Screen Capture Utility

Does anyone know of a good screen capture utility for the TouchPad?
Thanks!
I found a thread answering this at: http://forums.hpwebos.com/t5/HP-TouchPad-Software-Hardware/How-to-collect-a-Screen-Capture-on-a-Touc...
Woohoo

Well now that we have that out of the way
What other tools have people found?

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Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
joan

Hi Alex,
I don't quite understand.
Are you suggesting a way to get the snapshots from the server generating the image and not as an end user who opens the application and trys snapping from the Internet Explorer browser window?
I'll need to be more specific when communicating with the developer. Can you provide a little more direction?
Thank you!
:-) joan

Change Default Screen Capture Format from PNG to JPG

I'm running Mac OS 10.4.8 on a G5 Duo Core (Power PC). Up until about 10.4.1, my screen captures (Apple-Shift-4) would result in a PDF file. Then they started coming out as PNG files. I would strongly prefer that they default to jpg files, since I typically change the PNG files to JPG.
Can anyone tell me how to change the default for screen captures from PNG format to jpg format?
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Download and use Screenshots Preference Pane:
http://www.ego-systems.com/Products/screenshotsprefpane.html
It's free and easy, gives you about a dozen options on how to save the shot and allows you to change where it's saved to.
I also use Capture Me:
http://www.chimoosoft.com/captureme.html
Best screen capture utility I've tried, you can save each screen shot in any format you want or have it go. It also works as a great picture sticky because the windows floats above other windows. It's also free,
Kevin
http://www.bearbyte.blogspot.com/

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.
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PC Video screen capture for AE importing?

Does anybody know of a good screen capturing utility for the PC that I can import the files of into AE?
Currently Im using Camstudio but the results Im getting are very poor and when I import them into AE it doesnt handle them very well at all (very choppy play back - very choppy indeed)
I use Snapz at home on my mac which works perfectly - but I dont know of anything as good for the PC :(
any help would be much appreciated - many thanks!
Nick

ok- ive got the demo of camtasia - its good, but I think perhaps im asking too much of it. Im trying to capture quite large flash websites, but it always ends up quite jerky :(
One of the sites Im trying to grab is www.playhousedisney.co.uk but im not having much luck :(
Does anybody know of any hardware accelerated way of grabbing websites like this without any frame loss or jerkiness?
thanks again for all your help!
N

Screen capture beyond boundary (without adding URL addresses)

Hi,
I want to screen capture - completely - a single website
page that includes an out-of-bounds area,
BUT I cannot use software that asks you to place a specific URL into it's capture facility.
Does such a screen capture utility exist?
I've found lots of screen capture questions
when doing message search, but I can't seem to find an answer to this specific question.
Thank you,
Rod

Look at these links.
"Screen Capture" a Whole Web Page on Mac OS X
http://www.peterme.com/archives/000115.html
Take Screen Capture of Webpages in FirefoxPaparazzi! - Grab screenshots of an entire web page
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060712064929281
Capture full Web page screenshots with Paparazzi!
http://creativebits.org/capturefull_web_pages_withpaparazzi
Take Screen Capture of Webpages in Firefox
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/12/take-screen-capture-of-webpages in.html
 Cheers, Tom

Changing Default Screen Capture Format in ARD 3.3

Does anyone know how to change the default screen capture format in ARD from PNG to JPG?
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http://www.ego-systems.com/Products/screenshotsprefpane.html
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I also use Capture Me:
http://www.chimoosoft.com/captureme.html
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Kevin
http://www.bearbyte.blogspot.com/

Screen capture software?

My job just became more mobile so they bought me this new
souped up laptop to handle my new challenges...I've always used
Roboscreencapture as my screenshot utility (more versatile than the
Captivate screenshot solution), however it's not only discontinued,
but seemingly no longer available anywhere even as free-ware....So
that brings me to my question - What are you using as a screenshot
solution, for when Captivate's screen-capture utility will not do?
If you're aware of a decent freeware solution for a temporary
basis, please share...

quote:
Originally posted by:
Captiv8r
Captivate is WAY beyond simple "Screen Capture Software".
Much more.
Personally, I'm very fond of TechSmith's "SnagIt". But it
will set you back about $40. The up side is that it's totally worth
it.
Cheers... Rick
I can vouch for both those suggestions :)
Cheers
Rossco

Nokia E7 - Screen capture function

Hi
can you guys perhaps create a Nokia screen capture utility?

S8R007 wrote:
can you guys perhaps create a Nokia screen capture utility?
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Quicktime screen capture area size limit?

I really like the video screen capture capability of Quicktime, and especially the selectable area in the new OS. BUT, when I try to use it, and try to drag out a small capture area (a couple of hundred pixels), as soon as I complete the drag, the box suddenly gets bigger. As if there is a minimum size for the capture box, and I'm trying to command a smaller capture box than that. It won't let me do that, but defaults to a larger box. I can't make the box any smaller. I've never heard about this. Is this really true? If so, why would there be a minimum size of the box??

