Need screen capture software for Mac

Ronald Epstein · 02-27-2007, 09:56 AM

I understand Mac OS X comes with a built-in screen capture.
I forgot the function, but I think it's CTRL + one of the F keys.

I have only played around with it once and from memory,
it took only a photo of my entire screen.

I need something a little more refined....

I need a program where I can capture a specific area of
something I am working on within my desktop. Perhaps a
photo image, perhaps a portion of a webpage or just a picture
of something happening somewhere on my screen.

Windows had a great program called SNAGIT that I was
able to map out exactly what elements of my desktop I wanted
captured.

What program does this for the Mac?

Thanks in advance!

Rhoq · 02-27-2007, 11:47 AM

Command + Shift + 3 is the full-screen capture you are talking about.

Try pressing Command + Shift + 4, this should be what you're looking for to capture only specific regions of your screen.

Also if, by-chance, you're looking to take a screen-cap of a DVD, Apple will not allow you do it with the the MacOS X DVD Player. Instead, you'd need to play the DVD through VLC.

Ted Todorov · 02-27-2007, 12:05 PM

Hi Ron,

The program you are looking for is Grab -- it is in the Applications:Utilities folder.

Ted

Patrick Mason · 02-27-2007, 12:18 PM

Hi Ron,

If you really want the most feature-rich and easy to use screen capture utility out there, you can spring for SnapzPro X:

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

This is a little closer to SNAGIT in terms of the amount of control you can have, but also like SNAGIT you have to pay a little extra for it.

Andrew Pratt · 02-27-2007, 02:15 PM

Ron also as a former windows user remember that unlike Windows when you do a screen grab using Cmd Shift 3 or 4 it dumps the PNG file to your desktop not to the clipboard. Took me awhile to figure that one out

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Christian Behrens · 02-27-2007, 02:33 PM

Personally, I use the free utility SnapNDrag. Does all I need from a screenshot utility.

-Christian

Michael_K_Sr · 02-27-2007, 06:56 PM

SnapzPro X kicks ass. I've been using it for years and the version that includes full motion capture has proven invaluable.

Scott Kimball · 03-04-2007, 09:12 AM

I also recommend Snapz Pro X. It will also capture Apple DVD Player output. It is the best one out there for Mac...

-Scott