Taking screenshots ****************** Gaia Sky has an in-built screenshot capturing feature. To take a screenshot press :guilabel:`F5` any time during the execution of the program. By default, screenshots are saved in the ``$GS_DATA/screenshots`` (see :ref:`folders `) folder. The screenshots are in ``PNG`` format with high quality settings, so they can grow quite big if the resolution is large. .. hint:: Take a screenshot with :guilabel:`F5`. Screenshot modes ================ - **Simple mode** - This mode saves the current screen buffer to a file. It captures also the GUI and it does so at the current display resolution. - **Advanced mode** - This mode renders the current scene to an off-screen buffer with an arbitrary resolution. The resolution can be configured in the configuration dialog, ``Screenshots`` tab. The advanced mode will **NOT** capture the GUI or any additional elements that are not part of the scene.