Q. How would you format a credit line for a screenshot? Do you credit the person who took the screenshot or the website where the screenshot is from? For example, if a writer takes a screenshot of a notice on a website, do you cite the website, the writer, or both?
A. Unlike a photographer, the person who creates a screenshot doesn’t usually get credit. But if someone has added annotations or the like that aren’t part of the captured image, that fact should be made clear. For example, the caption and credit for this image—
—might read as follows:
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See also CMOS 3.21–29 (for captions) and 3.30–38 (for credits).