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A Guide to Screencapping

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Guide by chel1395 posted 4 months ago
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A few people have asked me to write a little instruction manual on how to make screencaps. I'm not good at giving instructions, so I apologize if this doesn't make sense. :D

First you need to have a DVD-ROM and a viewing program like Cyberlink PowerDVD. There are many different ones out there, but PowerDVD is what I use.

Step 1: Insert your movie.

Step 2: Click Configuration (shown below)


Step 3: Under Player Setting Tab, click Advance.

Step 4: Click on the Snapshot Tab. The settings I use are marked below. It also must be a .bmp file extension.


Step 4: Click OK twice when you are done.

Step 5: Start your movie by pressing play.

Now, there are two ways to capture your images.

1. You can press the 'C' key on your keyboard for every image you want to cap.
-or-
2. Click the camera button on your dock. (shown below)


My best advice is just to play around with it. That's how I figured it out. Depending on the software you use, the settings might be different. Hope this helped!!
8 comments
user photo Temptasia said:
Wow tht is a ton easier than how I do it! Thanks for the guide. This will save me eons! You would laugh if you knew what I had been doing :P
posted 4 months ago.
last edited 4 months ago
 
user photo tushtush said:
I always thought you pressed screenprint and then pasted them into documents, then save them as .gif or .jpg. Your way is so much easier. thanks!
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo DarkSarcasm said:
You're a god.
End of story. =P
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo harold said:
See? To me, the instructional articles are the best. Help people to do the things that they want to do, and which will enable them to make Fanpop better! Wonderful!
posted 4 months ago.
last edited 4 months ago
 
user photo ShadowFlame said:
Thanks chel, I didn't know any of that 'til now!
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo thecon said:
I had no idea either... good to finally find out there is software for this, I've just been taking pics of my screen.
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo anchy94 said:
Thanks Chel. I couldn`t done it without you. Big kiss for you...
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo aloralaine said:
Hey Chel, The information you provided is really very helpful to me. I don’t know any of it till now. I have browsed through several sites but the information you provided helped me a lot.
posted 3 months ago.
 
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