Wednesday, April 6, 2011

What is screenshot? How to capture screenshot?

As we are about to launch an online screenshot capture, image edit, annotation and publishing application, lets have some info about what SCREENSHOT is.

A screenshot is basically the snap or image of the viewable portion of the display screen. It can be from a computer monitor, mobile phone display, tablet screen or even television output. In our case, it would be the snapshot of the entire monitor screen or a particular open window of an application. When you capture a screen, computer stores it in a temporary storage space in image format. By the use of some software one can retrieve it and save it as an image. Screenshot saved as an image file is used widely in tutorials, tech articles, documentation, software reviews, help files etc.

The process of taking screenshot in different OS is varies from one another. Below we are discussing some of them.


Windows:
1. To take snap of the entire screen, press the PrtScn (Print Screen) key.
2. To capture the screenshot of an active window, press Alt + PrtScn key.
3. After capture, paste it in Microsoft Paint (Programs > Accessories > Paint ) like tools to save it as a image file.

Mac:
1. To capture the entire screen use Command + Shift + 3 key.
2. For a selected area use Command + Shift + 4 key.
3. The captured screenshot saved in user’s desktop as image file.

Linux:
1. To take snap of the entire screen, press the PrtScn (Print Screen) key.
2. To capture the screenshot of an active window, press Alt + PrtScn key.
3. There are several utility software to work with the captured image. Take Screenshot, Ksnapshot, Gimp are few of them.

Unix:
Most Unix distribution nowadays comes with the ‘xwd’ tools, which is pretty much useful in taking screenshot. Here is an example of how you can take screenshot and save it in png format in command prompt-
bash-3.0$ xwd -root | convert - /tmp/screenshot.png

iPhone or iPod (iOS):
1. Press and hold the Home and Sleep button.
2. Screen will flash and capture will stored in Camera Roll on iPhone and in Saved Photos for iPod.

Hope the information will be helpful. Awaiting for comments and suggestions.

Now back to what we have developed. If someone having internet connection, he/she can just open http://www.pixtick.com and start capturing screenshot. Not only capture, one can do annotations, editing, publishing in different format, upload and share in social sites. Plenty of solutions from a single web app. No download, No installation, no plugin.

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