Jellyboots Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Just press "Print Screen/SysRq" and then click on "paste" in the paint program. I don't know how widely known that is, but it beats all the ripoff screen capture programs. Anyway, thought people should know. It's one way you can get pictures of youtube videos etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 yeah, that's been around for years...can also use alt+prtscn to capture just the active window... but Vista comes packaged with it's own snipping tool, which lets you do a grab a clipping of an area by dragging your mouse to fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I thought almost everyone knew about that. :? The reason I use a 3rd-party program for some of my screen capturing is because I feel the function included with Windows is too basic to fit my needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy_S Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 The "so called rip off programs" are different than pressing PrtScn, as they crop, and do other magical things instantly. What does this have to do with Paint.Net? Quote My deviantART | My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyboots Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 The "so called rip off programs" are different than pressing PrtScn, as they crop, and do other magical things instantly.What does this have to do with Paint.Net? well, I use it for getting pictures onto PDN without the hassle of saving to hard drive. I personally didn't know about this until I was told to do it when dealing with a problem with an antivirus program, and they wanted a screen shot. I am most terribly sorry for wasting a few bytes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 well, I use it for getting pictures onto PDN without the hassle of saving to hard drive. From the web? You can just right-click and select "copy image," you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyboots Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 well, I use it for getting pictures onto PDN without the hassle of saving to hard drive. From the web? You can just right-click and select "copy image," you know. thanks I thought that just copied the picture address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Nab Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Jellyboots is right, a lot of people that don't spend very much time on the computer actually don't know about the PrntScr function. I find screenshot applications such as Fraps to be very useful, because they eliminate the "Paste" step - useful in Video games, movies, or sheer laziness Quote "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 In fact, most of the Paint.NET help screenshots and Wikipedia software images running in Vista (AFAIK) were captured with a custom program, despite the fact that it's main feature it relatively easy to replicate to a similar level of quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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