Perform a quick Google search, or a search on Twitter or Yahoo Answers or any other ‘How to’ site and you will find most Mac users asking questions like, “How do I do a Screen Capture on my Mac?”, “What are the keys for Screen Capture on my Mac?” or “What are the default Screen Capture keys on my Mac?”. Capturing your screen is one of the most useful features on your Mac, and saves tons of time. Performing a screen capture on my Mac has become almost second nature to me and it has been exceedingly helpful so many times! So here are a few tips for you.

Your Mac comes with a set of default keys that you can use for a quick capture of any content on your desktop using your keyboard. Here is a list of few that will save the screenshot to your desktop:

• Full Screen Capture: Command (Apple)+Shift+3
• Selection Capture: Command+Shift+4. Drag and drop the mouse over the selected area.
• Object/Window Capture: Command+Shift+4, hit the Space Bar, then click a window.

If you would rather have the screenshots saved to the Clipboard, below is the list. Do note that only the last captured screenshot will be placed in the Clipboard.

• Full Screen Capture: Command+Control+Shift+3
• Selection Capture: Command+Control+Shift+4. Drag and drop the mouse over the selected area.
• Object/Window Capture: Command+Control+Shift+4, hit the Space Bar, then click a window.

These steps help you in obtaining a quick capture of some content that you require for future reference. But you have to be content with the kind of capture that you obtain while using this mode. Since, when capturing something using the default mode, the moment you lift the cursor off, the capture is done, irrespective of whether you are happy or not with the capture, or want to re-align the coordinates of the capture area.

If you are looking for more control over your captures, wider capturing options and better organization of your captures, you can try Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool. Voila comes with a free trial so you can try it risk-free for 15-days. Not only does Voila give you flexibility of using your favorite keystrokes for capturing/recording, but it also has a central library that organizes all your screenshots/screen-casts in one place. You can read more about the features here. Voila is priced at USD 29.99 and is available for purchase on the Global Delight Store and on the Mac App Store.

-Vaishnavi

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Capturing a web page in its entirety is one of the special features of Voila. Sure we have provided you with options to capture a web page from your favorite browsers such as Safari, Firefox and Chrome, but with Voila we went a step ahead and provided an additional option, that is, the ability to capture a web page from the Voila browser.

To capture a web page from the Voila browser, you must choose the Web capture mode and select either the Snap from Voila Browser or Open current URL in Voila option. Choosing the latter option will open the current URL from the active browser in the Voila browser. Selecting the first option launches the Voila browser, after which you can enter the URL of the web page you want to capture.

You must be wondering why you would need a built-in browser for the purpose of capturing a web page. Apart from functioning as a normal browser and letting you capture the entire web page, the Voila browser also lets you perform two very interesting and useful functions.

Snap Scrolling Region: A very useful feature that lets you select and capture an area on the web page. Most of the time you would only want to capture the relevant portion of a web page, such as an article on the latest OS X update, a movie review or any thing interesting. With this feature you can select only that portion of the article, thus getting a neat capture without the unwanted information such as the ads running on that site or anything irrelevant.

Snap DOM elements: Another feature is the ability to capture DOM elements. Using the Snap DOM elements function, you can quickly and easily capture the multiple DOM elements of a web page.

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Although in both the functions only a portion of the web page is captured, all the important metadata such as page URL, description, tags, etc. is retained in the info panel. Thus you can always re-visit the web page or refer the source.

I’m sure you’ll find more uses with this feature. Explore it further and do let us know how you make use of it.

Voila is a comprehensive Screen Capturing app that lets you capture still shots and videos of your desktop. Not just that, you can also edit and annotate your still shots with Callouts, Text, Filters, Arrows and more to make them more meaningful. The built-in organizer lets you manage your files smartly and also lets you share your work instantly via YouTube, Flickr, FTP, SFTP and Mail.

And you even have a better reason to try Voila. Celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the release of Voila v3 we have slashed the price of Voila by almost 33%! That’s right! You can grab your copy of Voila from our Global Delight Store, or the Mac App Store at just $19.99 for a limited period. Hurry!

You’re reading the 4th post in our series, Voila Tips 101: a list that will cover features in Voila, both known and lesser known, that can help you in your work and lets you enjoy all the features of the app. Read the entire list here.

-Vaishnavi

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While all of you have been busy thinking of something witty to win a code or two, our developers have been really busy getting the next update of Voila Mac Screen Capture Tool out. Voila has been your constant companion, capturing everything and anything you have liked to capture on your desktop, helping you record an interesting video, or apply some great annotations to your captures and send it across instantly to your clients or friends!

So what does Voila v3.0.4 have for you?

I can call this version, your version, since it contains inclusion of features requested and a few bug fixes reported by you. Most of you have wanted the flexibility to choose your web cam for the iSight Capture feature. In this version, we have allowed you to do the same. You can choose the web cam of your choice from the drop-down provided in the Voila Capture Preferences.

