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This seems like a fairly simple thing to do but I am having a pretty
frustrating time doing it. I just want to clip stills from DVDs to use in
graphics etc for personal use.
I am doing what I usually do to clip from games: hit "prt scrn" to send
screenshot to clipboard, then open in photoshop via file->clipboard.
The result is a screenshot of the player and either a black screen or a
cropped image that alters when increasing the %. I've tried a few players
(WM, Real, interactual ...) and have tried to save-as JPG to no avail.
Is this a copyright protection thing? Is there anyway around it? Am I just
doing it wrong?
Any help greatly appreciated,

MJ

>This seems like a fairly simple thing to do but I am having a pretty
>frustrating time doing it. I just want to clip stills from DVDs to use in
>graphics etc for personal use.
>I am doing what I usually do to clip from games: hit "prt scrn" to send
>screenshot to clipboard, then open in photoshop via file->clipboard.
>The result is a screenshot of the player and either a black screen or a
>cropped image that alters when increasing the %. I've tried a few players
>(WM, Real, interactual ...) and have tried to save-as JPG to no avail.
>Is this a copyright protection thing? Is there anyway around it? Am I just
>doing it wrong?
>Any help greatly appreciated,
>
>MJ


Check the DVD software that you are using to play the DVD. If it's PowerDVD it
has a feature to capture frames. It is on the toolbar.

On 07/04/04 13:49 mcgyverjones posted the following :


> This seems like a fairly simple thing to do but I am having a pretty
> frustrating time doing it. I just want to clip stills from DVDs to use in
> graphics etc for personal use.
> I am doing what I usually do to clip from games: hit "prt scrn" to send
> screenshot to clipboard, then open in photoshop via file->clipboard.
> The result is a screenshot of the player and either a black screen or a
> cropped image that alters when increasing the %. I've tried a few players
> (WM, Real, interactual ...) and have tried to save-as JPG to no avail.
> Is this a copyright protection thing? Is there anyway around it? Am I just
> doing it wrong?
> Any help greatly appreciated,
>
> MJ
>
>

Well, WinDVD has a capture function for this - while the movie is
playing, you just press the capture button, and it saves a still for
you. I'd be surprised if the other DVD players didn't have similar
functionality.

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cheers,
Klaas

Learning without thought is labour lost;
Thought without learning is perilous.
- Confucius

Yes, this is a copyright thing. What you are experiencing is
Macrovision Protection. This keeps people from doing exactly what you
are trying to do. Like what Klaas said, many dvd programs have built
in screen capture abilities. Your other option is to purchase software
that captures Direct-X screens. This is how dvd's are displayed on
your computer, they use Direct-X overlays. The dvd screen is actually
the color black, or pink, and sometimes green, the software then
places the acutal movie footage where this color is in the screen and
you are able to watch a movie.

I've found the best software for caputring dvd stills is SnagIt
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp
It works wonderfully and is the best tool to do what you are wanting.


On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 17:16:05 +1000, Klaas Visser
<> wrote:

>On 07/04/04 13:49 mcgyverjones posted the following :
>
>
>> This seems like a fairly simple thing to do but I am having a pretty
>> frustrating time doing it. I just want to clip stills from DVDs to use in
>> graphics etc for personal use.
>> I am doing what I usually do to clip from games: hit "prt scrn" to send
>> screenshot to clipboard, then open in photoshop via file->clipboard.
>> The result is a screenshot of the player and either a black screen or a
>> cropped image that alters when increasing the %. I've tried a few players
>> (WM, Real, interactual ...) and have tried to save-as JPG to no avail.
>> Is this a copyright protection thing? Is there anyway around it? Am I just
>> doing it wrong?
>> Any help greatly appreciated,
>>
>> MJ
>>
>>
>
>Well, WinDVD has a capture function for this - while the movie is
>playing, you just press the capture button, and it saves a still for
>you. I'd be surprised if the other DVD players didn't have similar
>functionality.

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In <iTKcc.5347$> on Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:49:34
-0400, "mcgyverjones" <mcgyverjones(spamout)@hotmail.com> wrote:

>This seems like a fairly simple thing to do but I am having a pretty
>frustrating time doing it. I just want to clip stills from DVDs to use in
>graphics etc for personal use.
>I am doing what I usually do to clip from games: hit "prt scrn" to send
>screenshot to clipboard, then open in photoshop via file->clipboard.
>The result is a screenshot of the player and either a black screen or a
>cropped image that alters when increasing the %. I've tried a few players
>(WM, Real, interactual ...) and have tried to save-as JPG to no avail.
>Is this a copyright protection thing? Is there anyway around it? Am I just
>doing it wrong?
>Any help greatly appreciated,

Turn down video acceleration (Display Properties -> Settings -> Advanced ->
Troubleshoot) when you want to do a capture.

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mcgyverjones wrote:
> This seems like a fairly simple thing to do but I am having a pretty
> frustrating time doing it. I just want to clip stills from DVDs to use in
> graphics etc for personal use.
> I am doing what I usually do to clip from games: hit "prt scrn" to send
> screenshot to clipboard, then open in photoshop via file->clipboard.
> The result is a screenshot of the player and either a black screen or a
> cropped image that alters when increasing the %. I've tried a few players
> (WM, Real, interactual ...) and have tried to save-as JPG to no avail.
> Is this a copyright protection thing? Is there anyway around it? Am I just
> doing it wrong?
> Any help greatly appreciated,

Has nothing to do with copyrights.

DirectX is a lower level video component than the operating system.

Uni


>
> MJ
>
>

"mcgyverjones" <mcgyverjones(spamout)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:iTKcc.5347$.. .
>I just want to clip stills from DVDs to use in
> graphics etc for personal use.
snip

Thanks all. The winDVD route was the way to go. Hit "capture" and it
delivers a bitmap to "my pictures" in a file called "winDVD captures".
Couldn't be simpler!
As to the legal concerns, I'm not in the USA anyway. Copyright laws are
different in Canada (hello Kazaa!).

MJ