Preferences to Screen Capture Question.....

[SamIchi]

Whenever I take a screen capture, it makes it into a .pdf on my desktop. Is there a way to make it a .jpg and have it go into a seperate folder? Thanks Guys!

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

In 10.2 there was a hack that allowed you to choose format of screen captures...

In 10.3 this hack stopped working, and I don't know any way to change from pdf-format...

In 10.4 screen captures are saved in png, and I don't yet know if there's a hidden preference somewhere to change it...

I've not seen any hacks that changes the default save location from Desktop to elsewhere...

But you know you can, by holding the cmd-ctrl-shift-3/4 copy the screen capture to Clipboard and paste it directly into a suiting document of your choice...

 

[SamIchi]

In 10.2 there was a hack that allowed you to choose format of screen captures...

In 10.3 this hack stopped working, and I don't know any way to change from pdf-format...

In 10.4 screen captures are saved in png, and I don't yet know if there's a hidden preference somewhere to change it...

I've not seen any hacks that changes the default save location from Desktop to elsewhere...

But you know you can, by holding the cmd-ctrl-shift-3/4 copy the screen capture to Clipboard and paste it directly into a suiting document of your choice...

Ahh ic... Well that stinks. I got 10.3 so I guess I can't really do anythin' about it. I guess I'll keep doin it the way I've been doin'.

 

[Benjamin]

yeah 10.3 you can't hack it but i suggest you try out quickimageCM. http://www.pixture.com/macosx.php

i found it really handy when i had 10.3 http://www.pixture.com/img/screen-qicm-1.jpg

you could also make a action script for a folder that takes pdf and converts it to jpeg, but you would have to look that up.

 

[SamIchi]

yeah 10.3 you can't hack it but i suggest you try out quickimageCM. http://www.pixture.com/macosx.php

i found it really handy when i had 10.3 http://www.pixture.com/img/screen-qicm-1.jpg

you could also make a action script for a folder that takes pdf and converts it to jpeg, but you would have to look that up.

Hey Cool! Now I dont have to open up PS everytime... That was sucha bother. Thanks Guys!

 

[muadmz]

How to Change the File Format for Screen Capture in Mac OS X

Hi! I wrote an article regarding how to change the file format for screen capture. Hope this helps. Just check out the link!

http://www.ehow.com/how_4920116_screen-capture-mac-os-x.html