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screen capture?

February 4, 2003 9:45:47 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
What do you folks recommend for a good (and preferably free) screen capture program? I'm looking for something that I can use to save images of my desktop, as well as take still images from DVD's (right now I'm using WinDVD, but that program's "capture" feature doesn't always work right, often squishing the image instead of keeping it the same resolution).

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

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Reply #1 February 4, 2003 10:05:53 AM
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I haven't tried it with something that uses a video overly lay a DVD player (since PowerDVD's screenshot option works /great/,) but what I've always used for 3D or other DirectX stuff is Hypersnap DX. It's not free, but it works /wonderfully/.

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Reply #2 February 4, 2003 12:03:06 PM
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For Your desktop the PrtScrn key on Your keyboard and a graphics program to paste there is just wonderful to do a screenshot.

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Reply #3 February 4, 2003 1:34:40 PM
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PrtScrn will, most likely, just leave a black box where your DVD movie is showing, however. Most movie players use video overlay (or whatever they're calling it now - keyholing, or some such,) where the actual video playing doesn't exist to the operating system itself - it merely passes through straight to the video card.

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Reply #4 February 4, 2003 1:38:56 PM
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Print Screen won't work to capture a DVD image on your monitor, I already tried that before.... ;(

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Reply #5 February 4, 2003 2:06:05 PM
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I only spoke of the desktop. Video doesn't work wit the key, that is true sadly...

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Reply #6 February 5, 2003 1:11:20 AM
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Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I looked at PowerDVD, and unfortunately spending another $50 for another DVD player on the computer isn't an option right now, so I'll just live without the screenshots. C'est la vie, as they say somewhere far away.
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Reply #7 February 5, 2003 12:10:19 PM
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give snagit a try u can capture anything with it even movies or animatet gif's works great...
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