Screenshot, screen capture, call it whatever you want to. It is a unique way of taking snapshots of the activity performed on a laptop or desktop. When you want to add an image of your work in a presentation or share a conversation with coworkers, screenshots come in handy. Capturing the screen and saving it as an image file is one of the best ways to share important things.
With that being said, if you are using an HP laptop and are looking for ways to screenshot an HP laptop running Windows 10, you are at the right place. This post will discuss how to screenshot on an HP laptop.
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How to Screenshot on HP laptop – Windows 11,10
As HP laptops run Windows or Chrome operating systems, capturing screenshots is easy. You can easily take screenshots on an HP laptop with a few keyboard clicks.
To capture Full Screen when using an HP laptop, click the Print Screen key (PrtScn or Prt SC) button present at the top of the keyboard.
Note: The captured image will not be immediately saved; it will be copied to the clipboard. To save it as an image file, you will need to follow these steps:
1. Open MS Paint or any image editing program.
2. Press CTRL + V or right-click and press Paste to paste the captured image.
3. Save the file as a JPG or PNG.
4. Now you can use the screenshot as an image wherever you want.
Capture Partial Screen
If you don’t want to capture the entire screen, you can grab a portion of it using the Windows Key + Shift + S (on Windows 10 and 11) or TweakShot, the screen capture tool.
1. When you press the Windows key + Shift + S, the screen will fade to a white overlay, and the cursor will change to a crosshair cursor.
2. Select the area of the screen you want to capture. The snippet will be copied on the clipboard.
3. To paste it, open an image editing program.
4. Press CTRL + V to paste the screenshot.
5. Save the screenshot, and that’s it.
Using these keyboard shortcuts, you can easily capture the screen. However, if you want to capture the active window, rectangular region, or edit the captured screen, then? This is when TweakShot, one of the best screen capturing tools, comes in handy.
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How to Take a Screenshot on HP Laptop Using TweakShot Screen Capture Tool
1. Download and install Tweakshot
2. Run TweakShot, the screen capturing tool that allows taking screenshots of full screen, scrolling window, a selected region, and even recording the screen.
3. Select the screen capture option as per your choice from the Big Eye toolbar.
Alternatively, click the TweakShot icon present in the system tray and select the screen capturing option from there.
This will help take screenshots on the HP laptop as per your choice.
How to Edit Captured Screenshots Using TweakShot?
TweakShot Screen Capture tool not only allows you to take a screenshot. It also allows you to edit the capture screens. To learn more about it, follow the steps below:
1. Once the screenshot is captured using TweakShot, the TweakShot image editor will automatically open.
2. On the left side, you will see different editing options, as shown in the screenshot below:
3. Now to edit the screenshot, choose from the editing option.
4. To crop, rotate the image clockwise, anticlockwise, flip vertical horizontal click Image tab.
5. Select the area you want to edit.
6. Alongside you can add annotation, text, and highlight important parts.
7. This way, you edit the screenshot taken on an HP laptop.
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Moreover, if you want you can Upload the screenshot on Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. This helps access the image from anywhere you want. Unlike the other screen capture tool, TweakShot Screen Capture even allows recording video and capturing scrolling windows. This is an excellent feature and it helps when you want to capture a complete web page.
Wrap Up
This is all, using the steps explained above you can easily take a screenshot on an HP laptop. If you don’t want to use TweakShot, you can use the keyboard shortcuts. However, if you want to capture and edit the screenshot at the same time using TweakShot is the best idea. The tool will help save time and will also let you record gameplay and other activities. We hope you will give TweakShot – Screen capture and image editor tool a try. Please share your experience with the product in the comments box.
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