Help making screenshots!
 

I have absolutely no idea how to make a screenshot from a movieclip, i.e avi, mpeg, wmv etc. I want to make screenshots for the clips I upload in the Video Vault. Do I need a stand alone program? Thankful for any help I can get..

Windows Movie maker can do it. if some files won't work you only have to make them another format.

i've also posted a similiar topic: quite good programs
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=11085

hope u can download a good one :wink:

Or do like I do for ALL the ones you can find in our home page ;) take a picture of the screen ;) (with a digicam), and crop/resize it :D

You could also just press Ctrl + Prt Sc on your keyboard which takes a screen shot of whatever is currently displayed, then paste it in a editing program (Photoshop) and crop/resize it like TT said. This is in case you haven't got a digi camera. :wink:

print screen dosnt work on XP ..... :mrgreen:

You wanna place money on this one?

In my system for instance if I try to capture the screen while a movie is playing, I get a blank/black WMP window :D

This is true for any video overlay display component - on Win95/98/2000 or XP.. :)

What I do is just load the clip into Premiere and go the desired frame - and export it. :)

Yeah count me in too, I wanna make some money.:D


Just pause the movie on the screenshot you want and then capture the screen. That works for me. :wink:

$1000 bucks would do just fine dont ya think ....

ahem ... ok $1000 on tht ^^

win 95/98 didnt have muilti layering ..... windows 2000 has multi layering but the video overlay dosnt have its own layer ... XP got a seperate layer fer video ..............

umm that makes 2000 bucks in total ....

and

in XP tht dosnt work ....

how about $$35 ....

im winning $2000 ... i can spear $35 :twisted: :wink: :wink:

I downloaded "BS Player" and that program works fine. Can be found at www.download.com if anyone's interested. Thanks for all the advice guys!

I just did it on my computer (which runs Windows XP) and it worked, so yes I'll take that $35. :D

You simply stated that print screen doesn't work on XP.

You never qualified WHAT function of print screen.

Since print screen is a default component of Windows XP - you lose. :)

Back to print screen capture of on-screen video... I already pointed out the layering fact before you posted - and is only true for Video for Windows compliant display.

But again you failed to qualify - it is completely dependent on the player being used.

So - the lesson for the day?

Always dot the I's and cross the T's before your place a bet... :P

The devil is in the details.

I would like you to forward my winnings to Jabba as thanks for all the work that has gone into JW... :)

my computer it doesnt work i use contol print screen and paste it to something new in paint but the image is there but when i close the player the image disapears leaving a black screen :roll:

mostly people use WMP .... and im talking abt WMP ....... and we are talking abt takng pics using print screen .... and print screen dosnt work on WMP ....... u didnt mention any specific player :P :P