Comments on: What’s in a Screen shot?

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Theme selector block - ElearningWorld.org — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:00:27 +0000

[…] you ever wanted to compare themes easily? In “What’s in a screenshot” (March 2018), I briefly mentioned my ‘Theme selector’ block that I took over from John […]

By: mahesh babu

mahesh babu — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 03:01:24 +0000

The game bar on windows 10 is a real good addition to screenshot tools.

By: Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:35:47 +0000

In reply to John Allan.

Hi John,

Thank you for your comment. I think that the Snipping Tool in Windows is one of those forgotten applications. One that’s been there since Windows Vista but underrated. However, useful when control of the choice of applications on the machine is lost.

I’ve not used SnagIt before but have used BB FlashBack for screen recording. I also see that FireFox developer’s edition has window capture facilities now.

Gareth

By: Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:41 +0000

In reply to stuartrmealor.

Hi Stuart,

Absolutely, even if red is an ‘angry’ colour!

But I think that there is a common perception that screen shots take longer. Perhaps because it involves more than just the keyboard.

Gareth

By: John Allan

John Allan — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 03:31:16 +0000

Gareth, on a PC, I use the Snipping Tool when I am in a classroom or meeting room without SnagIt. When generating classroom worksheets or teacher “How To” aids, I use SnagIt because of its post screen grab/capture features. It is easy to use and it publishes images at the same resolution as the screen grab. There is no noticeable degradation in image quality. SnagIt has a few useful features including: timed screen capture, scrolling screen capture, window capture, targeted capture, a load of post production tools and a really impressive video capture that can be used in a pinch to send a short screen sequence to a peer to clarify a process.

As Stuart mentioned, I use screen grabs to help clarify IT service requests through grabs of error messages.

By: stuartrmealor

stuartrmealor — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 03:58:50 +0000

Awesome post Gareth !
Over the last couple of months I’ve taken to using screenshots more and more, to explain technical queries.
We have hosting client who may ask a question about something, and I can type a detailed and accurate answer.
But often people ‘skim’ and don’t read properly – which results in them not understanding.
As a Mac user, I’ve started just taking a quick screengrab (well, actually usually selecting a region), opening that with Preview (the default Mac image previewer) and then using the simple Annotation tools – rectangles, arrows, maybe adding some text … all in the colour red ! lol
But this seems to really help people understand what I am explaining, and it takes about the same time as a typed answer.
So if the communication is quicker and easier for others to understand, why not go this route !?