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macOS Screenshot Shortcuts, File Format, and Save Location Settings

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:00:26 +0000

One of the reasons I like the Mac is that it comes with many useful built-in features, such as screenshots and image editing. Windows has these features too, but they’re pretty much useless, so you end up installing a bunch of apps anyway. Today I’ll show you that Mac OS already has a very powerful screenshot feature! You can even set where screenshots are saved, their format, and more!

[Ubuntu] A Handy Screenshot Tool with Chinese Language Support - Shutter

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:30:25 +0000

When I write articles on Windows and need to capture the screen, I usually use FSCapture. But lately I have been writing some articles about Ubuntu, and I need to take screenshots for them. Ubuntu has a built-in screenshot function, but honestly it is very inconvenient. It doesn't save automatically, and the image format is always PNG. For someone like me who is used to FSCapture, that is hard to get used to. So I asked a netizen online whether there was any other screenshot software. A netizen nicknamed Sanmiao Wei recommended Shutter and even sent me a link (thank you~). Then I found out that the site Brother Wei sent me happens to be run by a friend of mine XDD. What a coincidence~

Picpick Editor Tutorial (Drawing Lines, Resizing, Mosaic)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:29:26 +0000

In this post, I’m writing a tutorial on the Picpick editor, because it’s really excellent. It has basic features like rotating, drawing lines, and resizing, as well as some more advanced ones. It’s practically comparable to GIMP! The new version of Picpick also has a completely redesigned editor interface that looks very Windows 7-like. So let me walk you through the Picpick editor.

FastStone Capture v5.3 - Free Screenshot Tool (With a Complete Tutorial)

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:25:03 +0000

FSCapture is a very good screenshot program. It's small but mighty, as you can see from the screenshots. This site's personal top pick for a screenshot program is also FSCapture. Besides being tiny, it supports many capture methods and has a built-in editor (though not as powerful as PicPick's editor). FSCapture can also add a watermark automatically when taking screenshots. On top of these features, FSCapture has one thing PicPick doesn't: it can name image files automatically. In PicPick, you have to name every file by hand each time you save, which is a hassle. In FSCapture v5.3, however, you can set up a file name template first.

(The latest version of PicPick now supports file name templates too.)