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A Screencap is the way you can capture images from the Internets in order to spread the lulz and insure against baleetion by the mods. The cooler name is screenies. Commonly screencaps are taken of:

• Copyrighted pictures on fag websites which disable right-clicking
• Topless camwhores
• Evidence of fucktardedness/embarrassing admissions/epic win in IRC/forums/feedback pages on major news websites/your mom's Myspace
• Habbo raids
• Amusing typos
• Porn movies for cock-extraction to use in photomanips
• Anime to create image macros

Contents 1 How To 1.1 On Windows 1.2 On Vista 1.3 On Macs 1.4 On Linux/Ubuntu/whatever other geek shit you're running 1.5 On FireFox 2 How Not To 2.1 All Platforms 3 Gallery 4 See also

[edit] How To

[edit] On Windows

1. Press prnt scrn (for entire screen) or FN+prnt sc (for just the active window). On laptops,it should be above the arrow keys/number pad somewhere.
2. Open MS Paint/IrfanView/GIMP/Photoshop/whatever
3. Ctrl+V
4. Save
5. ??????
6. Profit!

[edit] On Vista

1. Press prnt scrn (for entire screen) or alt+prnt sc (for just the active window).
2. Grant permission to use the prnt scrn key
3. Grant permission to click yes
4. Grant permission to use the mouse
5. Grant permission to continue living
6. Open MS Paint only. Note: Vista takes up too much memory to use anything else.
7. Grand permission to continue
8. Ctrl+V
9. Save
10. Verify file type
11. Recheck save type
12. Grant Permission to save on the C/: drive
13. Click yes
14. Grant permission to save 4chan origin virus
15. Click yes. Always.
16. ??????
17. Profit!

[edit] On Macs

1. Press Command+shift+3 to screencap the whole screen.
2. Dig about on your Desktop for a file called Picture(somenumber).png
3. ??????
4. Profit!

OR

1. Press Command+shift+4 (the cursor will change to a crosshair)
2. Click and drag over the lulzy content, then release the mouse button
3. Dig about on your Desktop for a file called Picture(somenumber).png
4. ??????
5. Profit!

OR

1. Press Command+shift+4, and when your cursor changes, press space (the cursor will change to a camera)
2. Click on the window, icon, dashboard widget, dock or desktop image you have deemed worthy of a screencap
3. Dig about on your Desktop for a file called Picture(somenumber).png
4. ??????
5. Profit!

[edit] On Linux/Ubuntu/whatever other geek shit you're running

1. Open a terminal window
2. Type screencap -r -t -m -l -j (x1y1, x2y2)|usr/lib/priv/var/Username/title|gimp -f|jpeg -q60 and hit return
3. Masturbate
4. ??????
5. Profit!

[edit] On FireFox

1. Download this FireFox plugin
2. Install said plugin
3. Restart FireFox
4. Screencap to your heart's content
5. ????
6. Profit!

PROTIP: In the event of your screencap lacking sufficient lulz, simply enhance with Adobe© Photoshop™ software for great justice and epic win every time

[edit] How Not To

[edit] All Platforms

1. Take a picture of your monitor using a fucking camera

PROTIP Make sure and use the flash

[edit] Gallery

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Amidoinitrite?	Dog-Curtains are fine too	WIN	United we stand.
Screencap of a screencap of a OSHII--	Mike Sandy's moment of triumph	Thats why you've never gotten laid, they're to shy.	Because an Online forum about a Finnish metal band is your personal journal.

[edit] See also

• Ernest Peters