Post: How to Take a Pic of your Screen (Screenshot)
03-29-2010, 02:18 PM #1
Irish
Samurai Poster
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Alright a lot of people ask this in the shoutbox and i couldn't find a thread about it so I decided to make a tutorial.(it's very simple)
"FOR PC"
Step 1.
Press the Printscreen/PRTSC/PRTSCR/PRTSCN Button.(Or in some cases FN+PRTSC)
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Step 2.
Go to Paint/Photoshop/Gimp and Press CTRL+V or FILE than Paste.

Step 3.
Crop it to the size you want.
My video on how to crop with paint and Photoshop.

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"NOT" my video on how to crop in GIMP.

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Step 4.
Save your image as .PNG for best quality and size.

Step 5.
Upload your saved image to an Image Hosting site i.e. Photobucket etc.

Step 6.
Get your image code or link and voila you have your very own screenshot.

"FOR MAC"

Step 1.
Press the keys CMD+SHIFT+3 to take your screen shot
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Step 2.
Go to Photoshop and press CMD+P
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Step 3.
Crop it to the size you want.
My video on how to crop with paint and Photoshop.(just use the Photoshop part.)

[WS]lSQn5q6tRiU[/WS]

Step 4.
Save your image as .PNG for best quality and size.

Step 5.
Upload your saved image to an Image Hosting site i.e. Photobucket etc.

Step 6.
Get your image code or link and voila you have your very own screenshot.
Last edited by Irish ; 12-17-2010 at 07:48 PM.

The following 7 users say thank you to Irish for this useful post:

+tA Panda., Canada, dfrost182, exTacy Angel, psychobe@n, Sert, The Shoota
07-16-2010, 05:16 AM #29
awesome, thanks to you!
07-24-2010, 05:22 PM #30
Shebang
Bring back the smileys!
I already knew this but good job on the tut.
08-11-2010, 07:54 AM #31
Originally posted by pV
Alright alot of people ask this in the shoutbox and i couldn't find a thread about it so I decided to make a tutorial.(its very simple)
"FOR PC"
Step 1.
Press the Printscreen/PRTSC/PRTSCR/PRTSCN Button.(Or in some cases FN+PRTSC)
You must login or register to view this content.
You must login or register to view this content.

Step 2.
Go to Paint/Photoshop/Gimp and Press CTRL+V or FILE than Paste.

Step 3.
Crop it to the size you want.
My video on how to crop with paint and photoshop.

[WS]lSQn5q6tRiU[/WS]

"NOT" my video on how to crop in GIMP.

[WS]GvmmFphzTPc[/WS]


Step 4.
Save your image as .PNG for best quality and size.

Step 5.
Upload your saved image to a Image Hosting site i.e. Photobucket etc.

Step 6.
Get your image code or link and voila you have your very own screenshot.

"FOR MAC"

Step 1.
Press the keys CMD+SHIFT+3 to take your screen shot
You must login or register to view this content.

Step 2.
Go to Photoshop and press CMD+P
You must login or register to view this content.

Step 3.
Crop it to the size you want.
My video on how to crop with paint and photoshop.(just use the photoshop part.)

[WS]lSQn5q6tRiU[/WS]

Step 4.
Save your image as .PNG for best quality and size.

Step 5.
Upload your saved image to a Image Hosting site i.e. Photobucket etc.

Step 6.
Get your image code or link and voila you have your very own screenshot.




Thank you for sharing,but i can't see the video...
08-11-2010, 03:46 PM #32
Irish
Samurai Poster
Originally posted by lovegames View Post
Thank you for sharing,but i can't see the video...


Try installing the lastest version of flash or if that doesn't work contact me again and I'll try fix them.
08-11-2010, 04:03 PM #33
Ameht!
Dark Knight
Originally posted by pV
Alright alot of people ask this in the shoutbox and i couldn't find a thread about it so I decided to make a tutorial.(its very simple)


ok i know how to do all this but my question is a lil diffrent. on my laptop my prtsrn is on the top left in a key with also home but the print screen is in a box. i have tried shift , windows sign , alt, and cant get it to work. and i have to pull out my on-screen keyboard to use the prtsrn. any advice?
08-11-2010, 04:07 PM #34
Irish
Samurai Poster
Originally posted by ameht View Post
ok i know how to do all this but my question is a lil diffrent. on my laptop my prtsrn is on the top left in a key with also home but the print screen is in a box. i have tried shift , windows sign , alt, and cant get it to work. and i have to pull out my on-screen keyboard to use the prtsrn. any advice?


You have to use the FN (Function button I think its called) Button
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With printscreen for it to work. So its FN+PRNTSCR.
08-11-2010, 04:09 PM #35
Ameht!
Dark Knight
everyone tells me that but i dont have nothing like that at all

ima try to take a pic of my jeyboard with my webcam


sorry it wont do it , but i donot have a damn fn button
08-17-2010, 09:00 AM #36
IBM Thinkpad T60 Just needs to press the key "PrtSc"!
08-17-2010, 10:24 AM #37
ShoutBox
YouOnlyLiveOnce
Um.. Theres a way to do this WAY easyer...

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