How to become a god screenshots in OS X. Part 2

In his Guide for making screenshots on a MacArtem Kozoriz gave extensive information on this topic. Indeed, knowing all the above keyboard shortcuts, you can quickly and easily "take pictures" not only to any area of ​​the screen, but many individual objects, such as a window or the menu bar. But outside of that article nevertheless remain some nuances: they are not so significant, but knowing them, you will further simplify the process of creating for themselves screenshots alone regular means of OS X.

Moving the selection area for a screenshot

Remember shortcut ⌘⌥4, which It allows you to select an arbitrary rectangular area screenshot? If you want to accurately adjust the selection size for a particular area of ​​the screen, It will help you key ⇧Which allows you to record a height or width of the selected area - this you also know.

But it is possible to correct allocation size, and if you miss with its location? Do not rush to press esc to deselect - instead of this hold down the spacebar

and move the mouse selection, aligning the top left corners of the screen and highlight the site, a screenshot that you want to do. After that there is only fit the size of the selection and release the mouse button - a screenshot is ready.

Decomposition of windows on the individual components of the combination

Open any program to edit what some files, for example, TextEdit. Create a new file, click ⌘S keys to bring up the panel save the file.

Now press the key combination to create a screenshot of the window - ⌘⇧4Probel. You see, OS X is highlighted and TextEdit window, and the panel to save the file as if it were one whole object. In fact, this "object" can be broken by as much as five parts: TextEdit window shade panel preservation, its background, the main elements of its interface and a separate drop-down list select the format.

When in the creation of a screenshot of the selected window, hold down ⌘ and move your mouse over one of the above-mentioned objects - the system will allocate that object, leaving the rest ignored. and release the mouse ⌘ Make click. You can check what you end up with a screenshot.

Instant publishing screenshots to the Web via Dropbox

Perhaps you already use Dropbox service, but still do not know about one of its useful secondary functions. The fact that "Dropboks" allows you to transfer screenshots from your desktop (the default location where OS X saves screenshots) in a special folder, at the same time putting the clipboard a link to the public just filmed screenshot.

To enable this feature in the client program Dropbox settings window, the tab ImportTick Share screenshots via Dropbox. Now see how it all works:

1. You shoot one of the screenshot you have already known ways.
2. Screenshot momentarily appears on the desktop.
3. Dropbox instantly transfers the full screenshot in a folder ~ / Dropbox / Screenshots and automatically synchronize with the server file.
4. Dropbox copy public link to the latest screenshots and shows the notification of conformity.

Now ⌘V keys, you can insert a link to a screenshot anywhere: in an email, text message, the forum post - and send the link to those for whom you made a screenshot. And all those who will receive this link will be able to look at this screenshot via their web browser (and if you want to download it to yourself).

Remapping keys for creating screenshots

In my opinion, if the screen shots have to do often, a combination of ⌘⇧3 and ⌘⇧4 more complicated for quick and easy operation. Especially in combination with a key for placing ^ screenshot clipboard OS X, and not on the desktop. But who prevents to assign these functions more simple keyboard shortcuts?

I work for a desktop Mac, because the keys F5 and F6 I not busy (alas, on Apple laptops assigned to them glow keyboard brightness feature setting). So I open the "System Settings", loadable modules Keyboard, Turn on the tab Keyboard shortcuts, Choose a category screenshots and reassign the keys to all four teams as follows:

1. Save the screen image as a file - F5
2. Copy the screen image to the clipboard - ^F5
3. Save image of the selected area as a file - F6
4. Copy the image of the selected area to the clipboard - ^F6

That's all the case. So much easier to work: instead of three is not very convenient location of the keys you need to press only one. Note that when you press F5 and F6 do not even need to press the fn key, since Apple desktop keyboards, these keys do not perform any multimedia features.

Of course, this recommendation is not quite fit the MacBook owners: they just need to press F5 and F6 together with the fn key, so as not to touch the keyboard backlight. But instead of these keys, you can come up with other combinations that will be more convenient standard for you. For example, ^Z and ^X - quite convenient option?

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If you know some are even less well-known techniques of shooting screenshots on Macs, which we Artem not remember - share your experiences in the comments.