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Brad Amos
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February 8, 2024
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How to get an image via printscreen into full Photoshop

  • February 8, 2024
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I have just upgraded to full Photoshop 2024. I have used Elements for many years and often import a screendump by pressing Print Screen key and then File>New> and selecting image from Clipboard. This does not work in Photoshop 2024, but I need to do it often. How can I carry over this functionality to Full Photoshop?

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    Bojan Živković11378569
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    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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    February 8, 2024

    I have tried it and it is compatible with Windows 11 as well. Refer to @D Fosse  answer for more details.

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    Brad AmosAuthor
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    February 8, 2024

    Thanks, Bojan,

                              That is good to know.

      D Fosse
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      D FosseCommunity Expert
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      February 8, 2024

      File > New > Clipboard just sets the dimensions for the new document.

       

      Then press ctrl+V to paste the actual image you have in the clipboard.

       

      If you do this often, make an action and assign an F-key. That's what I've done, and I've also included steps in the action to assign the monitor profile > convert to sRGB for accurate colors.

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        Brad AmosAuthor
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        February 8, 2024

        Thank you. Your ctrl + V solves my problem.  I can now start to use the full Photoshop, but, being 78, I will try

        to find a good written manual.

        Jeff Arola
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        Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
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        February 8, 2024

        What version of Windows are you using?

         

        Photoshop doesn't have File>New>Image from Clipboard, so you use the method referred to by D Fosse below.

         

        Another method is to instead press the Windows Log key + Print Screen, which auto saves the screenshot into your Pictures in a folder called Screenshots.

        Then in Photoshop go to File>Open and navigate to your Pictures then Screenshots which you could put in Quick access.

         

         

         

         

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        Brad AmosAuthor
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        February 8, 2024

        Dear Jeff,

                         Thank  you. I will try your method, but the ctrl+V method described by D.Fosse definitely solves my problem. Whenever I have used Adobe Photoshop Elements over the last few decades I have first pressed Print Screen, then File>New and been presented with a choice between a blank file or an image from the clipboard, as shown below:   I have only just started to use the Full Photoshop, and was puzzled to find no such choice.

        Brad

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