Windows
Entire Screen. Press Print Screen and the current screen including open dialog boxes appears on the Clipboard as a graphic.
Active Window. Press Alt + Print Screen to capture just the active window.
Captured this way, clipboard items can be pasted into an application such as Photoshop; but, remember that only one item remains on the clipboard at a time and is overwritten if a second item is captured this way or the copy command is used. To do more follow these steps:
1. Capture a screen (using Print Screen or Alt + Print Screen)
2. Open Clipboard Viewer (Windows Accessories Menu).
3. Choose Save As from the File menu and give your file a name and
save it.
4. This process can then be repeated as many times as you wish.
Macintosh
System 8.0 and Above
Desired
Area. Press Command + Shift + 4 together, then drag the crosshairs
selection rectangle around it.
Single
Window. Press Caps Lock + Command + Shift + 4 and click on the
desired window.
Entire Screen.
Press Command + Shift + 3 which saves the screen as a PICT file on your
startup drive.
These commands
save the screen shots on your startup drive as PICT files named Picture
1, Picture 2, etc. If you want them on the Clipboad instead, add Control
to your keyboard combination (e. g., Command + Control + Shift + 4).
System 7.x and Earlier--Entire Screen Only. Press Command + Shift + 3 which saves the screen as a PICT file on your startup drive.
Screen Capture Utilities
Rules for Reducing Bad Screen Shots
1. Never use compression that loses data (jpeg, for instance) which render screen shots "blotchy and dirty."
2. If you want to compress to get a smaller file, use LZW or ZIP and convert to grayscale in Photoshop (Mode submenu of Image Menu) instead of color (if color isn't needed)
3. In PageMaker, use Normal rather than Optimized Subsampling or Low Resolution from the Send Image Data pop-up menu in Print Options dialog box.
4. If screen shots are used in PDF (Adobe Distiller) files, turn off all automatic compression and downsampling in Distiller's Job Options.
5. If converting RGB screen shots to CMYK for printing, change Photoshop's default settings to substitute actual black before you convert from RGB (screen) to CMYK (print). To get 100% blacks: (a) Open the screen shot in Photoshop, (b) choose Color Settings from the File Menu and choose CMYK setup (PS 5.0) or Separation Setup (PS 4.0) (c) Select GCR, choose Maximum from the Black Generation pop-up menu and click OK. (d) Choose CMYK from the Mode submenu and flatten the image when asked. (e) Save the image as a TIFF.
6. Another way to convert the blacks to 100% is to: (a) Convert the shot to CMYK from the Mode submenu. Flatten the image. (2) Set your foreground color to black, making sure it's made up of 100 percent K only. (c) Double-click magic-wand tool and, in the Magic Wand Options palette, amke sure Anti-Aliased is unchecked and Tolerance is set to zero. (d) Click the magic wand tool on a black portion of the screen shot. Choose Similar from the Select Menu. (e) Choose Fill from the Edit menu and fill the selection with the foreground color (black) at 100%.
7. Use PageMaker's magic-stretch feature to avoid moire patterns. (a) hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) and double-click the pointer tool in the tool box. (b) In the dialog box, enter the document resolution of the printer you plan to use to print the final version. (c) Select an image. (d) Hold down Ctrl + Shift (Windows) or Command + Shift (Mac) and drag one of the corner handles. PageMaker will snap the image to specific sizes based on the printer's resolution and will print without moire patterns. You can also use magic-stretch from the Printer Resolution Scaling button on PageMaker's Control palette.