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A question about making screen captures/wallpaper
« on: April 03, 2006, 06:49:05 PM »
I will be getting a new computer in the next couple of months.  I would like to try my hand at creating screen captures and wallpaper.  Do you have any advice that you can give me, I’m just a beginner?  What would be the best program to get, etc.  I plan on using DVDs as well as stuff I record from TV to DVD on my recorder, my computer will have a DVD Rom as well.
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Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2006, 07:01:50 PM »
So let me get this straight, you want to just take still screenshots of movies and make them your desktop wallpaper?

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Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2006, 07:52:09 AM »
Yes that's right.
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    Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
    « Reply #3 on: April 05, 2006, 08:01:10 AM »
    Hitting the Print Screen button during a movie will produce a big black box. I suggest looking around for DVD-playing software that includes a "capture screen" function. Unless I'm mistaken, PowerDVD is capable of this, as well as others as well. :)
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    Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
    « Reply #4 on: April 05, 2006, 05:52:41 PM »
    Press the Print Screen Button, and go to Microsoft Paint. Click on Edit -> Paste ...

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      Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
      « Reply #5 on: April 05, 2006, 06:22:46 PM »
      Wait, that works? I always got a big black box... hmm. Must be because I upgraded. Ah well, I know I had problems with it before. Please ignore my above post...
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      Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
      « Reply #6 on: April 05, 2006, 06:36:13 PM »
      You should only see a black box with movies. Averything else should work.

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        Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
        « Reply #7 on: April 05, 2006, 06:39:20 PM »
        Well, he wanted a movie pic. And yet:

        http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/9608/untitled4yf.jpg

        This was taken courtesy of Print Screen...
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        Re: A question about making screen captures/wallpa
        « Reply #8 on: April 05, 2006, 07:45:02 PM »
        Hm. For most people it doesn't  :-/ I have to use a special program to take mine...

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