Comments on: Capture a Screen SnapShot with PrtSC and MS Paint

By: SBA

SBA — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:33:39 +0000

Very handy list, thanks. It’s good to have ‘snipping’ type tools. I use Fireshot, a Firefox add-on and MS Image Composer when I want to add text. See my suggestions for John – you may want to personalize the ‘admin’ and look at the ‘resouce’ in tagline. The homepage is great in giving new visitors so many posts to choose from. well organized.

By: SBA

SBA — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:15:49 +0000

Always good to find that ‘tip in time.’ Your template is nice with the touch of green. I’d suggest an ‘about’ page to give readers more background. Definitely get a gravatar. You have a perfect logo symbol for a favicon— get going on the branding that helps with credibility. see

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By: SBA

SBA — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:31:51 +0000

Use it well. Thanks for stopping by.

By: steppinout

steppinout — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:05:34 +0000

This is a basic keyboard shortcut for screen capture and it’ll be useful for newbies. Another option (Vista users) you can use Snipping Tools.

For a complete list of keyboard shortcut (Vista), read it from here http://osforyou.blogspot.com/2.....board.html

By: John

John — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:17:27 +0000

Thanks for sharing this great tip it was exactly what I was looking to do. Now I have no excuse not to get a capture and send it.

By: SBA

SBA — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:17:07 +0000

You can experiment a bit with resizing the image after you paste into Photoshop. Start with the exact portion of the screen you need by cropping away things that don’t need to print. Turn off ‘anti-lasing’ [try leaving on also to see the effect]. Convert to ‘indexed colors’ then increase the DPI to 288. This reduces the print size but gives you higher quality print [caution text may still be too small to read]. You can also try 144 DPI to see difference.
Then use ‘CMYK’ for printing and save it as TIFF since jpg compression may mess things up for next time…
Let me know. Anyone else have ideas on this?

Also why do you need to print — will saving as a PDF work if it’s for historical puposes? Also if color not important try black and white printing…

By: Gossips

Gossips — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:09:35 +0000

Wow.. That’s great.. I don’t know before the Alt + Prtsc… Thanks

By: Creative Junkie

Creative Junkie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:14:07 +0000

I usually use Photoshop for my screenshots … but I wish I knew how to get a high resolution screen shot – you know, the kind you can print well? Screenshots are usually taken at 72 ppi whereas print quality should start at 180 ppi and ideally, be at 300 ppi.

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:38:41 +0000

Thanks for this tip.

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:21:24 +0000

Thanks for commenting.