I didn’t learn how to create a screenshot until someone I really, really hated did something really, really bad and I wanted to email the evidence to her boss. Yeah, I know, karma is a bitch. And okay, it was super-mean. I had fun doing it though.
Afterwards, I found that screenshots can come in really handy when you’re blogging. Like if you want to show someone how to save a screenshot, for example.
First of all, I Googled the words “Paris Hilton”. Why? Well, as long as I am writing an article on my blog, I might as well add some keyword rich content, right? I’m sure there are zillions of crazed people out there trolling like crazy for Paris Hilton news, no matter how trivial. Hi! Glad you stopped by!!
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1. Once I found an article–Paris is asking Barbara Walters to interview her, can you believe that?–I first hit the Fn key under the shift key on the left and while holding it down, pressed the PrtSc button on the top right. Absolutely nothing happened.
2. Then, I opened Paint, clicked on the “Edit” toolbar, and selected “Paste”. This is what happened:
At this point, it is simply a matter of saving the file as usual, and editing it in Photoshop or whatever you can afford. If you are a keyword whore like me, remember to save the image with the appropriate words. I called mine “Paris_Hilton_Nude_Pictures”. Hi, angry pissed off people!
There is the slight problem of not being able to see the details in the picture very well. It would be nice if one could click on it and it would pop up and show a nice big screen. Alas, I have no idea how to do that. When I find out, I’ll let you know.
This is all new to me! A screen shot, Paris Hilton? Huh?
To get it to pop up, do the following:
After uploading via the upload tab, choose show thumbnail and link to file. Place the curser where you want the picture to go and hit the “send to editor button”.
Enjoy!
You rock, Elmer! I’m going to try it tomorrow. I’ll time myself.
Elmer beat me to that one =P.
Though I have one idea for you… Instead of pasting it into Paint, why not skip that step and go straight to Photoshop (if you have it)? If you take a screenshot, Photoshop will automatically set the width/height, etc of the screenshot when you create a new Document. Then you just paste it into Photoshop, and viola, photo editing perfection.
If you’re on a Mac, taking a screenshot is so much easier (and with more options!), but alas, doesn’t seem like you’re on a Mac, so you lose out on that goodness. =P
Also, if you’re using Windows, you can hit Alt+PrScr to take a screenshot of just the current window, as opposed to your entire desktop. (Believe me, there are times you *don’t* want your background image to show up in screenshots.)
You can use this to compose the screenshot just a bit.
Hope this helps…
– f
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Thought you should know there is an even better way to do screen shots. Get yourself a copy of SnagIt from TechSmith. You will fall in love. It lets you do way more with your screen shots than just the printscreen button. There is a free trial download available on the TechSmith site. Once you fall in loce with it, you will find that the purchase price is low enough to justify buying it. I am not affiliated with the company – I am just a very VERY satisfied user who can’t live without it!
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