How do you take screen grabs? at DVinfo.net

Evan C. King · December 4th, 2005, 04:58 PM

I'm editing a commercial for someone and they want me to email them screen grabs so they can see some footage. I have no idea how to do this in FCP. The cheap way to do this in windows is to print screen but I'm pretty new to macs and don't even know how to do that (the keyboard doesn't say how like a win keyboard would).

I think there's probably an even better way of doing that because the people on dvxuser post nice high resolution screen grabs all the time.

Can anyone tell me how to take a good high resolution screen grab in FCP?

Nate Schmidt · December 4th, 2005, 06:14 PM

If you mean a freeze frame of your footage place your playhead where you want to send a frame and export quicktime conversion and there is some options for still images. If you want to send a pic of your entire screen press cmnd-shift-3 and it will take a shot of your screen and save it to the desktop.

Evan C. King · December 4th, 2005, 06:31 PM

Thanks a lot! that worked like a charm!

Cannon Pearson · December 10th, 2005, 05:39 PM

Also, command-shift-4 in the finder lets you capture a selected area of the screen.

Dave Perry · December 10th, 2005, 06:56 PM

Also, if you want to use a freeze frame in the FCP timeline, park the play head at the frame you want, hit shift-n, and the frame will open up in the viewer and can be dragged to the timeline.

To take a screen shot of any window in OS X, hit command-shit-4 then tap the space bar and click the app window or finder window and you'll have a screen shot.

Evan C. King · December 11th, 2005, 06:22 PM

Thanks! That actually came in handy just now!

December 4th, 2005, 04:58 PM	#1
Evan C. King Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 532	How do you take screen grabs? I'm editing a commercial for someone and they want me to email them screen grabs so they can see some footage. I have no idea how to do this in FCP. The cheap way to do this in windows is to print screen but I'm pretty new to macs and don't even know how to do that (the keyboard doesn't say how like a win keyboard would). I think there's probably an even better way of doing that because the people on dvxuser post nice high resolution screen grabs all the time. Can anyone tell me how to take a good high resolution screen grab in FCP?

December 4th, 2005, 06:14 PM	#2
Nate Schmidt Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Welland ON Posts: 515	If you mean a freeze frame of your footage place your playhead where you want to send a frame and export quicktime conversion and there is some options for still images. If you want to send a pic of your entire screen press cmnd-shift-3 and it will take a shot of your screen and save it to the desktop. __________________ "We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."

December 10th, 2005, 06:56 PM	#5
Dave Perry Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 796	Also, if you want to use a freeze frame in the FCP timeline, park the play head at the frame you want, hit shift-n, and the frame will open up in the viewer and can be dragged to the timeline. To take a screen shot of any window in OS X, hit command-shit-4 then tap the space bar and click the app window or finder window and you'll have a screen shot. __________________ Dave Perry Cinematographer LLC Director of Photography • Editor • Digital Film Production • 540.915.2752 • daveperry.net

December 4th, 2005, 06:31 PM	#3
Evan C. King Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 532	Thanks a lot! that worked like a charm!

December 10th, 2005, 05:39 PM	#4
Cannon Pearson Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123	Also, command-shift-4 in the finder lets you capture a selected area of the screen.

December 11th, 2005, 06:22 PM	#6
Evan C. King Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 532	Thanks! That actually came in handy just now!