OS 10.5 - Take screen shots as jpg

Ricky55 · Ricky55 #1 (**permalink**)

01-16-2008, 04:41 AM

Only had my mac a few months and I've just discovered apple shift 4 to get screen grabs how cool is this little feature!

This is really handy for me to show my boss my work as I'm designing but my boss uses a PC and he prefers jpgs rather pngs which is understandable for the PC.

My question is,
Is there a way of getting my mac to save screen grabs as jpgs rather pngs by default?

I'm just finding that I have to open then in preview and resave which is kinda spoiling the feature a bit.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Ricky55

knightlie · knightlie #2 (**permalink**)

01-16-2008, 05:03 AM

I'm sure there's a setting for this but I can't find it. You can always load the PNGs into Preview and save them as JPGs.

Edit: Okay, you already are.

Fallooza · Fallooza #3 (**permalink**)

01-16-2008, 05:06 AM

tinker tool has a setting for this.

bobtomay · bobtomay #4 (**permalink**)

01-16-2008, 05:26 AM

Or you can open up terminal and type in:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

you can change jpg to jpeg, tiff, etc.

But Tinker tool looks pretty cool, think I'll check that out.

rogerinlondon · rogerinlondon #5 (**permalink**)

01-16-2008, 05:50 AM

Or get Skitch on www.skitch.com. With that you also very easily do nice effects such as highlights in the screen shot.

Ricky55 · Ricky55 #6 (**permalink**)

01-16-2008, 02:44 PM

Thanks I thought they would be a way.

I use the terminal method,

thanks

again

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #7 (**permalink**)

01-16-2008, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallooza

tinker tool has a setting for this.

So does Onyx.

Ricky55 · Ricky55 #8 (**permalink**)

01-17-2008, 04:08 AM

bobtomay that worked mate thanks.

Just one other thing, is there a way of getting Leopard to save the jpg's with their extension?

I know I can easily add these but it makes things easier if they are already on.

Its just that I'm sending them to PC's users.

Thanks again mate

Ricky55

MacRealm · MacRealm #9 (**permalink**)

01-17-2008, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricky55

Just one other thing, is there a way of getting Leopard to save the jpg's with their extension?

Doesn't Leopard hide the file extension? Or am I on the wrong lines. Anyways, thanks for the terminal and tinker tips, I used

Code:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

and it worked a treat!

Ricky55 · Ricky55 #10 (**permalink**)

01-17-2008, 07:23 AM

No Leopard doesn't hide extensions you can see them.

Is there a way of getting screen shots to be saved with the extension automatically? Do you know Bobtomay?

RiDE · RiDE #11 (**permalink**)

01-17-2008, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricky55

No Leopard doesn't hide extensions you can see them.

Is there a way of getting screen shots to be saved with the extension automatically? Do you know Bobtomay?

It's simply a check box in the Finder preferences...

bobtomay · bobtomay #12 (**permalink**)

01-17-2008, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RIDE

It's simply a check box in the Finder preferences...

Yep, that should be it, thanks RIDE...

Ricky55 · Ricky55 #13 (**permalink**)

01-18-2008, 06:12 AM

Aye you're right its working a treat now.

Thanks again.

I had to do this on the PC and it was a right pain compared to this, using the print screen and pasting into windows paint and then opening in photoshop to save as a decent quality jpg because paint destroys jpgs with too much compression, basically about ten steps compared to Mac OS X's one.

fozthedevil · fozthedevil #14 (**permalink**)

01-18-2008, 09:16 AM

ah ive have trouble up lodaing to flickr due to not having .jpeg at end will this resovle the issues

knightlie #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 22, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,463 Mac Specs: Lenovo Z560 Hackintosh -:- '06 iMac -:- iPod Touch 2ndGen	01-16-2008, 05:03 AM I'm sure there's a setting for this but I can't find it. You can always load the PNGs into Preview and save them as JPGs. Edit: Okay, you already are. [URL="http://beadia.net"]Beadia[/URL - Jewelry Business Management Software] I judge you when you use poor grammar.
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Ricky55 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2007 Posts: 196	01-16-2008, 04:41 AM Only had my mac a few months and I've just discovered apple shift 4 to get screen grabs how cool is this little feature! This is really handy for me to show my boss my work as I'm designing but my boss uses a PC and he prefers jpgs rather pngs which is understandable for the PC. My question is, Is there a way of getting my mac to save screen grabs as jpgs rather pngs by default? I'm just finding that I have to open then in preview and resave which is kinda spoiling the feature a bit. Any ideas? Thanks Ricky55
	QUOTE Thanks

rogerinlondon #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 02, 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 397 Mac Specs: MacPro 2,66GHz 10GB RAM NV 8800GT Cinema 30" * MBP 15" Glossy 2.33 GHz 2 Duo 3GB RAM 160GB HD	01-16-2008, 05:50 AM Or get Skitch on www.skitch.com. With that you also very easily do nice effects such as highlights in the screen shot.
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Ricky55 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2007 Posts: 196	01-16-2008, 02:44 PM Thanks I thought they would be a way. I use the terminal method, thanks again
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Ricky55 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2007 Posts: 196	01-17-2008, 04:08 AM bobtomay that worked mate thanks. Just one other thing, is there a way of getting Leopard to save the jpg's with their extension? I know I can easily add these but it makes things easier if they are already on. Its just that I'm sending them to PC's users. Thanks again mate Ricky55
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Ricky55 #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2007 Posts: 196	01-17-2008, 07:23 AM No Leopard doesn't hide extensions you can see them. Is there a way of getting screen shots to be saved with the extension automatically? Do you know Bobtomay?
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Ricky55 #13 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2007 Posts: 196	01-18-2008, 06:12 AM Aye you're right its working a treat now. Thanks again. I had to do this on the PC and it was a right pain compared to this, using the print screen and pasting into windows paint and then opening in photoshop to save as a decent quality jpg because paint destroys jpgs with too much compression, basically about ten steps compared to Mac OS X's one.
	QUOTE Thanks

fozthedevil #14 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 23, 2007 Posts: 102	01-18-2008, 09:16 AM ah ive have trouble up lodaing to flickr due to not having .jpeg at end will this resovle the issues
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