ScreenShots

[maradong]

Howdy all,
all i want to know is how to do a screenshot to a tiff image without export or import or anythin, just hit cmd-shift-3 and make an image rather than a pdf, if that is possible, what i really hope.

thx.
bob

[Marble]

You could pick up Snapz Pro X from Ambrosia Software. It's a great screen capture utility that can do lots more (Quicktime movie capture, DVD capture, etc.). If all you want is a .tiff, I've heard that the Grab utility that comes with Mac OS X does this by default. I haven't tried it, though.

[janey]

snapz pro sucks for movies. and if the screenshot only needs to be in tiff format, just use Grab. there's no point in paying $30 for Snapz Pro when what you need comes with the OS.

[maradong]

actually all i want is that when i press cmd-shift-3 it makes a tiff and not, as at the moment a tiff. is that possible ? I certainly can use grab, but that is not really practical, as sometimes i have to make screenshots immediatly, and if grab is in the dock and i have to open it, click where and what i want, it s not really useful.
I don t want to export the images of the pdf, the loss in quality is just to big.
;-)

[jimthorn]

As far as I know, you could only change the file type in OS X 10.1 and before. OS X 10.2 uses Quartz for that operation, and can only capture in PDF. Now one thing that might help is adding ctrl to your keystroke, which captures to the clipboard instead of a file, as in:

cmd-ctrl-shift-3

Then paste into whatever app you want.

[iJon]

get snapz, its shareware and you can select what format and still use your key combination.

iJon

[Nermal]

Or you could open the pdf in Preview and export it to tiff. There might be some quality loss if you do this though.

[maradong]

i think i ll get snapz.
thx for the help people.