Some players like Media Player Classic allow to tweak and change that mode but it’s relatively complex.Īs with icons - using special tool is better. Because of performance issues video doesn’t exist “in screen”. If you had ever tried to make a screenshot of video file playing - most probably you got screenshot with black (green, purple) rectangle instead of that nice frame. Now you can just paste it to normal image editor of your choice.įreeware with portable version available. If you want to get rid of transparency export to other format or select all image (Ctrl+A) and copy it (Ctrl+V).Export to format that actually supports transparency ( PNG or GIF). If you want to save transparency right-click needed image size and choose “Export image”.Now you have two ways to get image from it:.Choose icon you need and you’ll open it in editor.You get window with all icons in executable (can be one, can be many).Don’t worry - it’s not going to do any harm to application. Drag and drop executable into IcoFX window.For IcoFX itself it’s “IcoFX.exe” for example. Look in the shortcut properties or simply in app directory. IcoFX is nice icon editor that is pretty good for this task. Luckily if you have application itself you can rip icon out of it. On the downside it’s hard to get screenshot of icon, resize it to specific size and keep good look. They are uniform in size, look nice and people recognize them instantly if it is popular app. I like to include software icons in my posts. Capturing fullscreen or window is pretty easy but capturing regions may take some practice to get exactly what you want with pixel precision (built-in screen magnifier helps a lot).ĭownload page (last freeware version) IcoFX My advice is to concentrate on mastering rectangular region capture. Settings allow you to change all hotkeys and tweak some extra things. By default most screenshot tools are not capturing mouse cursor. You can also enable mouse cursor capturing here. I mostly use copy to clipboard so I can paste it to another editor (editing is going to be covered in next part of series). Default is opening it in internal editor. Button with palette allows you to chose what to do with screenshot. Last button gives you access to settings and two extra tools (color picker and screen magnifier). If you place cursor on button and wait a bit you get tooltip with description and current hotkey. Most buttons launch different shot modes. Second is editor window you get after making a shot (with default options). Program appears as small floating toolbar. For example it can be tricky to make a screenshot of screenshot tool. It’s good to have backup tool with different set of functions and sometimes you absolutely need it. It does most of what FSCapture does and some what it doesn’t (fixed size region shots) but has less polished interface and I find it harder to use. :) I am going to stick to old version in this post. Bit weird to charge for what you are giving away for free in another product, but its their business. Alternatively you can get free FastStone Image Viewer that has Capture built-in (File > Screen Capture). It went shareware but there is old freeware version available and it’s very good. My first choice tool is FastStone Capture. Start with freeware and decide if you actually need video recording or whatever else enough to pay for it. Some are capable of so much more they start charge money for it. freeform area (anyone into triangular screenshots?).This software must be capable of making following shots (at least) : Luckily screenshots were around for such a long time that category is stuffed with decent apps. extracting frames from video (if you ever tried to screenshot them - you know how shy videos are).įor making screenshots you need software.Direct and better solution than screenshoting them on desktop It is not last part (editing and some extra stuff ahead) but obviously important one. I want to repeat that it isn’t as easy as pressing PrintScreen (at least if you are after quality and making good impression). Last time I covered image formats theory and this part is going to be about making actual screenshots. Previous part of the series - choosing image format.
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