Nowadays, communication via the Internet is becoming increasingly popular. It is safe to say that it takes first place in terms of convenience and popularity. This type of communication has become especially relevant for conversations with people who live or are located far from us. Thus, technology penetrates into our lives more and more deeply. Over time, people may no longer be able to conceive their day without a connection that provides access to information from around the world. Sometimes we ourselves also need to pass on some information to the interlocutor, for example, a screenshot. The reasons for this may be different: business correspondence or the need to send test results, show the type of your unfinished work in a photo editor, a fragment of a message sent via isq or skype. It is also sometimes necessary to urgently send a screenshot from a game or a separate paragraph from an unfinished text in a text editor. Be that as it may, sooner or later, any computer user wonders how to make a print screen of the screen.
Firmware
To take a screenshot is a very simple task that anyone, even a novice user, can handle. Different programs are used depending on the final goal and the type of frame that is required. Among them there are many universal utilities that allow you to take all kinds of pictures. Some add-ons for Windows, such as multibars, have built-in programs that allow you to take screenshots.
These include the "light" (in terms of functionality and space occupied on the hard drive) Ticno multibar. It contains the native Ticno Screenshoter add-on, which is simple and easy to use. The undoubted advantage that this printscreen program has is a quick and reliable operation and even more than an intuitive interface.
In addition, the program allows you to take pictures of the entire screen, and the selected area or only the currently active window. And it saves them to the desktop (if desired, the destination folder can be changed). Even a child can understand it. The downside is that not everyone will want to install the entire bar for the sake of this utility. It is more suitable for those who already have a Ticno multibar, but they did not have time to learn about all the functions. And also to those users who thought about installing it due to convenience.
Operating system programs
Another simple way to make a print screen of a screen should be known to all Windows users. Most modern keyboards have a special button in the upper right - PrtScr. Pressing this button saves the screenshot to the clipboard, after which you can open this same screenshot in any graphics editor (the simplest - Paint) and save. If you want an image of only the active window, then initially you should select it with one click and press the key combination from Alt and PrtScr. The smallest fragments that cannot be captured separately can simply be cut in the same editor and saved in the appropriate format.
Users of the seventh version of Windows, who do not know how to make a print-screen of their computer’s screen, will not hurt to remember the existence of a new utility called “Scissors”. The program is hidden so carefully in the menu of the operating system that many simply do not know about its existence. Nevertheless, the "Scissors" is made just in order to facilitate the work of users to save small fragments of the screen. Its plus is that the area with which the screenshot is taken can be arbitrarily selected. The program is located in the advanced menu at the very bottom. Next, you need to select the subsection "standard". In order not to search for it for too long, you can simply enter the name on the command line of the main menu - then the utility will be found automatically.
After starting this program, its menu should appear on the screen in a red frame, while the screen itself becomes translucent. All that the user now needs to do is simple manipulation. He will need to circle the desired area with a special cursor and save it in any of the proposed formats.
Special Utilities
Well, and, of course, in such a case, how to make a printscreen, special programs can help. There are a great many such utilities, so the user will have to make a choice in favor of this or that. All programs of this type are divided into installable and not requiring installation, paid and free. Many have advanced functionality for further work with screenshots. Such utilities are more suitable for professionals. The latter use snapshots in their work (for example, to create reviews). Other programs have a relatively simple interface and features. They are more suitable for taking a single screenshot or for visual explanation to a friend how to work with a particular program or customize the game.
These utilities include Screenshot Creator. This utility is distributed free of charge, but has functionality comparable in performance to many paid analogues. It allows you to take screenshots of both the entire computer screen and selected areas. Like many utilities, Screenshot Creator allows you to create snapshots of only active areas, in addition, it makes it possible to superimpose time and date signatures on top of the image. The latter greatly simplifies the subsequent sorting of screenshots. The program also supports automatic screenshots, continuous shooting and adding information exclusively to the clipboard. Screenshot Creator works with many graphic formats, and it also has open source code for making corrections if necessary. This convenient and easy-to-use utility is suitable for both beginners and professionals.