Screen capturing on Windows 8

[minimalist]

I'm switching to Windows 8 and I use this function a TON on my iMac. I know about print screen and what not with Windows but is there something that is very similar to what you see on OS X? I don't like the idea that I have to edit what I'm capturing. With OS X I can basically hit 3 keys and get an icon like you see when cropping a photo to capture what's on my screen. I can select exactly what I want. Is there an app or anything like that out there?

[DoubleY]

Puush, prntscrren, gyazo 

[AlwaysFSX]

Snipping Tool should still be in Windows 8?

[hawaiims]

I'm switching to Windows 8 and I use this function a TON on my iMac. I know about print screen and what not with Windows but is there something that is very similar to what you see on OS X? I don't like the idea that I have to edit what I'm capturing. With OS X I can basically hit 3 keys and get an icon like you see when cropping a photo to capture what's on my screen. I can select exactly what I want. Is there an app or anything like that out there?

 

Puush, prntscrren, gyazo 

 

Snipping Tool should still be in Windows 8?

If you want to do it quickly ya'll are all wrong:

 

keyboard shortcut for capturing screenshots:

If you click the keyboard combination of the Windows Key + Print Screen, Windows 8 will capture the current screenshot and save it automatically in the Pictures Library. If you are on a tablet the combination is the Windows Key + Volume Down.

 

Thank me letter. 

 

PS: you can't do this in win7

[minimalist]

Puush, prntscrren, gyazo

With print screen you have to edit though. If there's something particular I want to edit I want it to be quick. I don't want to screen cap then go and edit the file.

[Bloodyvalley]

Snipping Tool is simply amazing

[DoubleY]

With print screen you have to edit though. If there's something particular I want to edit I want it to be quick. I don't want to screen cap then go and edit the file.

They have a fullscre

 

If you want to do it quickly ya'll are all wrong:

 

keyboard shortcut for capturing screenshots:

If you click the keyboard combination of the Windows Key + Print Screen, Windows 8 will capture the current screenshot and save it automatically in the Pictures Library. If you are on a tablet the combination is the Windows Key + Volume Down.

 

Thank me letter. 

 

PS: you can't do this in win7

Puush is still easier. I bind in to the prntscrn button. So i press that and it auto-uploads to puush's servers and copy the image URL. A lot easier than anything else

en option for capturing (I think)

[minimalist]

If you want to do it quickly ya'll are all wrong:

 

keyboard shortcut for capturing screenshots:

If you click the keyboard combination of the Windows Key + Print Screen, Windows 8 will capture the current screenshot and save it automatically in the Pictures Library. If you are on a tablet the combination is the Windows Key + Volume Down.

 

Thank me letter. 

 

PS: you can't do this in win7

Wait what? Can you explain that? It sounds like the same thing as hitting print screen but I don't think it is otherwise you wouldn't have said something lol. Can you capture whatever you want on the screen without having to go and crop out what you don't want?

[hawaiims]

Wait what? Can you explain that? It sounds like the same thing as hitting print screen but I don't think it is otherwise you wouldn't have said something lol. Can you capture whatever you want on the screen without having to go and crop out what you don't want?

if you just want to take a quick screenshots or many quick screenshots in a row you can just press Windows + Prnt Sc at the same time and it will automatically save a screenshot of your whole screen into the pictures folder in windows.

 

The normal way is hitting Prnt Sc, then hitting the windows key, then typing paint, then clicking paste, then save, then name the file, and then close the window. 

[minimalist]

if you just want to take a quick screenshots or many quick screenshots in a row you can just press Windows + Prnt Sc at the same time and it will automatically save a screenshot of your whole screen into the pictures folder in windows.

 

The normal way is hitting Prnt Sc, then hitting the windows key, then typing paint, then clicking paste, then save, then name the file, and then close the window.

Oh okay. I was hoping for something a little more convenient. I'll have to keep looking. Thanks!

[hawaiims]

Oh okay. I was hoping for something a little more convenient. I'll have to keep looking. Thanks!

It's just as convenient as OSX if you want to take a screenshot of the whole screen.

 

If you want to quickly take parts of your screen however there are extensions for google chrome or applications for windows that will allow you to do that quicker. 

[minimalist]

Snipping Tool is simply amazing

That's the closest I've seen but do you have to open it up each time you want to use it? That's kind of annoying.

[minimalist]

It's just as convenient as OSX if you want to take a screenshot of the whole screen.

 

If you want to quickly take parts of your screen however there are extensions for google chrome or applications for windows that will allow you to do that quicker.

True, I meant for me though. I never cap the whole screen. I also cap things from emails and other things unrelated to browsers.

[minimalist]

Snipping Tool is simply amazing

Sounds like you cap as much as I do. I just found something similar to what OS X does called greenshot. You should check it out.

[Keel]

If you have dropbox it can automatically grab your screenshots and save them to a file (:

[macpro622776]

Nothing will ever beat OS X's ease of screen capture sadly.

[minimalist]

Nothing will ever beat OS X's ease of screen capture sadly.

Actually, check out Greenshot. It's pretty much the exact same thing.

[macpro622776]

Requires the use of 3rd party software, which is not required in OS X

[minimalist]

Requires the use of 3rd party software, which is not required in OS X

Oh jeez lol. You have to download it and set it up but after that you don't need to do a single thing other than what you'd do on a Mac. I might even go as far as saying it might be better. It's encouraging.

[juretrn]

Windows key + Printscreen?