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MAC USERS! On any apple operating system (10.3.9 incuded) the button is Apple-Shift-3 to take a screenshot.

MacWiggy wrote:MAC USERS! On any apple operating system (10.3.9 incuded) the button is Apple-Shift-3 to take a screenshot.

OH REALLYZ?!!! I didn't knowz that there command thingy-m'jigger...
The problem isn't knowing the command...when you take a screenshot using the standard Apple command, you get a really screwed up looking screenshot that's full of lines, pixels, and smearing.

I don't....

What resolution and settings are you using? Or could it be because I wasn't in debug mode?

I got that on my old G3 and, I think, when I was using Panther on this (iMac G5). Now all screenshots are fine.

And if debug is on or not doesn't matter..

I use command-shift-3 all the time for my screenshots, then I crop them in preview because I just don't feel like using command-shift-4 in Lugaru for some reason, oh, and in case this might be the wonderous solution, I always pause it before taking a screenshot (In debug mode with the V key) because it's easier to capture the moment

Hmm, i've used that key combination on G4s, G3s, Intels, Even my old Macintosh SE, and I've never seen lines, pixels, or smearing.

That's not the point, Macintosh is incapable of having system-embedded functions that are faulty… Or something like that

Either way, AFAIK this only happens in Lugaru and perhaps some other applications, and if using V before taking screenshots helps, it probably has something to do with not taking the whole screenshot at one time (Causing it to be a mosaic of different timeframes)

The OS is probably not reading the screen fast enough to capture the image all in one frame, so it is capturing different segments of different frames. Freezing time with 'v' would help in this case because each frame would be identical, so this kind of artifact would have no effect.

Umm, that's what I just said…

David wrote:The OS is probably not reading the screen fast enough to capture the image all in one frame, so it is capturing different segments of different frames. Freezing time with 'v' would help in this case because each frame would be identical, so this kind of artifact would have no effect.

Would the fact that I'm using a G4 Powerbook have any effect on this? It has a refresh rate of 0Hz since it's an LCD display...which is weird...but that's what the settings in my Preferences say...
*shurgs*

Anyway, I'll try using "v" in debug mode and see if it works...but dammit, I've had all these kick-ass picture moments, and I can't take any!!!

I'm sure you'll have plenty more

BunnyWithStick wrote:I'm sure you'll have plenty more

But, but...I got a wolfs head stuck in a wall! In a wall dammit!!!
*cries in anguish*

Send us a video.

I think that if he can't send a picture, he can't send a VIDEO!