24.04.2010, 15:58
Fraps is a fun, free way to get screenshots. You can also use it to record any motion on the screen and all the sound, including your voice by microphone such as in TeamSpeak, in the movie mode. You can assign a single key to activate a mode in Fraps, which makes this very convenient. Fraps will allow you to save images to any folder that you desire or it will save them to the default Fraps folder.
Fraps
http://www.fraps.com/
Several Microsoft programs allow screen capture while they are open. I sometimes use Office PowerPoint because it has almost no hit against IL-2 performance. PowerPoint has a Clip Board built into it. Microsoft programs use the Clip Board to handle the screenshot. Every late Microsoft operating system comes with a Clip Board which can be used for screen captures. I can't remember if Paint has a Clip Board integration, but Paint is used by me to edit the screen capture.
Open the program, whatever it is, which hosts the Clip Board and push the screen capture button combination which can be found in your computer Help section. My HP laptop uses fn + alt + Print Screen (prt sc) to trigger a screen capture. for example.
Editing screen captures There are many possibilities for editing an image that was captured as a screenshot.
I use Office Picture Manager to crop it-the easiest that I found for this. Sometimes I use Office Picture Manager to switch the file format of the image.
Paint is a program which is free and can be used to edit the screenshot, as well as change the file format.
Office PowerPoint is great for adding text to the image and other features. This program allows for the widest possible selection of file format conversions that I have ever seen! It includes a Clip Board to receive the image file upon making the screenshot. Then you would have many options in editing it.
GIMP
This is a free ( donation would be nice ) program with image and motion image editing capabilities. Many of the features are professional quality.
http://www.gimp.org/
There are many other possibilities in programs which can edit a screen capture.
More detailed discussion should perhaps continue in our Screenshots, Images, and Video Forum.
Have fun with it.
Fraps
http://www.fraps.com/
Several Microsoft programs allow screen capture while they are open. I sometimes use Office PowerPoint because it has almost no hit against IL-2 performance. PowerPoint has a Clip Board built into it. Microsoft programs use the Clip Board to handle the screenshot. Every late Microsoft operating system comes with a Clip Board which can be used for screen captures. I can't remember if Paint has a Clip Board integration, but Paint is used by me to edit the screen capture.
Open the program, whatever it is, which hosts the Clip Board and push the screen capture button combination which can be found in your computer Help section. My HP laptop uses fn + alt + Print Screen (prt sc) to trigger a screen capture. for example.
Editing screen captures There are many possibilities for editing an image that was captured as a screenshot.
I use Office Picture Manager to crop it-the easiest that I found for this. Sometimes I use Office Picture Manager to switch the file format of the image.
Paint is a program which is free and can be used to edit the screenshot, as well as change the file format.
Office PowerPoint is great for adding text to the image and other features. This program allows for the widest possible selection of file format conversions that I have ever seen! It includes a Clip Board to receive the image file upon making the screenshot. Then you would have many options in editing it.
GIMP
This is a free ( donation would be nice ) program with image and motion image editing capabilities. Many of the features are professional quality.
http://www.gimp.org/
There are many other possibilities in programs which can edit a screen capture.
More detailed discussion should perhaps continue in our Screenshots, Images, and Video Forum.
Have fun with it.