[X Newbies] Screenshots

Diego Terneus dtern at earthlink.net
Tue May 6 09:07:39 PDT 2003


On 5/6/03 7:40, "George H-S" <volvodriver7 at mac.com> wrote:

> On 5/5/03 10:04 PM, "Florin Alexander Neumann" <alexn at ica.net> wrote:
> 
>> Am I missing something here? Why aren't you taking screen shots with
>> Grab.app (who should be lurking in your Applications/Utilities folder)?
>> It's quite versatile and it saves as TIFF -- which should pose no
>> problems for Photoshop or any other self-respecting graphics tool.
> 
> Perhaps someone can shed some light on why the selections for Grab under
> Services are always grayed-out?  I have no problem getting screenshots using
> Grab from the utilities applications or using Shift Command 3 (Shift Command
> 4 gives me a file that won't open).  I've tried highlighting, selecting-all
> but the Grab services stay grayed-out.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Snapz Pro X, I know it cost more than
Grab, which is free, but it does so much more, and it saves in several
formats. I tried it when it came bundled with my powerbook, and have used it
wver since.



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