So if I want to capture a smaller piece of screen video, I have to capture 240x480, and then go into another application to crop it. Just doesn't make any sense.
You can do that if you want.
You can also update your system to Mavericks which I am using and which does not seem to have this limitation. Here is the QT 7 inspector window for a 72x34 pixel screen capture I just made:
And here is how the clip displays in the QT 7 player:
Here is the QT X v10.3 "Inspector" window:
And here is how the clip looks in the QT X v10.3 player:
As a fellow user, I have no idea as to why there are recording/playback limitations. If you feel so strongly about the matter, then you should send product feedback regarding the matter.
If upgrading your OS is out of the question, then a third possible workflow option would be to purchase a commercial screen capture utility having the capabilities and features you require.
When I try to select a smaller box, the capture box snaps out to 240x480. I can't capture a frame smaller than that. It simply won't let me. All those numbers sound pretty arbitrary, BTW. Whyever are there these 350/240/480 limits? One might think that if the playback limit was an arbitrary 350 pixels for some reason, the capture limit would be the same. But no.
Once again I have no knowledge as to the significance of the recording and/or playback limitations or why they vary between your system and mine. Unfortunately, Apple is not known for providing such information to users regarding the technical specifications, why they were implemented, and/or why they change.

Any way to "grab" (or other screen shot utility) directly to PDF?

I need to repeatedly capture just part of a screen window and save as a PDF file. Right now, I use the "grab" utility, but it only seems to save it as a TIFF file. Then I have to use "preview" to open that TIFF file and resave again as a PDF.
Is there any way to save my partial screen capture just once as a PDF instead of going through my current 2-step process? Possibly saving to JPEG may also work too.
Thanks!

TinkerTool will allow you to change the type of file that the default screenshot utility produces. Applications like Skitch give you more dynamic control over the format and destination of every screenshot you take.

How to get a custom screen capture size smaller than my slide size

Hi,
I'm trying to capture a fixed sized screen on my computer (a softphone) for use in a youtube hd size format training video. I can't seem to figure out how to customize the size of my screen capture so it fits only around the phone and leaves me blank space on my slides. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Nikkie

Hi there
This should be simple. From Captivate, when you set it up to record you simply define an area there.
Or are you possibly saying you cannot consistently get a size set so that you can record many different projects perhaps over several days? If that's the case, perhaps you need to investigate using something like the freeware Sizer utility to configure things a bit.
Click here to visit the Sizer page
Cheers... Rick

No audio on screen capture

has it been resolved yet why there is no sound when you use screen capture? i wanted to take some youtube videos and put them together, but i also want the sound.

I can't help but wonder why they even botherd making the video recording software if they diidn't include audio .
I tend to consider such features add-ons because to appeal to novice users because the features are incomplete as far as functonality is concerned or too dependent on the CPU power of the platform on which it is used. This is why I tend to use dedicated import and/or screen capture applications. Normally, I would recommend using an app like Snapz Pro X from Ambrosia ($69) but they too are having problems updating or replacing their audio "kernel extension" following system audio changes made in the Lion OS release. ScreenFlow ($99) is another good screen capture app but it includes a number of editing features that many users do not want or for which they are not willing to pay such a high price. I personally amd looking at what, for me, is a new app listed in an article URL posted by QTKirk. The app is called Screenflick and lists for $29. I am interested in it because they claim you can tap into user events like key presses (e.g., use of keyboart shortcuts) and highlight/include them in your captures. (I.e., this would be very handy for the makie of "quickie" tutorials.) In any event, I have not tried this app so I can't yet recommend it based on personal use... but it might be worthing looking at if you plan to purchase such a utility. (And yes, it does claim to support the audio capture of both system audio and/or a user selectable mic source.)

Screen capture and PNG format?

Hi,
When I use the screen capture feature (SHIFT  4) I always get a *.PNG file. Is there a way to setup the screen capture to a JPG file format as default?
Thanks

I dont think so. I know that the Grab utility can save as TIFF, but I am not aware of it being able to save as JPEG.
However I believe that you can use Preview to export the screen image to a JPEG file. However this is not exactly what you want.
I know OSX has some frustrating features, and in some areas and ways I miss OS 9. But then again screen capture to JPEG was not available in OS 9 without third party software.

Screen capture function (Shift-Command-3 or 4) doesn't work

When I try to do a screen capture using the built-in utility, I hear the camera-click, but then get an error message saying the capture couldn't be completed because of this error: "unable to create type string". How do I fix this?
Note: I normally use Grab, but find having to convert tiffs to jpg/png annoying; I was hoping to use the built-in screen grab instead.
This problem has been happening for months, through many boots/reboots. I've repaired permissions to no avail. Any ideas?
Thx!

Lyssa is correct try restarting the Mac first, I always assume that users do this to try to fix anomalies.
Creating a new user is fairly easy and non disruptive to the Mac or the way you log in. You can simply delete the user when finished troubleshooting or keep it for later troubleshooting.
To create a new account (just to let you know how to do it).
1. Open Sys/Prefs/Account (yes accounts sorry I was thinking Tiger OS).
2. Click on the Lock at the bottom left of the window.
3. Put in your password (which should be the admin account).
4. Now the + add user button should no longer be greyed out, select the + button.
5. Give the user a name, shortname, and password. Then press Create Account.
6. Select the Keep Automatic Login when prompted.
7. Exit out of Sys/Prefs
Now to log in to the user, go to the blue Apple menu at top left corner of Desktop, Select Log off "User". You'll be prompted with a log in selection screen. Select the newly created user, enter the password then test the Screen shots.
To delete the user.
1. Open Sys/Prefs/Accounts
2. Unlock as you did previously.
3. Select the newly created user then press the - Delete User button.
4. When prompted, select the "Delete the home folder" option then press OK. And your done.
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