Capture Full Screen

  1. Open up the Earlham Home page in Internet Exploder, browse to Webmail and log in.

  2. Demonstrate Maximize, Restore, Minimize, Close. window positions

     

  3. Capture Screen - press Print Screen key on keyboard.
    This copies an image of the screen into the clipboard.
Photoshop
Elements
  1. from the QuickLauncher open Photoshop Elements (cancel registration if asked)
  2. Click New File icon
    Notice the default size 1024 x 768 pixels (Q What does this correspond to?)
  3. Give the session a name - "whole_screen"
  4. Press Ctrl-V to paste the clipboard (or select Edit -> Paste)
    Now you see the screen as a graphic image
  5. Select File -> Save for Web
    • Notice the size (48K), the time to download, and the number of colours (256)
    • Change the number of colors and observe the effect on graphic size and quality (16 & 32 colours offer little file size saving and poor quality color. 64 is best)
    • Change size by adjusting %. Notice that reductions up to 50% in graphic dimensions actually increase the file size. At 50%, ie half the original size, the text is illegible.
    • Select 64 colours and 100%
  6. Click OK
  7. Save file on drive H:
  8. Close the working window but don't exit Photoshop
Capture Window
  1. Minimize Photoshop (don't exit)
  2. Return to Squirrel and maximize
  3. Open an email message
  4. Click "View Printable version".
    A new window appears
  5. Capture this window - press Alt - Print Screen (ie hold down the Alt key and press Print Screen)
Photoshop Elements
  1. Open Photoshop from taskbar
  2. Click New File icon
    Notice that the default height and width is different (810 x 625)
  3. Give it a name - "Print_window"
  4. Press Ctrl-V to paste clipboard
  5. Select View -> Zoom In
  6. Select File -> Save For Web
    • default 64 colours give file size 22K.
    • Change # colours - 8 gives some dithering, 4 lots, 16 colours OK & save 2K on size.
    • Choose 16 colours and 100%
  7. Click OK
  8. Save file on drive H:
  9. Exit Photoshop