How to take screen shots?

[webustaad]

Dear webmasters!

I hope you all are fine and in good health. Can anyone tell me how can I take screen shots for tutorials? The Print Screen button prints whole screen and I only want to print the active window/dialogue box.

[EBear]

On a PC: Alt-PrtSc

[MrSpeed]

Try to find a product called snagit.
All kinds of input/output options. Works like a champ.

[edit_g]

Ctrl-print screen works.

[macrost]

a tool that I really like is called hypersnap dx-5. google for that and download. You will really like it!
Mac

[atadams]

snagit works pretty well for me.

[dmorison]

Just to clarify - on the PC:

Control+PrintScreen = Full Screen

Alt+PrintScreen = Active Window

The screen shot is copied to the clip board, which you can then paste into whatever you want.

[mack]

go to the screen you want to capture. Press "prt scr" then open up your chosen imaging package and select paste. The screen capture should be passed to your imaging application.

Mack.

[amoore]

I typically use "xwd -root ¦ xwdtopnm ¦ pnmtopng"
Then I cut it down with gimp if I need to.

[Robert Charlton]

I've been using Paint Shop Pro for screen capture. You can select the area you want to capture and edit and tweak the file right in PSP, or import to a Photoshop file or a gif or whatever.

[berli]

apple+shift+4

SnapsPro for DVDs

hehe

[snowman]

Yup. On just about any Mac:

Command (or Apple) + Shift + 4 gives you selective control over what the shot looks like.

For a quick, full screen capture, it's Command (or Apple) + Shift + 3.

Both times you're greeted with a neat Camera sound to signify your success.

The resulting file is stored in the root of your Mac's hard drive, in a PICT format.