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This is beyond scary. I have no idea how my screenshots I took and cropped with Snipping Tool and send to someone: at work, at home, across multiple machines an
by world2vec 4y ago
This is beyond scary. I have no idea how my screenshots I took and cropped with Snipping Tool and send to someone: at work, at home, across multiple machines and accounts.
- easrng 4y agoKeep in mind this only applies if you took the screenshot, saved, cropped it, and then saved again to the same file.
- world2vec 4y agoI am aware after reading the whole thread but still, I think I've done it countless times over the years.
- dendrite9 4y agoIsn't that the default on Android phones if you screenshot then crop. As opposed to screenshot, then open it and crop. I tend to use the rectangular option in the snipping tool as a way to be certain that I won't forget to crop important info. Both of these make me think I need to check my process and see if it is relevant.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago>Keep in mind this only applies if you took the screenshot, saved, cropped it, and then saved again to the same file Wait, don't we all do this? :looks around horrified:
- sp332 4y agoWell yeah, why would I keep an uncropped version around? It seemed safer to save over the one I didn't want. Edit: I guess I don't usially save before cropping a screenshot. But it's not something I really thought about before either.
- andreareina 4y agosometimes I want to keep the original for my own records
- nickthegreek 4y agoMy normal workflow is use snipping tool, it opens in editor, crop, save. This is for sure safe?
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoIt seems like the problem is that if you use the snipping tool to save to a file that already exists it only modifies as much of the file as is required so that the new image you saved is visible - the rest of the file's data is preserved. The problem is saving to a file with more information than the cropped information requires - the original images information "overflow" isn't removed. So if you're saving to a new file it's fine, there's no extra information.
- mizaru 4y agoIt applies if you choose to "overwrite" any file that is larger than the generated PNG data.
- basch 4y agoMy stubbornness to relearn and move away from “printscreen+winkey+r+mspaint+enter+select+Ctenophora+c” pays off. I don’t know what it is about snipping tools (and I use sharex too” but I always find myself going back to paint, as the tools feel like they get in the way.
- hermitdev 4y agoTry alt+printscreen. It'll only capture the active window instead of your full desktop.
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- basch 4y agoI do if I want the window. Crops are something else.
- smackeyacky 4y agoOur security people disabled the PrtScn key, so our only way of doing a screen shot is the snipping tool. It is very frustrating.
- froggit 4y agoI've always used "prtscn+paint" as well. I've tried various on other ways and I'll usually be like "that's kinda cool, maybe I'll try that." Next time I need a screenshot it'll already be pasted in paint far before it occurs to me "i think i forgot something, guess it wasn't important."
- gsich 4y agoSnip & Sketch, not the oldstyle Snipping Tool.