In everyday life, not so much live communication as the exchange of information on the Internet occupies a large place, and then there is a need to transmit, for example, an episode from a game, a text or a fragment of it. This may be an illustration for the user mastering a new program, or other information that is conveniently transmitted in the form of a snapshot. A screenshot or a screenshot is a snapshot of an image from a computer screen. In fact , there are several ways to take a screenshot . It is worth considering some of them.
Ways to take screenshots using Windows
As the easiest way that does not require additional software, Paint is the perfect choice - the simplest graphics editor that is included with MS Windows. To capture an image from the entire computer screen, just use the “Print Screen” button on the keyboard, then go to the “Start” menu and select “All Programs”, then go to “Standard” and start Paint. In the program, select the "Edit" and "Paste" items. To save the received screenshots from the screen, you need to click "File" and "Save", and you can select the image standard. To save a screenshot from one window (usually active), you can use the keys "Alt + Print Screen".
Programs for creating screenshots
To save pictures from the monitor, for example, pictures, photos and other information that you want to share with friends, you can use special free programs that are freely available on the Internet. For example, you can use the program Floomby. It is convenient to use, installed on a computer in Russian. Her site offers useful tips on how to take a screenshot, then the resulting image can be extracted from the site or send a link to it to your friends. The program Floomby allows you to take a picture of either the entire screen, or only part of it. The shooting mode can be selected by clicking on the clock icon that appears when the utility starts.
Another useful program is called Magic Screenshot. It is not very different from the above, and how to take a screenshot on it, too. Before starting it, you can get tips on the correct operation. Just like Floomby, Magic Screenshot publishes screenshots of users on the website of the program, and they get links to the images they create. Screenshots can be provided with a description and corrected using the Brush tool. In the program settings there is a function for choosing the format in which the image will be saved, it can be png bmp, jpeg.
More complex and equipped with a large number of options is the Jing program, which, however, has one drawback: it is available only in English. A video posted on the program’s website tells how to take a screenshot. Of the positive characteristics of Jing, we can mention the convenience of highlighting the image using the frame. The program itself recognizes the image, the rectangular selection area is set with one click. She can save the image on the computer’s hard drive, post it on screencast.com or put the image on the clipboard to paste it into the graphics editor. Using the program, you can create both simple pictures and screenshots in video format. This is useful when you need to produce instructions for users who are familiar with the computer. For the same purpose (creating a screenshot of the video), the free SnapaShot program serves.
Screenshots on the screen of android mobile devices
Owners of android smartphones also have the ability to take pictures from a computer monitor on their mobile devices. To do this, you must simultaneously press two buttons: power and return, decrease the volume and turn on the phone, or long press the "Recent Programs" button. In order to get a screenshot of the android screen, you can use the ADB program, which must be installed on the computer. It should recognize the android tablet, after which it can be removed from the screen.