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Author Topic: How do I save a 'screen shot' on my computer? Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 06-26-2006 03:12 AM                        ok, I'm stumped. I want to basically save a 'screen shot' on my computer, but I have no idea how to do it. I've hit the 'print screen' button on this lovelypieceofcrap Dell I have, but nothing's happening. Maybe I should take a computer course, huh? Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-26-2006 03:17 AM                     After you press the PRINT SCREEN button, open up the program included with all Windows computers called "paint" and click CTRL and V together.  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 06-26-2006 07:49 AM                        This works most of the time. The first time I tried to do a screen capture while playing a DVD, so I had the image from that, I got funky results, and understandably so. The capture doesn't recognize the actual pixels of the screen in that area. I didn't give it too much thought ... I just used the "capture" feature the DVD player program has inside it. And that pastes into Photoshop no problem. Just thought that little extra bit would help, since I have no idea what you're specifically trying to capture.  |  IP: Logged Alexander Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 128 From: Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Registered: Jun 2003 posted 06-26-2006 08:01 AM                     If you're trying to capture a frame from your DVD player, on your PC, pressing PrintScr won't work because most DVD players paint the video on screen with a DirectX YUV overlay. That's why your DVD player software can grab the image, but the PrintScr key won't. Some DVD player apps. have a setting for not using your graphic card's hardware, this might have a performance hit, but should allow you to capture the frame using the PrintScr key. Alex.  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 06-26-2006 04:07 PM                        Thanks Brad! That worked!  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-26-2006 05:02 PM                        Following up on Alex's post, the frame capture button on some DVD player software (e.g. Power DVD) is disabled if the disc is CSS-encoded. I'd speculate that they incorporated this 'feature' as the result of pressure from Mr. Valenti and his chums. Presumably they're concerned that some extremely dedicated Chinese pirate might capture every frame on a DVD individually, then recombine and rerender them all, thereby duplicating the disc.  |  IP: Logged Alexander Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 128 From: Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Registered: Jun 2003 posted 06-27-2006 10:36 AM                     I plucked a DVD of the shelf at random (Star Wars Ep. 2) and played it using WinDVD 4 and it let me capture a frame without fuss. I guess a "big name" film on DVD will be CSS protected. Sorry Leo, not saying you're wrong, I suppose if I had bothered to pay for the up-to-date version of WinDVD it might restrict frame capture. I'll try capturing a DVD frame under Ubuntu (on my other machine) sometime. I suspect it will work. Alex.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-27-2006 04:04 PM                        Interesting. Power DVD (I can't get it to tell me the version number - it just says 'Power DVD XP' on the splash screen) won't grab a frame on most commercial DVDs. I've only ever used Win DVD on a former laptop with which it came bundled, and can't remember whether I ever tried to grab frames with it. That having been said, my previous statement that it was specifically the presence of CSS which told the software to disable the frame capture was a guess rather than a certainty. I only have one commercially sold feature film DVD - Peeping Tom - which is factory pressed but doesn't have CSS: I've just tried a frame grab from that, and as you can see... ...it worked. I then tried three other commercial DVDs with CSS from my shelf at random, and it wouldn't let me copy any frames to the clipboard - pressing the camera button did nothing. It could be that there is an 'allow frame grabs' flag that can be set to on or off in the authoring process (although if there is, my DVD authoring software, Adobe Encore, does not appear to have the facility to set it); but I always assumed that this was a function of CSS. Maybe Power DVD does this, but Win DVD does not. Anyhow, thanks for pointing it out.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-27-2006 05:10 PM                        There's also a neat little program you can download called HyperSnap-DX 5 Simple to use, lots of features.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-27-2006 07:07 PM                     quote: Leo Enticknap Interesting. Power DVD (I can't get it to tell me the version number - it just says 'Power DVD XP' on the splash screen) won't grab a frame on most commercial DVDs. With PowerDVD, you must toggle between hardware and software acceleration in the setup to be able to capture frames from DVDs. Normally when the settings are correct you will see the little camera on the user interface enabled and not greyed out. I have a copy of PowerDVD XP and am able to capture frames pretty well.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-27-2006 08:36 PM                        quote: Bobby Henderson I have a copy You illegal pirate! I am calling the authorities on you, you thievin' scoundrel! Tonight you will get a torn anus in prison!!!!!!!!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-27-2006 09:54 PM                     Nope! My cornhole is safe. You mistook my liberal use of the term "copy" as meaning "pirated." However, I have a legally purchased license from those folks at gocyberlink.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-27-2006 10:49 PM                        Jack Valenti didn't seem to care about that difference when I told him about your illegal shenanigans. You can try to explain it to the SWAT team when they arrive, but they probably won't listen. quote: Bobby Henderson my liberal use It figures that you are a bleeding heart liberal!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-28-2006 07:16 PM                     I have a fresh log of poo ready to fling at Jack Valenti's fake, grey hairdoo. I'll grapple him into a headlock and scrub it into his scalp. And then I'll push him into a busy shopping mall so 13 year old girls can reel in the digust that is known as: Shit Valenti! Shit Valenti! Ole!  |  IP: Logged

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