Making screen caps.
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TV ClubHouse: Archive: All Things Technical for BB 2003 (computer stuff): Making screen caps.

Ryanc829

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
How do you do this again? When I try I just get the black screen.

Mygetaway

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ryan, I was having problems too..
You go to tools/preferences/hardware/ on the toolbar menu. Then uncheck Enable full screen video controls.
That used to work. This time I've found that I have to make the screen smaller, like 98% to get the picture to come out. Don't know why.

Justin42

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You have to put the "Video Card Compatibility" (on the Tools->Proferences->Hardware menu) slider to either the middle setting, or the far left setting (most reliable). The key is to disable overlays, as most screen capture software can't see them (Since they're directly sent to the videocard, the screen capture software can't actually get the data to capture!)

Frogichik

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 12:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can make them, but how do you post them. I had great ones from last year, but I never took the time to learn how to post them. I figured this year I would give it a try!

Hamsterlady

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 12:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
edited to say nothing....LOL....see below

Hamsterlady

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 12:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
http://tvclubhouse.bomis.com/discus/board-formatting.html


(Hope this helps! :))

Ryanc829

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Got it working. Thanks guys.

Bohawkins

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just testing bb1.jpg

Lilycakes

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
test
test

Zachyd

Sunday, August 03, 2003 - 03:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am on the Macintosh and I use the basic
Shift+Command+4 method of taking Screen Caps.When I taking a full screen cap it is about 300k. I see people posting full screen caps under the size limit. I resize my caps in Adobe Photoshop to make the limit but the actual dimensions of the pics are small. Can any mac users help me?

Thanks,
Zachyd

Karuuna

Sunday, August 03, 2003 - 04:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zachyd, when you resize your pics, are you resizing the dimenions, or are you downsizing them by resolution (pixels per inch)?

You can also play with the file size by leaving them the dimensions you want them to be, but changing the quality of the file you save as a jpg (4 or 5 is usually plenty adequate for posting).

Zachyd

Sunday, August 03, 2003 - 09:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks Karuuna,I will try it.

Zachyd

Sunday, August 03, 2003 - 10:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
test
justin-test

Zachyd

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 09:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Another problem, I did the resizing and saved as a .jpg but when i posted the pic on the above post you see it saying justin-test instead of showing the pic. Anyone able to help?