A much cooler (but more difficult to get the hang of) way to take a screenshot on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone is with a simple vertical side swipe of your palm. Go to Settings, choose the My device tab, then select ‘Motions and gestures’, Palm motion and ensure ‘Capture screen’ is toggled on. Note that you must keep your palm in contact with the screen at all times.
To access a screenshot you’ve captured on your Samsung Galaxy, simply pull down the notification bar and look for the item ‘Screenshot captured’.
Within the notification bar you’ll find options to Delete, Edit or Share the screenshot, or you can simply tap on the notification to open it in the Gallery.
Enter Edit mode to access menus for Crop, Rotate, Colour (Auto adjust, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Adjust RGB, Temperature, Exposure, Hue) and Effect (Vignette, Grey-scale, Sepia, Vintage, Faded colour, Turquoise, Tint, Cartoon, Moody, Fisheye, Negative, Nostalgia, Engraving, Sketch art, Downlight, Blue wash, Yellow glow, Sharpen, Blur and Soft glow). Tap the save icon at the top right of the screen to save any changes, or use the forward- and back arrows to undo and redo any changes.
What you see when you press the Share icon will depend on which apps are installed on your Samsung Galaxy, but you can at very least expect to see Bluetooth, ChatOn, Drive, Email, Gmail, Google+, Group Play, Hangouts, Messaging, Photos, Picasa, S Memo, WhatsApp and Wi-Fi Direct.
If you lose the screenshot notification you can also access your screenshot on a Samsung Galaxy via the My Files app. Choose All Files, Pictures, Screenshots.
Author: Marie Black, Global Director of Content Operations, Foundry
Marie is Global Director of Content Operations at Foundry. A Journalism graduate from the London College of Printing, she’s worked in tech media for 20 years. These days she is focused on refining editorial processes and workflows, and on our evergreen, transactional and custom content strategy.
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