Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.sys.mac.hardware.video,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Screen capturing on Retina Macs... Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:55:06 -0700 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <7u2dnfxKc87SeoLLnZ2dnUU7-Yf46u6z@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 1VOpNeYN3ChnM/TRb/hihgk8ndEGkJ1HIhL5XIsYFpTEIoYj0d Cancel-Lock: sha1:duXe1fXdp3mvVPNVViFHxC7YCvs= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Screen capturing on Retina Macs... Thread-Index: AdEHi8UnNNVkOIKQoU2T58ndEY4b0Q== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32684 comp.sys.mac.graphics:358 comp.sys.mac.hardware.video:248 comp.sys.mac.system:83536 On 10/15/15, 12:04 PM, in article d8abmmF4pccU1@mid.individual.net, "Jolly Roger" wrote: > On 2015-10-15, Ant wrote: >>>> I noticed screen capturing on Retina Macs show very high resolutions and >>>> sizes. Is there a way not to have this big since I copy and paste them >>>> into documents, e-mails, etc. often? >> >>> Easily resized via Preview|Tools. >> >> Is there a way to resize in memory without saving as files? Like always >> set 50% of the screen captures I take? I usually screen capture and then >> paste directly into Word 2011 documents. > > Nope. You'll have to take a screen shot to a file and resize it. Again, > this can easily be automated with tools built into OS X. > > BTW, I'm not sure what your reasoning is behind pasting graphics into > Word documents; but you should know you may very well be making life > harder than need be for whoever you happen to be sending these Word > files to. Word screws up images pasted into Word documents such that it > is often impossible to get anything but a low-resolution copy of the > image out of the document, which can be especially bad if there is text > or other fine details in the image that someone needs to be able to read > easily. I hope you aren't using Word needlessly for this purpose. Good point. For some of my classes I have students send me screenshots... and some INSIST on doing it in a Word document no matter how much I tell them not to. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: