Capturing screenshots is a common task to record activities on your computer, and there are many software options to help you with this, such as Bandicam or Camtasia Studio. Bandicam supports capturing screenshots along with professional game recording, while Camtasia Studio supports unique video editing features.
Lenovo laptops are products of the Chinese electronics manufacturer and are currently attracting a lot of attention due to their high specifications at affordable prices. Among many simple tricks you can do on Lenovo laptops, Mytour introduces you to the easiest ways to capture screenshots on Lenovo laptops.
How to Capture Screenshots on Lenovo Laptops
In this article, Mytour will introduce you to two basic methods for capturing screenshots on Lenovo laptops. These methods include using or not using software.
* Capturing without Software - Using Shortcut Keys
The shortcut keys you need to note are:
- Windows + PrtSc : After pressing this key combination, the system will automatically capture the entire screen.
- Alt + PrtSc: Allows you to capture an image of a specific interface.
After pressing these shortcut keys, you can access the following path: C:\Users\Mytour\Pictures\Screenshots to retrieve the captured screen images saved here. (Where Mytour is the name of your computer.)
*Capturing using Print Screen and Paint on desktop or laptop computers
Step 1: This button may appear under various names such as Prt Sc/Sys Rq or PrtSc
Note that on some laptop models, you may need to press the Fn + Prt Sc key combination to achieve similar results.
Step 2: Open the Paint tool and paste the image. To find this tool, press the Windows + Q key combination or
Step 3: Press the Crtl+V key combination to paste the captured image.
Step 1: You can use the key combination Windows+ Q or Windows + S to quickly open the search bar. Then, type the keyword Snipping Tool to find and open the application.
Additionally, you can use the command with the key combination Windows + R, enter the tool name to quickly open Snipping Tools.
Step 2: Click on the New button. You need to click on the inverted triangle icon next to the New button to open the screen capture options, including: Free-form Snip, Rectangular Snip, Windows Snip, and Full-screen Snip.
Step 3: Capture computer screen as desired.
(1) Customize the pen color to add more to the image.
(2) Save the image in various formats such as PNG, JPG, or GIF.
(3) Perform creating a new screen capture.
Step 4: After creating the screenshot, you can freely customize, crop, highlight, erase, and save the image in various image formats.
- Utilize FastStone Capture Tool
First, you need to download the FastStone Capture tool on your computer.
Download FastStone Capture. Download FastStone Capture - Screen capture and screen video recording.
The method of capturing screens with FastStone Capture as well as recording computer and laptop screen videos helps you achieve high-quality images and videos, with low file sizes for easy uploading to social networks like Facebook, Youtube.
Step 1: Firstly, you need to open the FastStone software on your computer.
Step 2: You can capture the entire screen, specific parts, desired sizes, or shapes as per the shortcuts menu of FastStone Capture.
(1) Capture Active Window (Alt+PrtSc): Capture the active window.
(2) Capture Window/Object (Shift+PrtSc): Capture a portion within the open window.
(3) Capture Rectangular Region( Ctrl+PrtSc): Capture a specific area by dragging the mouse to select the desired region.
(4) Capture Freehand Region(Ctrl+Shift+PrtSc): Capture a customized area and draw a selection frame with the mouse.
(5) Capture Full Screen(PrtSc): Capture the entire screen.
(6) Capture Scrolling Window(Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc): Capture with scrolling function for excessively long images.
(7) Capture Fixed Region(Ctrl+Shift+Alt+PrtSc): Capture with preset resolution frame (size can be adjusted).
(8) Screen Recorder: Record screen videos.
(9) Output =>to Editor: Captured images automatically transferred to the image editing toolbox.
(10): Settings: Software settings.
Step 3: Edit and save images in the top menu of FastStone Editor.
- You can add drawings, frame stamps, insert text into the image in the FastStone Draw window.
- To save the image, choose Save As => Select file, image format you want to save and press Save.
With just a few simple steps, you can capture desktop laptop Lenovo screen images without using any software. Hopefully, this computer screen capture method will be helpful to you.
If you're using Badicam, check out how to capture your screen with Bandicam to grasp the techniques of taking and editing images from this software.
But if you want to record videos with various editing features, converting video to audio, then Camtasia Studio is a great choice for you. Screen capture with Camtasia Studio as well as video recording helps you get high-quality and amusing images, videos.
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