screenshot options

[flat6]

I find Apple-Shift-4 very useful, but is there any way to get it save as a JPG instead of a PDF?

[superbovine]

with photoshop

[iLikeMyiMac]

You could go to export in Preview.
Also for screenshots with text it is better to save it as a .png

[iGary]

Use Grab, it comes with OS X.

[dvdh]

Grab (found in Applications Menu) is also an option although I still prefer the export from Preview route, unless you have access to Photoshop.

edit: oops Gary beat me to it . . . :eek:

[flat6]

Grab seems to do TIFF, which is even more disheartening. I guess I'll just fire up Photoshop if there's not way to save directly as JPG.

[altair]

Use the export feature from preview like these guys are saying, tis easy.

open up the image in preview, go to file>export and it auto selects .jpg, and gives the option for a whole slew of other formats.

[cb911]

to even futher enhance your screenshot workflow in Preview... use this tip that i discovered...

if you want the whole screen just add ctrl to your usual key combo (cmd+shift+crtl+3) to capture the screenshot to the clipboard, then open Preview, and there's an option to make a new document from the clipboard. then just export.

no PDF file sitting on your desktop, the first file that is made is when you export the pic. i much prefer this way, then you're not deleting PDF's etc.

of course you can also add ctrl to the cmd+shift+4 combo, very handy. :D

[Makosuke]

I like cb911's method, since you can crop and select the exact format to save in, but there's a more universal alternative as well:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011027064656792&query=choose+format+screenshot

This tip is from 2001, so it may not work in newer versions of OSX, but it's worth a try.

If you're too lazy to click, it tells you to type this line in the terminal, replacing [imageFormat] with PNG, JPEG, or whatever:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat [imageFormat]

[imac abuser]

I like grab also except I wish there was a faster way to have it up and ready to grab.

[cb911]

wow, thanks for that link Makosuke... :D

now only if there was some way to set the default compression for when you're saving as a JPEG... and you could just take a screenshot and it's ready for the web - no need to open the pic and make any adjustments! :D now that would be nice.

[dotnina]

You could also try "Folder Actions." Tell the folder to convert any TIFFs in there to JPGs. Then, whenever you want a screenshot as a JPG, stick the .tiff in there, and ta-da: instant JPG. :)

Edit: Here's a little thread from last week. :)

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=99696

[cb911]

nice. :cool: i've seen those 'folder actions' in the menu - but never knew you could do those kind of things with it... if you do any small conversions frequently, perhaps this could end up being faster than even a Action/batch process in Photoshop?

[advres]

You could also try "Folder Actions." Tell the folder to convert any TIFFs in there to JPGs. Then, whenever you want a screenshot as a JPG, stick the .tiff in there, and ta-da: instant JPG. :)

Edit: Here's a little thread from last week. :)

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=99696

Holy Cow!!! I never really investigated folder actions before either. This is great news considering I have to take screenshots a few times a day and send them via email. This is gonna save me so much time!!!!!

Thanks DOT!!!! :D