 Also known as a screen dump, snapshot, or screen capture, a screen shot or screenshot is an image that is created from a software program or the operating system. Once a screen shot has been captured it can be saved as a image file such as a GIF or JPEG, manipulated, and/or printed. For example, the image to the right is an example of a screen shot in the computer game Caesar.There are numerous ways to capture a screen shot and often each of these methods depend on what computer operating system you are using and what you intend to take a screen shot of. Below is a listing of different methods of creating screen shots. Microsoft Windows users and most other operating systems Most computer users can easily create
a screen shot by pressing the print screen key on their computer keyboard. This will usually take the screen shot and place it into the computer clipboard. Once in the clipboard, a user can almost always paste that screen shot into a graphic program. Tip: Pressing and holding the ALT key with the Print Screen key will enable you to create a screen shot only for the window currently active. Additional short cut keys can be found here. Other software operating systems, programs, and/or games If you are unable to successfully create a screen shot using any of the above recommendations it is likely that you will need the aid of a third-party software program. Below is a listing
of some screen shot programs you may wish to consider. http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzpro/ (Apple users)
http://www.atlantsoft.com/utils/ssm.htm
http://www.fraps.com/ (Images and movies)
http://www.screen-capture.net/
http://www.screenshot-utility.com/
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp Click here to open a search for additional screen shot / capture programs. Games Many games will include a screen shot option or setup that enables the players to simply press a key such as the print screen key or F11
key. This varies between games and it is recommended you refer to the game key options and/or the manual for information about this availability. If this is not available, see the next section. Screen shots from movies When watching a movie or video file you may want to grab a single screen shot image. To do this in Windows Media Player see document CH000723. Viewing, editing, and saving screen shots Although many of the above programs will allow you to capture screen shots not all will allow you to save those screen shots in any format and/or edit the screen shots. Often you will need an image editor to perform these tasks. See document CH000760 for a large listing of available image editors including many of the free popular image editors. Also see: Fraps, Game definitions,
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