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| I noticed many people don't know how to take screenshots. Maybe some of the mods can make a sticky of this, so we don't have to explain it again and again. (for Apple users, scroll to the next post) 1) Normally, you press the button 'print screen' (next to F12) and you go to Paint or another imaging program and you click paste (or Ctrl+v). You can cut out the parts you don't want (you may not want us to see the dirty websites your surfing to). Pressing ALT + Print Scrn takes only the active window 2) Windows Media Player Press Ctrl + I and save the image. or You can't just press print screen in WMP, you have to go to - Tools -> Options - the Performance tab - Advanced button and uncheck "Use Overlays" under video acceleration Then you can print screen and paste it. 3) VLC Player When playing a video in VLC Player, pause the video and go to VIDEO -> SNAPSHOT. The still is now saved in the format you selected under preferences > video. (you can also choose the path there) 4) Power DVD There's a button in Power DVD that takes a screenshot of the video it's playing. You can select the filetype/size and the path under preferences. http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2...rdvd1606cn.jpg 5) BSPlayer Press P to take the screenshot. It will be stored in your BSplayer folder. 6) go to Analog X Capture little application that settles itself in the system tray. You can press a hotkey to capture everything or the active window. Bitmap is stored in the app's folder. Hosting a file, can be done here: www.imageshack.us I'm sure there are also other ways and other utilities...but I think you'll get along just fine with one of these. | |
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| Joined: Dec 7th, 2004 Last Online: October 6th, 2008 Location: England Age: 25 Posts: 1,023
Car: Toyota MR2 Mk1, Toyota MR2 Mk1 SC, Peugeot 309 Rep Power: 18 ![]() ![]() | Good idea. I'd just like to add to this for the Mac users, but as I still only use Mac OS 9 I can't guarantee that the OS X instructions are correct - someone else will have to check for me. I know these worked on earlier versions of X but I've not even tried 10.4 yet, so don't know... Mac OS 9: To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press Command+Shift+3 simultaneously. This will place a picture file inside the folder for your main hard disk (the drive your active system folder is on). To take a screenshot of just an area of the screen, press Command+Shift+4 simultaneously. Then you can draw a marquee around the area you want the snapshot taken of. Alternatively, instead of drawing the marquee, press the space bar and a snapshot of the active window will be taken. Again, a picture file will be automatically created with that image in the main folder of the hard disk. You can keep snapping away multiple times and the system will automatically increase the numbering of the files sequentially. Mac OS X: As with OS 9 - you press Command+Shift+3 simultaneously to get a snapshot of the whole screen and Command+Shift+4 plus a drag to take a snapshot of just an area (or spacebar for the active window or menu - as with OS 9). This time, the snapshots are saved on your desktop. In earlier versions of OS X they're saved as PDF files, in 10.4 they're saved as PNG files. Note: If you have multiple monitors, taking a snapshot of the entire screen will grab an image of all screens. As far as I know taking snapshots will grab an image of movies too - at least it does with the DivX's I tried in OS 9 using Quicktime... Alternatives: You could also try using a piece of Shareware software called Snapz which does a great job of snapshots on the Mac. Oh and on the PC, I find that Jasc's PaintShop Pro's Screen Capture facility is fantastic and I recommend any users of PaintShop Pro on PC try it (File>Import>Screen Capture>Setup). Hope that helps. If I missed anything out, just shout! ![]()
__________________ Yup, two too many cars, but I love 'em: 1991 Peugeot 309 - owned it for four years, currently the only runner and the daily driver... but great fun to drive! French though, so gotta treat her rough to keep her happy. 1989 Toyota MR2 Mk1 - owned it for two years. Love it loads. Currently undergoing a suspension upgrade... 1987 Toyota MR2 Mk1 SC - A project car that had Headgasket issues when I bought it. I've never driven it... yet... |
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| Adding in some more stuff. This info is on Windows Vista (I use Ultimate but I expect this covers all versions) WinDVD 8 ![]() ![]() After (4), the standard 'Save As' window comes up. Windows Media Player On Vista Just make it full screen, let the time bar disappear, then hit Print Screen. They've finally made it easy.
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