How to Take a Screenshot on a PC in 2019

Just press and hold down the Windows button (at the bottom of your device’s screen) and then press the physical volume down button of your device. Using classic shell I pinned snipping tool to start menu as its pretty flexible and decent app. Without a doubt, a very useful tool to carry out tutorials or manuals, but also to spy on the activity of any other user on our computer. You can start enjoying Imago Recorder and take screenshots with every mouse click in Windows by downloading the tool for free from this same link.

Type in the name you want for the screenshot and choose the file type if you need to. You can save it as PNG, JPEG, Bitmap, GIF, or TIFF. Just click the Save as type field to choose your format. PNG is the default save format of Windows 7 and 8 because PNG files have very high quality despite the small file size. For Windows Vista, the default file type is JPG or JPEG. This is an inferior quality format because the image looks blocky and the colors are not 100% accurate.

Capture the entire screen or just a part with a few keystrokes!

Once your given time has passed, the display will freeze and fade out so that you may create your snip. If you picked a window or full-screen, it will only catch the snip immediately. Windows 10 snipping tool was built over Windows 7, 8 snipping tool limitation. In Windows 7,8 snipping tool needs mouse movements to capture a screenshot.

• There was no way to capture a screenshot on an Android device prior to the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in October 2011.
• When I performed this function, I did it in Paint.
• You may also try the Fn + Windows key + Print Screen combination.

You’ll get a fish-eye effect if you overuse it, making your image look warped and unnatural (unless that’s what you’re going for). Just because you can slide the FOV all the way to the end doesn’t mean you should—everything in moderation. While still holding the button, click on the screen. You’ll see a notification that says Screenshot saved.

How to screen record using ShareX

Next, paste the image from the clipboard into an image editing tool like Paint. ShareX is an amazing tool to take a screenshot on Windows 10. It’s a free and open-source app available on Microsoft Store. ShareX is an advanced screenshot tool which lets you capture the active window, selectable screenshot, dual monitor, etc. Further, it can upload the image quickly on the cloud and can provide you a shareable link. The best part is that you can take a long screenshot using the Scrolling Capture feature.

Press Print Screen

This toolbar will let you take a rectangular, freeform, full-window, click this or full-screen capture. In Windows 11, pressing the Windows key + PrtScn will save a picture of your entire screen to the Screenshots folder and copy the picture to your clipboard. This will let you immediately paste the picture onto a social media post, art app, and more.