Photoshop and the clipboard

Hiya

Here is a question which has bugged me for years.

When I need to open a screen grab in Photoshop, I have to do it by a roundabout way. Hit Print Screen, paste it into Paint, save it, THEN open it in Photoshop.

It would be simpler to hit Print Screen and then Edit and Paste in Photoshop - but this never works. The Paste option is always greyed out, only offering the Purge Clipboard option.

Anyone know why? This has always puzzled me.

Debs

Debbie wrote:

Here is a question which has bugged me for years.

When I need to open a screen grab in Photoshop, I have to do it by a roundabout way. Hit Print Screen, paste it into Paint, save it, THEN open it in Photoshop.

It would be simpler to hit Print Screen and then Edit and Paste in Photoshop - but this never works. The Paste option is always greyed out, only offering the Purge Clipboard option.

Anyone know why? This has always puzzled me.

I have a Macintosh, so I can't check this, but it seems odd to me. Have you opened a new document before you try to paste?... Photoshop does not have an option "Paste to new document", so you have to open an empty document before you can paste anything. Photoshop will however suggest the correct size for this new document, based on the contents of the clipboard.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

You're correct Johan.

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message

I have a Macintosh, so I can't check this, but it seems odd to me. Have you opened a new document before you try to paste?... Photoshop does not have an option "Paste to new document", so you have to open an empty document before you can paste anything. Photoshop will however suggest the correct size for this new document, based on the contents of the clipboard.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

Darrel Hoffman wrote:

(What bothers me is that if you want to blow up an image so that it stays pixelated, i.e. really big pixels instead of a big blurry image, this screen-grab method is the only way. You can't just blow up an image and say "no blurry, please"...)

Sure, you can. After reading the manual about the difference between bicubic interpolation, bilineair interpolation and nearest neighbor interpolation. Choose nearest neighbor and you'll get a nice pixelated image.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

Hi Johan ; It is easy . Click Print screen on your keyboard. Then , in Photoshop, click File > New . Then click Edit > Paste and it will paste your screen capture in the new canvas you just made. You will need to flatten it .. Good luck ;
Craig Flory

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message

Debbie wrote:

Here is a question which has bugged me for years.

When I need to open a screen grab in Photoshop, I have to do it by a roundabout way. Hit Print Screen, paste it into Paint, save it, THEN

open

it in Photoshop.

It would be simpler to hit Print Screen and then Edit and Paste in Photoshop - but this never works. The Paste option is always greyed

out,

only offering the Purge Clipboard option.

Anyone know why? This has always puzzled me.

I have a Macintosh, so I can't check this, but it seems odd to me. Have you opened a new document before you try to paste?... Photoshop does not have an option "Paste to new document", so you have to open an empty document before you can paste anything. Photoshop will however suggest the correct size for this new document, based on the contents of the clipboard.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

Craig Flory wrote:

Hi Johan ; It is easy . Click Print screen on your keyboard. Then , in Photoshop, click File > New . Then click Edit > Paste and it will paste your screen capture in the new canvas you just made. You will need to flatten it . Good luck ;
Craig Flory

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message

Debbie wrote:

Here is a question which has bugged me for years.

When I need to open a screen grab in Photoshop, I have to do it by a roundabout way. Hit Print Screen, paste it into Paint, save it, THEN open it in Photoshop.

It would be simpler to hit Print Screen and then Edit and Paste in Photoshop - but this never works. The Paste option is always greyed out, only offering the Purge Clipboard option.

Anyone know why? This has always puzzled me.

I have a Macintosh, so I can't check this, but it seems odd to me. Have you opened a new document before you try to paste?... Photoshop does not have an option "Paste to new document", so you have to open an empty document before you can paste anything. Photoshop will however suggest the correct size for this new document, based on the contents of the clipboard.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

Hi Craig. I know, because I didn't ask the question, I already answered it. That's what happens if you don't follow the rules and write your answer ABOVE the question in stead of below it.

A: Because that is the normal way we read, dummy.
Q: Why should you write your answer below the message you resond to?

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

(What bothers me is that if you want to blow up an image so that it stays pixelated, i.e. really big pixels instead of a big blurry image, this screen-grab method is the only way. You can't just blow up an image and say "no blurry, please"...)

Sure, you can. After reading the manual about the difference between bicubic interpolation, bilineair interpolation and nearest neighbor interpolation. Choose nearest neighbor and you'll get a nice pixelated image.

Hmm. Well whaddayaknow? Hey, wasn't there somebody posting not too long ago about trying to rotate an image without
reinterpolating? This would solve that, too, wouldn't it?