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Description
Learn how to customize the Mac OS X keyboard shortcut for capturing images to the clipboard. The default shortcut is cmd-ctrl-shift-4 which is far too difficult. I like to set it to cmd-shift-3.
You can use this funciton with the clipboard recorder in ScreenSteps to quickly add images to a lesson.
Changing the Keyboard Shortcut For Screen Captures on Mac OS X
You can use this funciton with the clipboard recorder in ScreenSteps to quickly add images to a lesson.
Open System Preferences
Open Keyboard & Mouse
Select Keyboard Shortcuts Tab
Find Screen Shots Section
We are now going to set the keyboard shortcut for "Save picture of screen as a file" with the one for "Copy picture of selected area to the clipboard".
Select "Save picture of screen as a file"
Change the Shortcut
Click on the shortcut and press cmd-ctrl-shift-4 on your keyboard.
You should now see little yellow warnings because two commands have the same shortcut.
Change Shortcut for "Copy picture of selected area to the clipboard"
Click on the shortcut area and press cmd-shift-3.
Done
Your key commands should now look like this.
Record and Capture
Now you can turn on the clipboard recorder in ScreenSteps. Whenever you hit cmd-shift-3 you will get a little crosshair. Drag over the area you want to capture and the image will be imported into ScreenSteps.
HINT: After pressing cmd-shift-3 you can press the spacebar. The capture mode will then let you select an entire window to capture.
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