Screen capture of mpeg file (from QuickTime) Plug-in 6.0.2

[Stretchwickster]

Hi,

I'm trying to do a screen capture of one scene in a short mpeg clip located online. I've tried using PrintScrn and a screen capture facility in Paint Shop Pro. Both capture the image I want but after pasting into Paint Shot Pro or Microsoft Paint the image is not properly retained once it is saved. Am I doing something wrong or is there some kind of protection applied that's preventing me from capturing the image properly?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Clive
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[billhug]

I've had good luck doing vidcaps this way: stop the movie by clicking on the screen > do a Control C > Alt-Tab over to Photoshop > click New > you'll get a size dialog > I set the Resolution to 100 and click OK > hit Shift Insert > Bingo - That's Photoshop. I have reason to believe that popularly priced Adobe Elements would act the same way. I have no idea if it works with PSP or MS Paint.

 

[bigfoot]

You could also use Snagit, or for a full avi capture, use Camtasia. I think those are both for PC only.

http://www.techsmith.com

 

[Stretchwickster]

Ok thanks for the suggestions.

Clive
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"To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer."
Paul Ehrlich
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To get the best answers from this forum see: faq102-5096