Screen capture on Windows XP

13 years ago

I use the totally awesome, fantastic Screenshot Captor from:

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It's a freeware program, doesn't take up much drive space, not a system hog, and is my screenshot program of choice for static screen captures.

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keithoz88

13 years ago

thanks ron, it sounds great.
is there one you can recommend for non-static capture? eg. video?
or anyone else can recommend something that's free and works well?

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rrm 13 years ago

Originally Posted by keithoz88

is there one you can recommend for non-static capture? eg. video? or anyone else can recommend something that's free and works well?

I like BB Flashback but it is not free. I tend to pay good money for stuff that I really like. I don't know of a non-static capture or screen casting software for free that I would use instead.

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vampiro

13 years ago

Originally Posted by keithoz88

thanks ron, it sounds great.
is there one you can recommend for non-static capture? eg. video?
or anyone else can recommend something that's free and works well?

Are you looking to capture a video?
Try CamTasia.. I am not sure if this is what you are looking for. Worth a try!

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plrwriter

13 years ago

Originally Posted by keithoz88

thanks ron, it sounds great.
is there one you can recommend for non-static capture? eg. video?
or anyone else can recommend something that's free and works well?

Check out camstudio for free screen recording software.

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timpears

13 years ago

Your screen capture key is just to the right of the f keys. I have a desk top and it is just above my delete key, to the right of f12.

If you want your whole screen, just press that key and then paste it into a graphics program. If you want the open screen (if that might not take up the whole screen) press the Alt key along with the Prt Screen key.

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keithoz88

13 years ago

Tim,

Thanks mate - you're obviously a genius but.......
I found and pressed the PRTSC button just to the right of F12
What is supposed to happen? Nothing.....
Or am i supposed to do something in addition to this?
Where will it be filed or recorded exactly?

Mr Confused

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Melanie Crouse

13 years ago

Originally Posted by keithoz88

Tim,

Thanks mate - you're obviously a genius but.......
I found and pressed the PRTSC button just to the right of F12
What is supposed to happen? Nothing.....
Or am i supposed to do something in addition to this?
Where will it be filed or recorded exactly?

Mr Confused

Once you've pressed PRTSC, the image is copied.

Open any graphics program, word, etc. and paste it.

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braincandy7

13 years ago

You can also use the "Prt Scn" button usually in the top right on laptops.

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HarrisonJ

13 years ago

Press Print Screen, open Paint, then press Control+V (or Edit>Paste). Your screen capture will be in the Paint doc, then save it or edit it as you like.

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Arief Ramadhan

13 years ago

Here's my recommendation for screen recorder --> CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software

It is free and if you want to use premium software, then Camtasia Studio is great choice. Hope this works for you

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spa3212

13 years ago

There is a key named as "print screen sysrq" just press it and paste in paint or anywhere.

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sbucciarel

Banned 13 years ago

"Prt Scn" works great

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Cogitationalist 13 years ago

I'm just gonna compile what everyone has said (mostly) into one easier to read area for ya regarding static captures using prntscreen:

1. Press Prntscrn, or hold ALT + press prntscrn. Without the ALT key, your entire screen is captured including the taskbar and your browser windows (you may want to take anything personal out) You can use the ALT + prntscrn to leave your taskbar out, or take a picture of a non-maximized window and only capture the window itself. This works for anything on your screen, so if you have windows media player open and you want to take a picture of your playlist, you can use the ALT method to just capture that program. Just use the normal prntscrn if you want to cut out an area of a window.

2. Open MS-Paint, and press CTRL+V to paste your screenshot in. It will automatically resize the canvas to fit it, and you can immediately just save it. JPEG would be the smallest file size you want.

3. You can take a screenshot of your entire screen and use MS-Paint's Crop tool. Just drag out a box around the area you want to crop, and the crop button will become available to click. Clicking it will automatically take the rest of the image out of the picture, and then you can just save that.

4. You can also paste any of these things into another program like word or photoshop, but they have varying options afterwards. Your best bet is to save a JPEG of your screenshot in paint, and then work from there. Especially if you want to capture a whole screen and crop out multiple parts, or draw on the screenshot to highlight things something.
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- DebbieD 13 years ago
  
  For screen capture, I use jing. It is free, is incredibly easy to use and I love it. It can also capture just a part of the screen - you direct it according to what you want to copy.
  
  Also, there are some laptops where the PrntScrn button alone is not enough. If I remember correctly, on my old HP laptop I had to press the fn (usually at the bottom of the keyboard) button together with prntscrn (or maybe it was Ctrl+Fn+PrntScrn).
  
  Hope this helps.
  
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  keithoz88 13 years ago
  
  Thank you guys...and gals!
  I know it's easy to forget describing the little steps when you're highly proficient at something
  Now i understand
  A big thanks to all of you
  
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Screen capture on Windows XP

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