----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Nelson"
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.radio
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: Just another night in my workshop


Fabulous screen capture. I just use Ctrl-PrtSc myself, then
edit with Corel PhotoPaint. How did you do that?

I use Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI. Play the movie in Windows Media
Player and pause it where you like. The on-screen movie controls will
disappear a couple of seconds after you move the mouse away from that
window.

In Paint Shop, go to File/Import/Screen Capture/Setup. Set the Capture
mode for Client Area. Set the Delay timer for 10 seconds. Click Capture
Now.

Paint Shop will minimize, giving you 10 seconds to get your mouse out of
the way of Media Player and capture the movie still.

No editing required. You get the entire movie image, without window
borders, etc. Takes about 12 seconds :-)

Phil Nelson


Thanks for the details, Phil. I have PhotoPaint 6 here, and it is
celebrating it's 10th birthday this year, I think. So, it's doesn't have
any notion of video editing in it.

However, your method made me wonder why I can't get rid of the movie
controls in WMP when in full-screen mode. I tinkered around long enough and
found out how to do it. So here's my new means of getting a still shot:

Watch (and find) the section where the still will come from while in
"less-then-full-screen" mode, and pause on the spot you want.

Hit Ctrl-PrtSc, then Esc to exit full-screen, and in PhotoPaint, I go to
File|New from Clipboard and vy-ola! Perfect picture. It's too big though
really, so I adjust as I always do.

8.5 seconds including the save.