[MacDV] Screenshot to iMovie

[Derek Roff]

> Using Screenflow or Snapz Pro X, these are not screenshots, theses
> are movies of screen actions.

This is not necessarily true for Snapz Pro X.  You have to pay extra 
to get the capability of making movies of screen actions, and in that 
case, you still have the choice of capturing still images, in 
addition to movies.  I've never used Screenflow, but I suspect it 
also offers a choice between stills and movies.

In Tiger, and I presume in Leopard, you can change (at will) the 
default format used by OS X for screen captures.  Changing the 
default requires a single command typed into Terminal. (The new 
default is activated by logging out and back in, restarting, or 
typing a second command in terminal).  The method is explained at the 
URL below, as well as on other web sites.  The utility OnyX will 
allow changing the default, via a more graphical interface.

<http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X>
download OnyX: <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582>

It's possible that saving the screen captures directly in jpeg or 
another format would give Mats better results in iMovie than the png 
conversions that he has tried.  But I wouldn't be amazed if the 
results were similar.  For what it's worth, you can also convert 
image formats using Preview.  Open a screen shot or other image in 
Preview, and choose Save As from the File menu.  Within the Save As 
menu, you can choose between about a dozen still image formats, 
including jpeg, bmp, tiff, Photoshop, pdf, and others.

Derek


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