ok, let's say I'm watching a movie on my computer. I want to take a picture of a scene in the movie. How do I do it? My OS is windows. If that matters...
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how do you take a pic of a movie?
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wtrent10
, Feb 20 2004 03:43 PM
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Posted 20 February 2004 - 03:43 PM
"This movie is the cause for all mental retardation. every kid I see walking down the street slamming their hand against their chest and yelling some incoherent sound I'm gonna point at them and yell, 'NO!!!!!!!! YOU WATCHED SKY CAPTAIN!!!!'"
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Posted 20 February 2004 - 03:49 PM
well, you could use the printscreen button (Prt Scrn) That saves a picture of whatever's on the screen onto the clipboard, then you could pase it into a picture program. Other than that, there's probably some programs out there that can dissect movies into pictres.
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Posted 20 February 2004 - 04:17 PM
There is a piece of hardware that people use for getting still shots out of video called Snappy.
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Posted 20 February 2004 - 04:47 PM
I don't think he's talking about an analog video source, but rather a digital video that's already on his computer.
Besides, the absolutely amazing Snappy has unfortunately been discontinued.
That thing rocked...
Besides, the absolutely amazing Snappy has unfortunately been discontinued.
That thing rocked...
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Posted 20 February 2004 - 05:26 PM
Don't you mean Rocks? just because it's discontinued doesn't mean its not good anymore...
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Posted 20 February 2004 - 05:44 PM
Well, it was really good for a $99 frame capture device 5 years ago when it was made. Now you'll have trouble getting it to work with a modern OS and even finding a parallel port to plug it into. Besides that, there are tons of relatively inexpensive video capture cards now. My AllInWonder Radeon will do what the Snappy did, plus a bunch more and can be found for about the same price.
The best thing about it was the algorithm it used to extrapolate a 640x480 image from NTSC video. The images looked way better than you would expect.
The best thing about it was the algorithm it used to extrapolate a 640x480 image from NTSC video. The images looked way better than you would expect.
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Posted 20 February 2004 - 05:49 PM
There's a program called FRAPS, which is free up to version 1.9. It only works with resolutions up to 640x480 (for the free version). It also does video capture and I use it to capture stunts from GTA Vice City. I'm almost positive it does screen captures as well.
I don't know what the website is, but you could probably find it if you searched.
I don't know what the website is, but you could probably find it if you searched.
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