How do I take a screenshot?

[Yankee85]

Originally Posted by Cal

You can also capture on previous versions of Windows Media Player, just click on Tools > Options > Performance > Advanced > ... now uncheck the box under Video Acceleration named "use overlays" and hit [OK]

You're done! ... you can now use Shift-Print Screen and capture any video playback frame.

Thanks for the tip! Didn't knew that!

[Spyros]

Originally Posted by Mia

I've always wondered this too. Isn't there an easier way to do this with Windows? On my Mac it is just Apple/Shift/3. Then the shot appears on the desktop.

Better yet, Apple/Shift/4 lets you specifically hone in on only the area of the screen you want to take a picture of, instead of getting the whole screen.

Surely there must be a way to do this on Windows? That or some program that does it? The whole print screen thing is quite complicated and time consuming.

Print Screen + Enter under Gnome (Linux). And it saves as .png, which is loss-less.

[Yankee85]

Originally Posted by DanielSmith

try [url removed]

Just for a screenshot? That's too much

[DanielSmith]

There are pretty more different kinds of screen capture software. I have used SnagIt and ACA Capture Pro, both are good.
you can download here:
www.techsmith.com
and
http://www.acasystems.com/en/screencapturepro/

[Yankee85]

To screen movies, I use Camtasia.

[prabinpebam]

Printscreen sometimes doesn't work when u want to capture frames from a video file. Does anyone know why??

[Yankee85]

No, but it's possible if you use eg. Gomplayer