On 20.04.2011, at 09:44, Geoffrey Heard wrote:

> 
> If you use Preview to take a screenshot (File menu), you can get three views:
> *  The entire screen.
> *  The window you choose.
> *  A selection you define on screen.
> BUT  -- you can save in GIF, ICNS, JPEG, JPEG 2000, Microsoft BMP, Microsoft Icon, Open EXR, PDF, Photoshop, PNG, TGA, TIFF, with PNG being the default.
> 
> Strange, huh?


I usually take screenshots with the keyboard shortcuts and I use Skim as a PDF reader, therefore I was not aware that Preview can also take screenshots! Thanks for drawing my attention to this and also for your detailed explanation regarding jpg compression.


Happy Easter to everyone!


Þorvarður