How to capture and save screen shots, please help?

[golfnut]

Could someone please help me by explaining how I may capture and save screen shots to a file on my computer. I would really appreciate your help and advice. Thank you.

[phonomas]

<Alt + Print Scrn>

-Then open paint and Edit > Paste. There you go!

[curryman]

<Alt + Print Scrn>

Why "ALT", it works by just pressing "print screen"

[phonomas]

True Dat, curryman! Sorry for the disinfo.

[curryman]

Oh lets not call it "disinfo", maybe alternative is a better word

[Ripper2860]

FYI ...

PrintScreen: will capture the entire desktop.
Alt-Printscreen: will capture the current active window.

A difference that should be noted.

[curryman]

ooh, you live and learn,
well there's something i didn't know,
Apologies to all concerned for misinforming

[golfnut]

Many thanks everyone for the help.

golfnut

[tweedledee]

You can also try a very good program called SNAGIT.

[mujahid7ia]

IF you want more than one screen at a time, and want them in jpeg/bmp/tiff format instead of on the clipboard, Screenhunter is free and great! It has timed shots, and custom prefixes on filenames.

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter.htm

[golfnut]

Thanks guys, a great help. I must say this is the greatest site in the world. The people here, including yourselves are so nice and responsive, just great. Thanks again.

golfnut

[gohck]

Please help me .I 've tried Print Screen ,snagit & screen hunter,to capture screen when I show the movie clip by realplayer or media player (i.e .rm, .wmv and .dat), but I could only capture the real/media player skin but not the movie image. I don't know what's going wrong...
Is there any software that I should install besides paint shop which comes with WindowXP Home Editon bundle.
Your advice is most appreciated.Thanks.

[g_shocker182]

Your problem has to do with hardware acceleration and having it enabled or not. I forgot how you fix it but I'm sure someone here knows.

[gohck]

Thanks g_shocker182.Somebody help me please.

[jeex]

i'm not sure if powerdvd will play wmv files, but .dat (i'm assuming vcd) can have frames captured through powerdvd.. just click the little camera icon. i believe by default it will capture the frame to the clipboard, but you can have it capture to a .bmp file if you mess with the settings in powerdvd.

[mujahid7ia]

BSPlayer can capture frames of a video file, but it depends on your Dshow VFW filters whether thye come out right.

[mumu]

Here is a good guide on ScreenHunter www.wisdom-soft.com site for capturing video screens from your player,
http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_2.htm#movie

Yep, ScreenHunter Pro is highly recommended from my buddy.
http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_pro.htm

[AlecWest]

Could someone please help me by explaining how I may capture and save screen shots to a file on my computer.

Download this. Captura is a standalone EXE file. Download to your desktop, double-click on the icon, and you can save a section of the screen (or the whole screen after a short delay) in JPG format.