. After that, you can start adding annotations and effects. By using the Quick editor, you can draw lines, shapes, text,and highlight as well. While in Advanced editor you can do annotations but this time you can pixelate, or sharpen the image. To save the taken screenshot on desktop, click the diskette like icon.
You will also have an option to save the screenshot on cloud storage, or share it to different social media sites. In capturing an active window, you can use a web-based app called Free Screenshot Capture. This online tool is free of charge with no registration needed. Besides, it offers a simple image editor which is perfect for annotating your screenshots with lines, arrows, shapes, text, and more.
Plus you can also share it on different social media sites. However, if you want to use this program offline, you can make use of its pro desktop version, which is available at in their site as well. Go to screenshot. After you have launched this application, you can configure the settings as you desire. For example, you can select your desirable keyboard shortcuts and decide whether to include cursor in capture. Back to the main interface, you can click the camera icon on the interface or press the hotkeys to capture active window.
Open an application window and put it on the top of the others. Move the cursor over the window you want to capture and click it.
After capturing, you can annotate the screenshot by using the options on toolbars. Aside from capturing application window using keyboard shortcuts, you can perform this task using Snipping Tool as well. As the Windows built-in screenshot capture, it is a less feature-filled as compared with Free Screenshot Capture. After capturing, it allows you to edit and save the screenshot as you desire. Jing is a favorite program among many Windows and Mac users.
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