Taking a screen capture is a helpful way to create an image of your desktop. Google Drive allows you to save and share your files online. You can edit a screen capture and save it to Google Drive by opening it in your computer's basic graphics program (Paint in Windows, Paintbrush in Mac), saving it as a JPEG, and then uploading it to Drive using Drive's "Upload" button. Learning how to complete this process means you will be able to easily access and share images of your desktop. Editing a Screen Capture1Take your screen capture, which will save to your computer's clipboard. In Windows, do this by pressing the "Print Screen" button. On a Mac, do this by pressing Command-Control-Shift-3. 2Open your computer's native graphics program to edit the screen capture. In Windows, this is Microsoft Paint. On a Mac, this is Paintbrush. 3Paste the screen capture from your computer clipboard into your graphics program. Do this in Windows by pressing Control-V. Do this on a Mac by pressing Command-V. 4Use your graphics program to make any edits to the screen capture. This can include resizing, erasing, cropping, coloring and more. 5Click "File," "Save As" to save the edited screen capture. Chose "JPEG" as the file type. Save an Edited Screen Capture to Google Drive1Log in to your Google Drive account. 2Click the red "Upload" button next to the "Create" button on your Drive homepage. 3Select the "Files..." option that appears when you click "Upload." 4In the window that pops up, select your JPEG file of the edited screen capture and click "Open." Google Drive will now upload and save the file from your computer. |