capturing images of video files on PC?
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capturing images of video files on PC?
on my mac, i have no problem using the capture keystroke to capture .mov and other such files to use an image from. however on my pc, when i capture anything from .mov to .avi with print screen and other screen cap utilities i've tried, they all just leave the screen area blank once i bring it into photoshop. any idea how to do it?
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Re: capturing images of video files on PC?
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Hmmmmm...... I just did an Alt+PrintScrn (capture active window) and pasted it into paintbrush and got the whole thing. You'd have to crop it to just get the video frame, though.
What do you get if you try to paste into paintbrush? Are you even using the copy/paste method? That's what I first thought of. Lemme know if you're doing it another way.
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Hmmmmm...... I just did an Alt+PrintScrn (capture active window) and pasted it into paintbrush and got the whole thing. You'd have to crop it to just get the video frame, though.
What do you get if you try to paste into paintbrush? Are you even using the copy/paste method? That's what I first thought of. Lemme know if you're doing it another way.
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Re: capturing images of video files on PC?
yea, using the copy/paste method. i've tried everything else though, still no luck. not even with paint. still black where the video is.
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Re: capturing images of video files on PC?
I suspect it's a Windows copy protection issue...
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Re: capturing images of video files on PC?
What are you using to play the video? I'm using Windows Media Player 9.
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Re: capturing images of video files on PC?
same. happens with quicktime too. real playa as well...markpar wrote:What are you using to play the video? I'm using Windows Media Player 9.
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Re: capturing images of video files on PC?
If you paste into Paintbrush, does it work, or give the same empty black area?
I doubt it's a copy protection issue, though. PrintScrn doesn't check to see if there's anything on the screen that is copyrighted. It just takes a snapshot of the screen.
You might also try updating your video drivers if pasting into Paintbrush gives the same results as when you paste into PS.
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I doubt it's a copy protection issue, though. PrintScrn doesn't check to see if there's anything on the screen that is copyrighted. It just takes a snapshot of the screen.
You might also try updating your video drivers if pasting into Paintbrush gives the same results as when you paste into PS.
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Re: capturing images of video files on PC?
yup, same results. my video drivers are updated to the most recent too... so oh wellmarkpar wrote:If you paste into Paintbrush, does it work, or give the same empty black area?
I doubt it's a copy protection issue, though. PrintScrn doesn't check to see if there's anything on the screen that is copyrighted. It just takes a snapshot of the screen.
You might also try updating your video drivers if pasting into Paintbrush gives the same results as when you paste into PS.
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