Capturing your desktop
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Capturing your desktop
Well print screen does a fine job of capturing the icons on the desktop but not the image being displayed.
So how can I take a picture of my desktop like so many of you have already done?
So how can I take a picture of my desktop like so many of you have already done?
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go get ifranview. (google it)
then got to yout desktop, do a printscreen (press the button on your keyboard of the same name)
Open Ifranview and \"PASTE\". Instant picture of your desktop. you can reduce the size if you wish. (don't forget to sharpen the image after doing so)
Save in the format of your choice. Ifranview is capable of using most every format. Of course use Jpg or gif if you paln on posting it on the net.
Ifranview is free.
then got to yout desktop, do a printscreen (press the button on your keyboard of the same name)
Open Ifranview and \"PASTE\". Instant picture of your desktop. you can reduce the size if you wish. (don't forget to sharpen the image after doing so)
Save in the format of your choice. Ifranview is capable of using most every format. Of course use Jpg or gif if you paln on posting it on the net.
Ifranview is free.
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why would you download a program to do what is already in the O/S since Windows 95 ????????????????
Press Printscreen - open paint and select paste (CTRL-V)... couldn't be any easier..........!
If you want to capture only a currently selected window then press ALT-Printscreen instead
If you are having an issue capturing everything onscreen then you need to disable screen overlay settings in your video card properties
Press Printscreen - open paint and select paste (CTRL-V)... couldn't be any easier..........!
If you want to capture only a currently selected window then press ALT-Printscreen instead
If you are having an issue capturing everything onscreen then you need to disable screen overlay settings in your video card properties
I seem to have a better workout dodging your stupidity than attempting to grasp the weight of your intelligence.
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PNG is very acceptable too and it preserves transparencies where JPG doesn't.Duper wrote:Save in the format of your choice. Ifranview is capable of using most every format. Of course use Jpg or gif if you paln on posting it on the net.
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Ahh. I didn't know that. Thanks RC!Richard Cranium wrote:PNG is very acceptable too and it preserves transparencies where JPG doesn't.Duper wrote:Save in the format of your choice. Ifranview is capable of using most every format. Of course use Jpg or gif if you paln on posting it on the net.
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PNG (Portable Network Graphics) almost totally superseded GIF (Graphics Interchange Format). It allows for more than 256 colors (up to 48bit color + 16bit alpha) and provides better compression. The only thing GIF is better for is animation, which PNG doesn't support. MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics) supports animation, but is not widely supported.
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its not the question of screen capture, its the question of saving that capture as a useful file.BUBBALOU wrote:Hello- um screen capture - Hello -default in Windows- Hello - DUH -um Hello - Default DUH@
irfanview, for the cost, does a much, much better job that paint does.
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Um default screen capture + paint = bloated BMP.BUBBALOU wrote:Hello- um screen capture - Hello -default in Windows- Hello - DUH -um Hello - Default DUH@
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wow, it does, gif, jpg, png also. Shows you how much I use it.Jeff250 wrote:Didn't Windows XP Paint actually do stuff like png?
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Re: Capturing your desktop
OH....................................SKIMMER!fliptw wrote:its not the question of screen capture
Well then - there goes your theory... and your unsuccessful thread derailment. Back on topicTOPIC STARTER DarkFlameWolf wrote:Well print screen does a fine job of capturing the icons on the desktop but not the image being displayed.
So how can I take a picture of my desktop like so many of you have already done?
I seem to have a better workout dodging your stupidity than attempting to grasp the weight of your intelligence.
LOL this thread is hilarious. Almost all of you are WAY off topic. All of you are trying to find ways to printscreen the desktop, when really what he wants is his wallpaper. And none of you considered such problems as recompression, or the fact that a desktop wallpaper totally lacks any transparency/alpha information (and if it does not, it isn't used anyway!). With that, let's GET BACK ON TOPIC, B!TCHES!!!
DFW, did you ever consider searching for the file that is your desktop and posting that somewhere? The name shown in your Display properties on the Desktop tab is the same as the picture's filename but without the file extension. Just searching your hard drive for that should be sufficient. It'll point you straight to the actual file, and you won't have to dilly with any special tools or what have you to capture it, because really, you already have it. Just gotta find it.
However, if the file is a .BMP or if its size is greater than 1MB or so, I do absolutely recommend using a program to convert your wallpaper into a smaller file unless such a size does not suit the wallpaper and results in too great a quality loss. Normally, wallpaper is already in JPEG format and does not need recompression to stay under 1MB. (I chose this size only because it's decently quick to download, there's not any science behind it.)
DFW, did you ever consider searching for the file that is your desktop and posting that somewhere? The name shown in your Display properties on the Desktop tab is the same as the picture's filename but without the file extension. Just searching your hard drive for that should be sufficient. It'll point you straight to the actual file, and you won't have to dilly with any special tools or what have you to capture it, because really, you already have it. Just gotta find it.
However, if the file is a .BMP or if its size is greater than 1MB or so, I do absolutely recommend using a program to convert your wallpaper into a smaller file unless such a size does not suit the wallpaper and results in too great a quality loss. Normally, wallpaper is already in JPEG format and does not need recompression to stay under 1MB. (I chose this size only because it's decently quick to download, there's not any science behind it.)
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What does that have to do with anything? It isn't stored in memory compressed.pATCheS wrote:However, if the file is a .BMP or if its size is greater than 1MB or so, I do absolutely recommend using a program to convert your wallpaper into a smaller file unless such a size does not suit the wallpaper and results in too great a quality loss. Normally, wallpaper is already in JPEG format and does not need recompression to stay under 1MB. (I chose this size only because it's decently quick to download, there's not any science behind it.)
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Yeppers, we have a winner. Tell the skimmer what he's won.Duper wrote:ahhh we have another skimmer!