help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

[thesightless]

how do i save a screenie and let myself post it?

[peloquin]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

"print screen"

then paste it into paint or something and save as.

keep in mind a screenshot is going to be big... so if you are posting it on a forum up it to imageshack and use one of their thumbnail links

[thesightless]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

i clicked print screen, how do i find it for paint. i opened paint as well whe i hit it.

[day_for_night]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

free trial of this program...should be all you need

http://www.techsmith.com/download/snagittrial.asp

[shosh]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

after you hit print screen and you are in paint just go edit > paste or ctrl+v and paste it

[BureOne]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

I paste it on word first, save it then open it with paint.. Am I doing an extra step?

[shosh]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

^ yeah you dont have to paste in in word unless you want to. you can paste it directly in paint, photoshop, etc...

[arielus]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

not sure what you want to capture.

if it's a windows screen, just press PrintScreen, then go to Start/Run, type MSPAINT and hit enter
then press control+v and voila.. there's your capture.

now, if you want to capture a screen from a game, most of them use direct3d overlay features, so you won't be able to capture without a program like FRAPS (google it!).

[beanzncheez]

Re: help- how do i capture a screenshot and save it

Did you figure this out yet? It's pretty damn simple and you're gonna laugh when you realize just how simple it was.