As discussed in this macosxhints blog entry send by Kirk McElhearn during my absence last hebdomad , OS X 10.4.8 includes new control - scroll access to OS X ’s screen zooming feature . ( The screen rapid growth portion of the hint is n’t unexampled — it ’s been around for many years now , hiding in the Universal Access System Preferences panel . )
As long as we ’re talking about screen zooming , though , here ’s a related to hint : you may capture a zoomed - in screenshot . This could have pragmatic time value in presentations , books , or web log articles — there ’s nothing like a zoomed - in guessing to really show the audience what you ’d like them to see . Beyond the hardheaded , though , it can also just be somewhat fun to grab shot of a zoomed - in screen .
There ’s really not much complexity to this hint — just use OS X ’s normal screen door capture tool ( teddy - Command-3 and Shift - Command-4 ) while zoomed in , and your concealment seizure will reflect the screen ’s zoom level , as in this screenshot :
The only caution is that you ca n’t employ the “ capture a window ” screenshot mode ( invoked by adjure the space stripe after hitting Shift - Command-4 ) on a zoomed - in windowpane . It ’s not that it wo n’t do work ; it will . But what you ’ll capture is the window at 100 percent , not in its zoomed in state .
On a treble monitor setup , enamor a full - screen screenshot via Shift - Command-3 might give some odd upshot . On my system , the screen with the menubar was shown in its zoomed - in land , but the 2d monitor was point at 100 percentage ( but it was distorted , as though the system examine to adjust for the fact that the figure of speech was a different size on the main cover ) . So this antic is most utile with the capture - realm ( shift key - Command-4 ) screen capture musical mode , letting you quick grab a zoomed - in sample of any portion of your covert .
