$(cpicName) Help - Screen Capture <#if win>

A screen capture is like a snapshot of your computer's screen, which you can save as a graphics file on your computer. Using you can capture your screen at any time and save it as an image. You can then use all of 's powerful imaging features such as crop, rotate and resize to get the effect you desire. | -->

How To Perform Screen Captures You can perform a screen capture with running or without. Instructions will be given for both methods.

With Running

1. | Press the PrintScreen key to capture a copy of the entire screen surface. You may also press Alt+PrintScreen to capture only the current window.
2. | displays the image as it would any other graphic file. You can crop, rotate, invert, flip, adjust and save the file as you would any other graphic. See image editing for more information on these features.

If is Not Running

1. | Press the PrintScreen key to capture a copy of the entire screen surface. You may also press Alt+PrintScreen to capture only the current window.
2. | Open .
3. | Press Ctrl+V or select Paste from the Edit menu.
4. | displays the image as it would any other graphic file. You can crop, rotate, invert, flip, adjust and save the file as you would any other graphic. See image editing for more information on these features.

Disabling Screen Capture
To disable 's screen capture utility, use the checkbox in the Miscellaneous Options window.

<#elseif mac>

A screen capture is like a snapshot of your computer's screen, which you can save as a graphics file on your computer. Using your Macintosh, you can capture a copy of your screen and save it as an image. You can then use all of 's powerful imaging features such as crop, rotate and resize to get the effect you desire. | -->

How To Perform Screen Captures To use a screen capture in :

1. | Press Command+Shift+3. A snapshot of your screen will be taken and saved in the root of your hard drive.
2. | Using , look in the root of your hard drive for the screen capture (it will normally be named 'Picture 1'). Simply double click this file to being using it.

<#endif> Related Topics

- Image Editing
- Miscellaneous Options