How to take a screenshot in windows 11

Aug 14, 2021 • 12 min read Microsoft just rolled a new revamped Snipping Tool that replaces both the classic Snipping Tool and the Snip & Sketch apps in Windows 11. These two legacy apps were not entirely removed but instead, the best features of both apps were combined into a unified brand new Snipping Tool with some added functionalities. Snipping Tool is a Windows screenshot utility that lets you take screenshots or snapshots of the entire screen, windows, or a particular area on your display. Capturing a screenshot is the quickest and easiest way to capture exactly what your screen is displaying in a picture format so you can share it with others or save it for future reference. You can use the Snipping Tool to capture the screenshots of a particular window, a rectangular area, a free-form area, or the full screen. It also provides options to set a timer (in secs) to take screenshots. In addition, the new app provides new and improved editing tools as well as a new settings page to configure the app. In this tutorial, we will show you everything about how to use the New Snipping Tool in Windows 11. How to Take Screenshots with Snipping Tool in Windows 11 Screenshots are really useful when you want to share important information (like system configurations), troubleshooting an issue, use them for projects and assignments, post it on Facebook, explain a process in an article like this one, and much more. Windows 11’s new built-in Snipping Tool provides various snipping m...

High-Resolution screenshots in Windows 11/10, make sure you do the following to enhance the clarity of your next screenshot. The term resolution refers to the number of pixels (or dots per inch – DPI) per inch of the image. So, a higher resolution means improved quality. Take High-Resolution screenshots in Windows 11/10 In Windows 10, go to ‘ Settings’, choose ‘ System’ and then select ‘ Display’. Next, under ‘ Screen and Layout’ section, click on ‘ Advanced scaling settings’. Now, turn the slider below ‘ Let Windows try to fix apps, so they are not blurry’ from ‘ off’ to ‘ on’. Doing so will make apps on your main display look better. Alternatively, you can enter a custom scaling size between 100-500. Following this, displays will be set to the custom scaling size you enter. When done, hit the ‘ Apply’ button to allow the changes to take effect. In Windows 11, you will see the settings here: Open Settings > System > Display > Custom scaling. The above option has one shortfall – it can cause some texts, apps, and items to be unreadable if the display doesn’t support that size. Also, it might be hard to go back to the original settings. Using GIMP If you use Read: How to Launch GIMP. If GIMP is not installed on your PC, download it from gimp.org. Next, select ‘ File’ and choose ‘ Open’. Once done, highlight the screenshot of whose quality you would like to improve. After that, select ‘Open’, choose the “ Image” menu and check the box marked against ‘ Scale Image’ option. No...