screen cature

Monday, March 12, 2007 by pjdark | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

how do i post a picture of my desktop on this site? really want to show my desktop.any suggestions?  
pjdark
Reply #1 Monday, March 12, 2007 7:53 PM
sorry i meant capture. my bad.  
Bichur
Reply #2 Monday, March 12, 2007 8:06 PM
print screen key
open graphics program
edit > paste
save as
upload to a site like photobucket
copy the http url generated at upload site
paste into box here, that pops up when you click the insert image icon
cplair
Reply #3 Monday, March 12, 2007 8:09 PM
First arrange your desktop the way you want and literally all you have to do is press the "print screen" button on your keyboard, located in the top right corner next to your scroll lock usually.

Once you've done that open your "Paint" application or any photo editor or word processor such as MSWord, go to edit and click paste!

There's your screen shot! That's all there is to it!

Paint defaults the file type into BMP but if you do a save as you can save it in any format, most notably JPG which weighs much less than a bitmap. Don't forget to name your file and remember where you saved it to.

I hope this helps, good luck! And keep on skinning!

  
SirSmiley
Reply #4 Monday, March 12, 2007 8:14 PM
sorry i meant capture. my bad.


Darn I could've had fun with that...cat maiming a computer sort of thing.
pjdark
Reply #5 Monday, March 12, 2007 8:30 PM
thanx to all [sir bichur,cplair,and SirSmiley] you folks awesome!!!  this was my first question posted here on this great site. thanx all of you for your quick responses!
SirSmiley
Reply #6 Monday, March 12, 2007 8:54 PM
To answer your question for real. Check at Rumshot (google it) it's by Andrew and creates a preview plus a screenshot. That's what I use for displaying my screenshots.
Bichur
Reply #7 Monday, March 12, 2007 9:01 PM
There's also a docklet for Object Dock called 'Capture' that works very well. It will even throw in a thumbnail.
pjdark
Reply #8 Monday, March 12, 2007 10:15 PM
  thanx SirSmiley,and Sir Bichur your still awesome!!!
AzDude
Reply #9 Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:07 AM
pj ... a very simple way to capture your desktop is
press the print screen key then open " paint " -
just regular old paint which is part of windows
go to edit then paste it and save it ...... done !

now put it into any photo editing program and
play with it till done and re save - it's now
ready to go ! ..... AzDude ...
vStyler
Reply #10 Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:49 AM
...make sure to save as a jpeg not a BMP Also a quick way to open Paint if thats what u use is .. RUN > mspaint
Quentin94
Reply #11 Saturday, April 14, 2007 6:03 AM
or you can use faststone it's free and usefull here you can make quasi all you want and add settings to auto save the screen capture in jpg, png, bmp what you want in the folder of your choice. really simple to use
AzDude
Reply #12 Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:29 AM
faststone it's free


pj . i really like this the best , i use it ( faststone )
once set up is done for capture , it's a snap to use and
it edits too - one-stop shopping if you will !

Try it you'll like it and it's FREE !
MySecret
Reply #13 Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:57 PM
Faststone
Try it you'll like it and it's FREE !


True ...it is a very small app. Once you download it click on it & choose options to customize it. I have it to start with windows & run in the system tray. For a fullscreen SS just click on printscreen and you can have it set to open the folder you saved it to. To highlight an area just righclick on the systemtray icon and select which one you want or use the keyboard shortcuts.

It's My Secret
vStyler
Reply #14 Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:46 PM
Faststone ..Love it already.. press prntscrn one time and it screenies my desktop, names it and saves it to my desktop ready to send.( ctrl+M for a crop )

Top notch.  

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