Grab file format

[lamina]

Is there a way to change the default file format for Grab? Who uses .tiff anyway!?

 

[killmoms]

Why not just use OS X's built-in screenshot ability? It uses PNG in Tiger, and can be changed through some strange plist thing somewhere, but I prefer PNG anyway.

 

[hanschien]

Command + Shift + 3 takes a screen shot and save as .png on your desktop

Command + Shift + 4 lets you select an area

Command + Shift + 4, Space bar lets you select an individual window

 

[eb6]

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18695

EDIT: i win

 

[pknz]

I think .tiff is used in design as it doesn't lose much in the way of quality.

 

[hanschien]

Command + Shift + 3 takes a screen shot and save as .png on your desktop

Command + Shift + 4 lets you select an area

Command + Shift + 4, Space bar lets you select an individual window

Add in the Control key to copy the each one to your clipboard. Then paste it into your favorite program.

 

[lamina]

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18695

EDIT: i win

You DO win. Thanks. I wanted jpg. I should have been more specific.

Thanks everyone.

 

[jeremy.king]

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18695

EDIT: i win

Does this actually change Grab's file format??? I don't think it does - so I don't think you win (I could be wrong). It looks to be a GUI that wraps the command to change ScreenCaptures format.

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type image_format

where image_format can be tiff, png, jpg, pdf, etc...

 

[Blue Velvet]

Who uses .tiff anyway!?

Heh. Rarely use anything else.

 

[MatthewConnelly]

Command + Shift + 3 takes a screen shot and save as .png on your desktop

Command + Shift + 4 lets you select an area

Command + Shift + 4, Space bar lets you select an individual window

Thanks for that, you have just saved me a lot of time!

 

[MobiusStrip]

"Why not just use OS X's built-in screenshot ability?"

Because it relies on typically obscure, unmarked Apple hotkey combos that nobody remembers. Meanwhile, every other vendor has a PrtScrn key on their keyboards.

Then again, Apple can't figure out how to put a real Delete key on their keyboards either.

 

[miles01110]

Because it relies on typically obscure, unmarked Apple hotkey combos that nobody remembers. Meanwhile, every other vendor has a PrtScrn key on their keyboards.

As I usually tell people when they complain about having minimum security requirements for passwords: User inability to remember a password or key combination is not a system fault.

 

[killmoms]

"Why not just use OS X's built-in screenshot ability?"

Because it relies on typically obscure, unmarked Apple hotkey combos that nobody remembers. Meanwhile, every other vendor has a PrtScrn key on their keyboards.

Then again, Apple can't figure out how to put a real Delete key on their keyboards either.

Wow, you necro’d a three year old thread just to complain about Apple keyboards? Class in a glass right there. Also, I seem to have a forward-delete key on my wired keyboard...

Troll-tastic.

 

[MobiusStrip]

As I usually tell people when they complain about having minimum security requirements for passwords: User inability to remember a password or key combination is not a system fault.

Nice strawman. Passwords are not functions of the OS or computer, and thus are not printed on the keyboard. Screen-capture, however, is a standard function printed on a keyboard. Apple, who prides itself on user-friendliness, buries this in a three-key shortcut that isn't marked anywhere.

I seem to have a forward-delete key on my wired keyboard...

Have fun carrying that around with your laptop.

 

[HappyJoe]

The dead still walk...

Even though the OP got an answer that suited him, the question is still unanswered:
Is there a way to change the default file format for Grab?

I still don't know.