Another cool feature is the option to save the web page archive in Voila. This means you can now save the web page archive along with the web snap, thus saving it both as an image and a web page. To do so, you have to select the ‘Save Web Archive’ option in the Voila General Preferences.

To open the web snap directly within the app, select ‘Open Web Archive’ from the Voila Capture Menu. Selecting this option opens the saved web page in the Voila Browser.

This version also has a few bug fixes. Some of you had an issue where the Mail app was not being recognized by Voila and thus would put up an error message stating ‘Mail not configured’. For someone trying to get a multi-colored text using Voila, they were unable to save it. One of you also had a problem where you couldn’t capture a web page using Firefox on a system running Parallels. We have fixed all these issues, thanks to those who reported it and helped us in troubleshooting it. Your co-operation has helped a great deal in understanding the issues and providing the required solutions.

Existing users, grab your free update now and tell us what you like the most in Voila and feel free to give us your feedback and suggestions. And for those who haven’t tried Voila yet, do it today! You can try the 15-days trial version first to see for yourself what Voila has to offer you.

-Vaishnavi

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When we first thought about a screen capturing tool, there were a few keywords that came to our minds - simple, easy, quick, flexible, etc. This is what you would generally look for in any productivity tool. Thus in an application that lets you work with so many images, supporting export in various formats is quite a handy option.

Which is why, in Voila we have provided you with the flexibility to export an image in various formats such as PNG, JPG, TIFF, PDF, GIF, BMP and the VOILA format. The VOILA format is a raw file format that retains the layers of an image and is recognized only by Voila. In this format, the annotations will be selectable and can be re-adjusted even after being exported from the app.

In the preferences, Voila also allows you to apply different file formats for different export options. Further you can also add applications that you frequently send/export images to, so that once you are done working on the image, you can just hit the Send to option in the Share menu and export the image to the application of your choice. Voila allows you to add any application of your choice here, it however does depend on whether the application chosen by you supports such a set up. Any application that lets you drag an image into the Dock icon would work here.

I’m sure you’ll find more uses with this feature. Explore it further and do let us know how you make use of it.

Voila is a great Screen Capturing app that lets you capture still shots and videos of your desktop. Not just that, you can also edit and annotate your still shots with Callouts, Text, Filters, Arrows and more to make them more meaningful. The built-in organizer lets you manage your files smartly and also lets you share your work instantly via YouTube, Flickr, FTP, SFTP and Mail. At just $29.99 USD, Voila is the only Screen Capturing Software you would need for your Mac. You can grab your copy of Voila from our Global Delight Store, or the Mac App Store.

You’re reading the 3rd post in our series, Voila Tips 101: a list that will cover features in Voila, both known and lesser known, that can help you in your work and lets you enjoy all the features of the app. Read the entire list here.

-Vaishnavi

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With Voila you don’t have to create great stuff using just the built-in Annotations and Editing Tools. You can also drag images onto your screen captures and create something beautiful out of the combination of the two or more. This you can do with one of the most useful but less spoken of feature in Voila, the Pin. The Pin feature lets you pin down the base image in the Voila workbench. When you have pinned the base image, scrolling through the other files in the Capture Tray will not change the image in the workbench, unless you have unpinned it. After you have pinned the base image, now what?

- You can drag other images into the base image and create a collage like the image below:

- Or you could create composite images. Here, I have taken two separate screen shots of the Menu Bar and the Voila drop-down menu. Using the Pin, I can now create a composite image. A little like Photoshop but much simpler:

- Create a comparison chart:

- Create a Pano image:

- Or some interesting cards or other creatives like the ones below:

I’m sure you’ll find more uses with this feature. Explore it further and do let us know how you make use of the Pin feature in Voila.

Voila is a great Screen Capturing app that lets you capture still shots and videos of your desktop. Not just that, you can also edit and annotate your still shots with Callouts, Text, Filters, Arrows and more to make them more meaningful. The built-in organizer lets you manage your files smartly and also lets you share your work instantly via YouTube, Flickr, FTP, SFTP and Mail. At just $29.99 USD, Voila is the only Screen Capturing Software you would need for your Mac. You can grab your copy of Voila from our Global Delight Store, or the Mac App Store.

Tool Tip: If you want to rotate an image in Voila, select the image and press Cmd; the Resize knobs (Square knobs) will change into Rotate knobs (Circular knobs). You can now rotate the image as per your requirement. Do remember that the base image cannot be rotated.

You’re reading the 2nd post in our series, Voila Tips 101: a list that will cover features in Voila, both known and lesser known, that can help you in your work and lets you enjoy all the features of the app. Read the entire list here.

-Vaishnavi

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