Or maybe you do already know about the ‘PrtScn’ key on your keyboard that will take a snapshot of your screen. But then what? Pressing the PrtScn key captures everything on your screen and puts it on your clip board, the same place any ‘Cut’ or ‘Copy’ text or objects go. Then, you still have to open some application where you can ‘Paste’ it before you see anything. It’s a rather involved process.
With Picasa 3, you get instant gratification! With Picasa open, you can view any screen possible on your computer – your desktop, your email program - whatever is showing on your screen will be captured when you press the PrtScn (or Print Screen on some computers) *and* it will instantly become a picture file in the ‘Screen Captures’ project folder of Picasa!
Now you can use that picture like any other, crop it, print it, email it etc
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Chris and Jim, you always give us such neat tips! We tried Windows Live Writer and it worked like a dream, once we figured out how how to get it into operation. We didn't use pictures or links this time -- that's still to come.
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Have tried to use screen capture in the past, sometimes with success, but using picassa makes it easy. I so LOVE picassa, and your classes at FMCA were so beneficial. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteIN FACT I THINK I GOT PICASA FROM ON OF YOUR G ON T MESSAGES....
Wanted to try the Screen Capture with the prt sc button and Picassa open but couldn't find where "project folder" was in order to retrieve it. Is there something I'm missing? Possibly, but I enjoy the articles.
ReplyDeleteYou should see Projects at the left of the screen when you're in Library view. Right above your Folders. Then, you'll see 'Screen Captures.' This month's featured video at www.geeksontour.com will show you.
ReplyDeleteGreat Tips...Picasa really is a Marvel.Why don't you use Google for Blogging? They seem to go hand in hand.
ReplyDeleteI do use Google for blogging. My personal travel blog anyway ... www.geeksontour.blogspot.com. Plus we have lots of tutorial videos on Blogger too at www.GeeksonTour.com
ReplyDeletePicasa Screenshots are – with permission – a nuisance. They are careless full screen captures, ca. 3 MByte each, as if JPG hadn’t been invented nor smaller rectancles than the full screen. The worst: You can’t turn the feature off. I hate being enslaved by software. I use Gadwin PrintScreen, a beauty, and would like to send Picasa’s screen capture to the waste basket. Fritz
ReplyDeletePicasa takes Screen captures every second the Application is running and its a menace , it doesn't stop , takes up too much of space on my hard drive unnecessarily . Cant find a way to make it stop. If anyone knows a way , please do let me know ...roshanvinayan at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteTo turn off Picasa’s screen capture I write protected the file where thescreenshots go. Described in German at http://blogabissl.blogspot.de/2012/02/picasa-davon-abhalten-screenshots-zu.html – Fritz
ReplyDelete[...] of the current screen becomes a picture in your [Screen Captures] folder. See past article on Screen Captures for more [...]
ReplyDeleteprint screen shift or ctrl no longer moves the capture to the open picasa download. I don't get the bar allowing open, there is no image on picasa print screen album.
ReplyDeleteHow can I restore it.
1. Picasa stores snaphots at \own files\own pictures\Picasa\recorded videos\screen captures (or similar names, my Windows is German) – but Picasa makes bad snapshots (always full page, no jpg etc.), so:
ReplyDelete2. Get “Gadwin Print Screen”, you’ll love it for screenshots!
screen captures I take by Picasa always .bmp
ReplyDeletecan I change it to .jpeg ?
Ah yes, it's actually windows that makes the screenshot as a .bmp. When you see it in Picasa, you can File Save and it will become a .jpg
ReplyDeletewhat do you meant by prtscn key I didn't get that
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ReplyDeleteI installed Picasa, I used to do screen captures ...I cancelled everything and now I can t do it anymore..can you please help me?I open picasa..then the page i need I press prtsc and nothing happens..why?
Thank you!