Got into a nice Twitter discussion this morning about screen shot technique. Make your way through the responses for some solid tips.
The linked Tidbits article (from 2015 but still fresh) covers two important points: How to disable drop shadows for all screen shots as well as a really nice technique to add a border to a screenshot. Good stuff, worth a look.
UPDATE: This Useful Mac post is a great article that offers a bit more detail on screen shooting. Includes this super helpful hint when using ⌘⇧4 to take your screenshot. Press the spacebar to take a screenshot of a specific window, then hold option before clicking a window to eliminate the drop-shadow. [H/T Mark Boszko]
I use ShadowSweeper from Irradiated Software. http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/labs/ Toggles the shadow off and on.
I can’t remember if I’d ever seen option-click to eliminate screenshot shadow noted before, but I’ll try to remember it.
Not compatible with 10.11.
Ah… never mind then. ?
I had no idea about the “holding option before clicking a window to eliminate the drop shadow” – great find! Thanks for sharing!
It was worth checking. Great company name.