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Old September 17th, 2003, 03:49 AM
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Screen Shots in other format than PDF

Does some1 know a way to have screen sgots saved in other format than PDF ?

Third party softwares does not satisfy me so I'm looking for a way to change it in the system.

I tried with Snapz Pro X, works fine but does not really want to pay 50$ for a screen shot :s. There was also this control panel (sry forgot the name), but I was never able to change scree, shots format.

Thanks a lot in adavnce.
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Old September 17th, 2003, 04:12 AM
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Hey there Smash,
this little app is excellent and it is free:
check it out.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16252

I'm using it all the time


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Old September 17th, 2003, 04:33 AM
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Why not using the free screenshot tool from apple (just have the german term ) and than change the format with any photoediting-tool? Graphicconverter for example...
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Old September 17th, 2003, 04:43 AM
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What tool from Apple ?
Screenshots made by OSX are in PDf format by default. I f you want to make them pictures, u have to go by Acrobat than export it to image than only you can edit them with GC, that I'm using all the time btw.
Problems are the time and the quality: far too long process for a screenshot and quality is really too bad.

Tha's why I want to have something else than Apple one !
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Old September 17th, 2003, 05:02 AM
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Iris, I'm trying your lil Soft right now.
Yeah that's not bad at all ... but one or two things i don't like: Soft must be running to use Key combinaison ! Or I've missed something
So you have to first open the soft, then you can use Keys :/.
Lil menu in bar is nice but it keeps the Soft open after usage.

Any ways to avoid these ? any tips of use ?

Thx in advance
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I´m using Grab (Utilities folder in the Applications folder) and with this I can save (only) in TIFF format...

and it is free.
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Old September 17th, 2003, 05:26 AM
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Yup! Grab'it was what I was talking about.
Follow lumikkos advice and if tiff is not satisfying you, than change in any other editing software...
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No other utilities needed... Just take the screenshot in PDF format and then double click on it... Preview.app will open... Select File menu and then Export... From there you can chose MANY image formats from the Format: option...

Enjoy!

PS. If Preview.app does not open when you double click the .pdf files CTRL(control)+Click any .pdf file and select Get Info... From there select the Open With and set the .pdf files to use the Preview.app and then click Change All... If you want so!
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