how do i do a screen shot?

[cute_narutokun]

hi guys....i am a tech noob...and i wan to noe how to do a screen shot? i use the prt scr button...but the picture will disappear when i off the show....how?

i wan to take a picture from a show...so tat i can upload as an avatar...how do i? please teach me pls....^_^

[ftlouiea]

I assume you're using Windows Media Player to watch these shows?

Go To - Tools > Options > Performance > See 'Video Performance' and move the pointer to 'None'. This should solve the problem and Print Screen will hold no difficulties. :happy:

[vicks]

just to clarify, dana means change "video acceleration" to none under performance, although you could probably figure that out since there's nothing else to change to none :D

[Becci]

Hey cute_narutokun You can also do this too if you have Windows Movie Maker!

Check if you do by going to Start then All Programs then Accessories and then Entertainment!.

I've attached some visual directions too!

First go to "File" and Import Into Collections.
[So there you just choose your video file basically! Hehe]

(The Pictures Are Large So Just Click Below To View :tongue: )
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3592/deletelater8ut.png

After once it has loaded (should just take a couple of seconds) you select the clip you want as your screen shot. So you click the "Take Picture" button! Like this.....

(The Pictures Are Large So Just Click Below To View :tongue: )
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6061/directions5dk.png

Now you done and then you can open it in Paint or a Photoshop etc to edit or do whatever you want to that screen shot!! :wink2:

Hope that helped!!!! :wave:

[Sang]

what if i wanna cap sumthing from realplayer? cuz the files in real player cant open in Windows Movie Maker?

[wackycashew]

i could've sworn there was an old topic on making screencaps in which both JianDan[Ai] and i posted the instructions. :unsure: i guess it got cleaned up... anyway...

what if i wanna cap sumthing from realplayer? cuz the files in real player cant open in Windows Movie Maker?

for files that you need Real Player to watch, you can do screencaps by going to:
Tools > Preferences... > Hardware > in the Videocard Compatibility section - slide the tab from Best performance to Most reliable and click OK. Then use Print Screen to make caps as usual.

same idea as Windows Media Player really. :happy:

[scarletwillow]

If you're thinking about taking a lot of screencaps, go for the long term solution.
Use a player like BSplayer (bsplayer.org) to capture screens, which you can do with the press of a key (P for BSplayer).

Obviously, when you decrease hardware acceleration, your video quality suffers greatly, so it's very annoying to have to tweak your settings everytime you want to capture an image.

[cute_narutokun]

thanks a bunch...now i am able to screen shot already,,,,
really thx...

[Sang]

If you're thinking about taking a lot of screencaps, go for the long term solution.
Use a player like BSplayer (bsplayer.org) to capture screens, which you can do with the press of a key (P for BSplayer).

Obviously, when you decrease hardware acceleration, your video quality suffers greatly, so it's very annoying to have to tweak your settings everytime you want to capture an image.
yea.. thats true.. the quality gets really bad.. does this program works 4 realplayer? cuz i've tried most screen cap prog and havent found one that does :cry: .. hope this does

[wackycashew]

^ no, BS Player does not support files you can play with RealPlayer. i don't really know of any programs that play RealPlayer media other than RealPlayer itself. so, if you must screencap from RealPlayer files, then just follow the instructions i provided above. for other files though, BS Player should be fine. :happy:

[lovingjay]

I am using the Windows Media Player 9. And when I wanted to do a screen shot, the "help" said that it needed to be a DVD feature? and where is the "print screen" option? In the tool bar? cause I can't find it....

any kind of help would be much appreciated!

[wackycashew]

"print screen" is on your computer keyboard. it's located on the right hand side right beside the F12 key and above the Insert key. it's not on the media player. did you change the settings under Tools > Options > Performance?

[lovingjay]

ahhh....I see. hehe...I feel stupid now..

Thanks for the help!

[wackycashew]

it's ok. you probably just didn't realize. :happy: you're welcome.

another good player like BS Player where you can do screencaps without changing the performance is GOM Player, which is a korean media player. :-) it works great and even helps you "fix" problematic or draggy clips. it's what i use now.

[may_510]

:thanks: to wackycashew and scarletwillow!

I'm actually using Hover Screenshot now but I found it rather troublesome to change the settings everytime I wanted to make some caps.. Thanks for recommending some other alternatives..

[[u]izu^]

Is there a way to do it for Windows Media Classic?

[cs_omigosh]

hihi..wow..thanks for this thread. =) I was trying to do screen caps from real media player file and I had no idea how to do it..haha..

[xanimeotakux]

i'm using the windows media player, but when i was using wackeycashew's example, i couldn't find the "take picture" icon on my clip. i separated a goong episode, and they made over like..400 clips. ~_~ on one of the clips, i wanted a certain part of it, but i was looking all over for the "take picture" icon. it didn't have that. the last two icons were "full screen" and "split clip." i wanted to take a picture of one parts of that clip. i tried to just press print but that didn't work. help anyone?

does anyone know how to generally just take a screen shot, that includes the desktop and the background? like, i tried it once but i forgot how. i thought it was to press the print screen button but that didn't work. =/

even if i do press "print screen" i'm not sure if they even took a screenshot..where do i check for the screenshots just to make sure?

also, like lovingjay, i tried to take a screen shot using windows media player and it said it could only be used while i was using a dvd. so i can't take an image using windows media player either >.<

[pamujung]

even if i do press "print screen" i'm not sure if they even took a screenshot..where do i check for the screenshots just to make sure?After press 'print screen', open the Paint program (go to start > Accessories > Paint) and Paste (Ctrl+V) picture in that program and save.

i'm using the windows media player, but when i was using wackeycashew's example, i couldn't find the "take picture" icon on my clip. i separated a goong episode, and they made over like..400 clips. ~_~ on one of the clips, i wanted a certain part of it, but i was looking all over for the "take picture" icon. it didn't have that. the last two icons were "full screen" and "split clip." i wanted to take a picture of one parts of that clip. i tried to just press print but that didn't work. help anyone?okie a bit confused here, which method of wackeycashew you referred to ? And if you are finding the 'take picture' button in win media player, you won't find it. There is no such function.

[xanimeotakux]

omg! thanks so much! this is mucho help! thanks so much! i forgot what i had to do after pressing print screen. thanks so much! XD

i wonder how you use windows movie maker and media player though.. o.O

oh jeez. ok, i made a screen shot trying to take a shot of the media player video clip. but when i opened it on paint, it showed the media player..but the video showing on the media player was all black. ~_~

[pamujung]

yep you need to set something in the windows media player before pressing 'print screen'

Go To - Tools > Options > Performance > See 'Video Performance' and change "video acceleration" move the pointer to 'None'.windows movie maker is used when you want to combine, cut, make a new clip. And you don't know how to use media player :?

[Ginuwine]

I just use a program called Snapz, it's quite simple. Just open App choose Screenscreenshot option and wham! A screenie is saved to where ever. You could also do capture your screen to.

Too bad it's only for mac, but here's a couple of programs you should try.

http://www.techsmith.com/

It's trial though!

[xanimeotakux]

thanks pam, i can take a screenshot now! ^_^ now..i just have to get my internet signal fixed so that i can upload the screenshots.. ~_~

[mysteryhack]

On a laptop, how do I take a screenshot during a game that takes up a whole screen? Because unlike desktop, there's not button that says "screen shot."

[xanimeotakux]

on the laptop, there's a print screen button though. o.O it's right next to the f12 button.