10.5: Use extra region capture screenshot options

Nov 12, '07 03:15:00PM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I'm not sure if these hot keys worked in 10.4 as well, but while taking a screenshot in Leopard using the standard Shift-Command-4, I instinctively tried the Space Bar (being a Photoshop user) to try to move the selection. To my surprise, it worked! So a few more include the following, which are a bit tough to explain in words, and are better simply tried out to see the results:

Begin taking a screenshot by pressing Shift-Command-4, then start dragging. Then press and hold the following keys while still dragging to modify the selection before letting go and taking the shot:

Those are the keys I've found so far. They're incredibly useful when taking a precision screenshot!

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