Moosferatu Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Does anyone know of a good (freeware) screen capture program that I could use on games like DOTT, FT, and Grim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 You could always hit the PrtScn/SysRq button located above the Insert button on your keyboard. This copies the current screen to your clipboard. Minimize or quit the game, open up an image program like paint or photoshop or whatever and hit paste (ctrl+v) and the whole screen is there! Yes, a simple man's method, but it saves you the burden of unnecessary software. But if you're a frequent screen-taker, this method could be cumbersome, in which case, sorry, I do not know of any such screen capturing programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 22, 2003 Author Share Posted August 22, 2003 Yeah, that works for Full Throttle, but I don't believe that you can do this with Grim. Last time I got screen captures from it I had to get some program. I didn't look very hard, and I remember not liking the one I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadworm222 Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I'm not sure if Grim has a built-in screencapture function. Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curacao Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Hyper Snap DX. The best screen capture utility there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragou Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 The Gimp. It's great for many things, among other things screen capture. And doesn't scummvm come with possibility of screen capture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 22, 2003 Author Share Posted August 22, 2003 I'll check scummvm out for DotT. I have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I've heard of Hypersnap DX before, and I recall hearing the same thing Tamz said, FWIW. The DX, btw, means it can capture 3-D games, as well. (DX obviously means DirectX, but it may be able to capture OpenGL as well.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabacco Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Just a note... alt-prtscn doesn't work on directx (direct3d, directdraw, etc.) applications. You'll get a nice all-black screenshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 23, 2003 Author Share Posted August 23, 2003 I looked at the one that you recommended Tamara, but it looks like it puts a stamp on all of the screens, unless you buy a license, which I'm not going to do. Thanks anyway, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinnyW Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 I capture Grim screens with Prints Screen button all the time, so it shouldn't be a problem. I also used to have a program which would both capture and save the image, but I can't remember what it's called right now, sorry.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 You could use Hypersnap-DX. It's not freeware though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 for directx and opengl you can use 'fraps'. This is a small program for gamers; it allows you to see your fps (so that you can brag about your fancy video card ), to record ingame movies (I think you have to pay for that in the latest version), and last but not least to take screenshots without any stamps. (And the fps is by default not displayed on the screenshots ) I' ve tried it only once but it seems to work quite well. It doesn't work for normal, 2d stuff, though. (use prtscr for that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJKO Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 How 'bout trying The Gimp, then. Like rags had mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 23, 2003 Author Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by BigJKO How 'bout trying The Gimp, then. Like rags had mentioned? Oh, yeah! Forgot about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragou Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by Moosferatu Oh, yeah! Forgot about it. You might notice that it is a graphics manipulation program and it's not at all optimised for windows (and can be a pain to get to install properly on windows). Go here if you want to have a look at it: http://www.gimp.org There are apparently some installers here: http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 By the way, I've known for years that using print screen in a 3d game won't get you anywhere, but a couple of days ago I tried it in the XIII demo and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (just to show of my new videocard to some friends) and it worked just fine. So it's still worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theneb Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 I've looked around at other packages for a long time and not many make the grade like hypersnap. Quite simply it's worth the licence fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by Moosferatu Oh, yeah! Forgot about it. Did you also forget about fraps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 23, 2003 Author Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by twifkak Did you also forget about fraps? No, I just had no idea what you were talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 Originally posted by Moosferatu No, I just had no idea what you were talking about. What Bird was talking about. Look what Google found. Good Google. *pets Google* *Google snaps at twif* No! *hits Google's nose* Bad Google! *Google whimpers* *ignores Google* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 24, 2003 Author Share Posted August 24, 2003 I just tried out fraps. It works well, except for one thing. For some reason it displayes the frame rate on the in game screen captures, but it doesn't during the cutscenes. Very odd and unwanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curacao Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 Originally posted by twifkak What Bird was talking about. Look what Google found. Good Google. *pets Google* *Google snaps at twif* No! *hits Google's nose* Bad Google! *Google whimpers* *ignores Google* hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 Originally posted by Moosferatu I just tried out fraps. It works well, except for one thing. For some reason it displayes the frame rate on the in game screen captures, but it doesn't during the cutscenes. Very odd and unwanted. Maybe you can try to play with some of the options. I only tried it ingame (in Quake II, still one of my favourite fps ), and I had no frame rate on the captured screens (there is an option for that, at least in my version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosferatu Posted August 24, 2003 Author Share Posted August 24, 2003 Originally posted by Bird Maybe you can try to play with some of the options. I only tried it ingame (in Quake II, still one of my favourite fps ), and I had no frame rate on the captured screens (there is an option for that, at least in my version). I'll mess around with it some more, but I am pretty sure that I had the same setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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