Screen Capture File Format

Does anyone know a way to change the default file format in the Mac OS screen capture utility to a different format other than PNG? Thanks.

cbenham wrote:
Does anyone know a way to change the default file format in the Mac OS screen capture utility to a different format other than PNG? Thanks.
There are two default screen capture mechanisms in Leopard:
The direct ⌘ shortcut, and the application, grab.
I presume you are referring to the ⌘ shortcuts since the default for grab is tiff
⌘-Shift-3 = Screen
⌘-Shift-4 = Selection
⌘-Shift-4 + Spacebar = Window
To change the format, in a terminal enter
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type image_format
where "image_format" can be
tiff
jpg
pdf
and possibly others.
When using the terminal, you are on your own and if you are unfamiliar with it, be very careful.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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