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.

[WS]lSQn5q6tRiU[/WS]

"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
10-28-2010, 06:46 AM #47
UNOWN
Keeper
prt sc...lol. That was easy. nice tut tho
11-10-2010, 07:38 AM #48
thats pretty cool i never knew you could do that thanks bro
11-18-2010, 01:22 PM #49
Superman.
Is it a bird? ... Is it a plane?
i prefere yewsin my camcorder to take a pic of my screen =D
12-05-2010, 09:15 PM #50
Mr. God
< ^ > < ^ >
Good job. Easy but good for the people that don't know how to do this!
12-17-2010, 06:03 PM #51
Originally posted by Irish View Post
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.


Thanks!!!!!!!!!!! :carling:
12-18-2010, 10:33 PM #52
Pure Havoc
Do a barrel roll!
Originally posted by Irish View Post
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)
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 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
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 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 you should also include Command, Shift, 4 Thats makes it so you can take a screen shot of an area.
12-18-2010, 11:23 PM #53
CSC-Magic
[move] GOML Fools [/move]
who the **** doesn't know this?
12-22-2010, 04:02 PM #54
x-MaGiiKZz-o
Who’s Jim Erased?
that is awesome!, thanks for that, great for catching small things on the screenn that you want to keep or show
01-08-2011, 03:19 PM #55
beryce
Goal 500 Posts!
nicee i will use this!

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