leopard window screenshots adding drop shadow

[Sharewaredemon]

something i noticed leopard does now, probably in the .2 update.

As cool as it is, I don't like not having the option to turn this on/off.

I know there are workarounds, but I love the ability to hit command shift 4, then space, then click a window without having to drag a crosshair.

Any ideas on disabling it?

 

[HLdan]

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something i noticed leopard does now, probably in the .2 update.

As cool as it is, I don't like not having the option to turn this on/off.

I know there are workarounds, but I love the ability to hit command shift 4, then space, then click a window without having to drag a crosshair.

Any ideas on disabling it?

It's always been that way. I have posted a couple of screenshots from my Leopard desktop back in 10.5 and 10.5.1 and it's always shown a drop shadow. Why does it matter about the drop shadow when just creating screenshots?

Did you make a mistake on your second line saying that you DON'T like having the option to turn it off/on? Did you mean you DO want the option? At any rate there's no option.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

i would like to be able to toggle it on and off.

I guess i never noticed the drop shadow until recently.


thanks for the quick reply.

i used a double negative in my op.

"don't like not having the option"

 

[HLdan]

I know this is OT but are you a skateboarder? Is that you in the video?

 

[Sharewaredemon]

yes i'm a skater, no that's not me, i was filming.

why do you want to know?

if you want to discuss this further, feel free to pm me.

 

[netnothing]

To turn off the dropshadow in screenshots for Leopard:

From Mac OS X Hints:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080629181121863

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

To make the changes take effect, logout and login, or restart SystemUIServer (killall SystemUIServer).

-Kevin

 

[Tallest Skil]

To turn off the dropshadow in screenshots for Leopard:

From Mac OS X Hints:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080629181121863



-Kevin

This is from March. I'll bet he doesn't care anymore/found the answer.

 

[netnothing]

This is from March. I'll bet he doesn't care anymore/found the answer.

And?

Suddenly no one else would ever want to find the answer.

The 2 posts I came across were number 1 and 2 in a Google search result for me trying to find the answer. Neither post had the answer, yet they were the first 2 I clicked on in Google.

So now, I gave the answer, hoping to help others.

Maybe I should take your approach and just move on next time. Sorry to offend you.

-Kevin

 

[Sharewaredemon]

oh man!

thanks for posting that reply dude, I got an email notification that someone replied in my thread and was very surprised. Glad it was actually relevant.

I figured you came upon this thread in a google search because of either mroogle, or just plain google being very favorable to this site.