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Geek Culture / DirectX Screen Capture - free utility?

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BatVink
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 15:42
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Anyone know of a free utility that captures DirectX surfaces too? I tried a couple and just get a black screen. This is for a Windowed screen shot, not full screen or video.

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Manic
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 16:10
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erm, what's wrong with the print screen key on your keyboard? press that (next to the F12 Key) and then paste into your art program

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Baggers
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 16:40
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Manic: It doesnt work (for some things)
Batvink: I normally use Fraps myself...the screen capture bit works fine in the free version

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 16:45
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Fraps free will do it (but perhaps watermarked?). HyperSnapDX trial too (watermarked). But if you're going to splash out and buy one, SnagIt 7 is the dogs hairy bits.

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BatVink
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 16:56
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Manic...try it. What you'll capture is a nice black square, or even a transparent square depending on what you paste it into.

If you have any DirectX applications running when you paste, you'll see them through the hole you just made in your Windows desktop.

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Benjamin
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Anyone ever copy and pasted the screen while a movie is playing? Weird..

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IanG
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 17:41
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apparently you can use printscreen if you disable hardware accleration, i've heard it works for movies so i would imagine it works for dx too, but i haven't tested it, hence why i said 'apparently'


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JoelJ
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 21:26
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Quote: "Anyone ever copy and pasted the screen while a movie is playing? Weird.. "

the coolest part is that if you move the BLACK part over Windows Media Player or whatever, you can watch the movie in Paint

that color is magical

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uh...I don't see anything special...

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JoelJ
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open WMP, maximize it, make the screen as big as you can (not full screen, still windowed) take a screenshot (keep the movie playing), paste it in (maximized)Paint

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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th Nov 2005 03:48
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Quote: "the coolest part is that if you move the BLACK part over Windows Media Player or whatever, you can watch the movie in Paint "

What did you think I was refering to?

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Posted: 18th Nov 2005 04:11
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monkey brains?

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