Learn about this and other BTT multitouch features and strategies, by taking my online course. If the date is too much, then just remove it.
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Notice also that the BTT capture can assign the current date and a random code to each shot to make them unique. Note, you can double-click on the Screen Selection Capture action in BTT to make changes to the settings if you need to. If you assign a finger gesture to the Show Screenshot Tool Window action, it will open each time so that you can change the settings, and then click the “Capture Screenshot Now” button to take the shot. You can use one or more versions of action with different settings and assign each version to a different finger gesture. The one named Capture Screenshot (Configurable) takes the shots according to the settings you add. There are two screen capture actions in BTT. I now us my 2 Finger Click to trigger a regular screenshot, and my multitouch 2 Finger Click+Command key triggers the Show Screenshot Tool Window so that I can set and take a custom shot, such as a time delayed main monitor shot. If you frequently need to change settings, you can assign a unique finger gesture to show the above screenshot window options. With this custom setting, I don’t have to stop and rename screenshots when they are saved to my desktop.
While writing this section of my article, I changed the file name settings to “BTT screenshot,” followed by the date. BetterTouchTool is available for the sweet price of between $6-$10. Seriously it’s worth a lot more. Inside its Predefined Actions, under the OS X Functionality section, there’s a screen capture editor for configuring what format and file name of shots you want to take, where you want to save shots, and what you to want to happen after taking a screenshot.īTT includes several options that you can check out for yourself, but one of the reasons you might choose to use the BTT screen capture feature is that it means you can set or change the settings for type of shots you want to take, such as if you’re working on a project and you want all your shots saved a custom file name to a selected folder. In its most recent major update, BTT now offers several options of taking screen captures. Screenshot shortcuts located in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts BTT Screenshot Optionsįor most Mac users, saving a shot as an image is enough, but BetterTouchTool goes several steps further. The default Mac shortcuts can of course be mapped to BTT finger gestures. You can also assign individual finger gestures to other types screenshot configurations, such as one for capturing your entire screen. To set up this workflow, you simply select a Global finger gesture and add the custom shortcut. It’s hassle-free multitouch gesture and reduces the need to look down at my keyboard to locate the key combination. Thus, with the multitouch application, BetterTouchTool (BTT), you can trigger the keyboard shortcut using an assigned finger gesture.įor me, I simply perform a 2 Finger Click to trigger the shortcut. When we take screenshots, we know it’s always done with our hand on our trackpad or mouse.
In this article, I explain three ways to trigger screenshots without using pressing a keyboard shortcut. Be honest, how often do you have to look down at your keyboard to locate the shortcut for taking screenshot? I know I still have to, and that’s why I prefer using either BetterTouchTool, Dragon Dictate, or even Keyboard Maestro to trigger a shortcut.
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If you take screenshots on a regular basis, moving your hand off your trackpad and then pressing the Command+Shift+4 shortcut is unnecessary, that is if you make use of one or more Mac automation programs to press the shortcut and initiate the shot for you.
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