How to Take Photos of a Computer Screen

Last Updated: June 4, 2020

You may know how to take photos, but how about in HD? HD photos are photos of a computer screen. This article will show you how to take photos in HD in different kinds of operating system. Click any photos to enlarge it.

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I have Windows 10 and don't see a "Paint" key on my keyboard at the top left or anywhere. What can I do?

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There will be a 'Print' key, 'Print Screen' key or 'prt sc' key. Press it with the 'Win' key to take a screen shot, i.e., 'Win' + 'prt sc'.

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Windows and windows 7 both use the print screen button, but the different is how you paste the picture to the paint.

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In Mac, the picture you take will be PNG file format at the on your desktop. It will be called "Screen Shot YYYY-MM-DD at HH.MM.SS"

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