we use Print Screen --> Paint a lot at work. It will go as hi-res as your monitor goes, I think. Only issue is that it defaults to bmp, so you have to remember to save as jpg. And yes, once you are in Paint you can draw circles around stuff or whatever.
On 7/23/08, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:56 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Screenshot capture program (preferably freeware) good for Mac > > and Windows platforms > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions over good screenshot capture programs > > that would work for both Mac and PC, preferably free? > > Just to capture stills? > > Both OSes provide simplified tools to do this out of the box. Just in case > you didn't know: > > Windows (pretty much from Win 3.1 on): Press the PrtScr ("Print Screen") > key > to capture an image of the desktop to the clipboard. Press Alt + PrtScr to > capture an image of just the active application. > > This still works in Vista, but Vista (all versions but Home Basic) also > comes with a more advanced tool: the "Snipping" tool (just enter "Snip" > into > the start menu search if you can't find it). This lets you capture the > full-screen, a certain window or any arbitrary section by clicking and > dragging. Once you've made a capture you can make it up by "writing" on it > with different colored ink. > > MacOS (pretty much any version anybody would still be using): Press > Command+Shift+3 to capture the whole screen or Command+Shift+4 to capture > an arbitrary section. Both of these will create a new file on the desktop > containing the image. However if you also press Control (as in > Control+Command+Shift+3 or 4) it will place the image on the clipboard. > > If you want to do that a lot save your fingers and create a macro. ;^) > > As far as capturing screen images I've never found the need for anything > more than this. About the only feature I've sometimes missed on Windows is > an automated save... but switching to Paint-Shop Pro to throw the image > down > isn't too much hassle. > > What features are looking for? > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264539 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
