How to take snapshots of doodle drawings

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August 21, 2003 at 11:07 pm #6104

jonjan
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I’d been looking for a way to save the doodles of my girlfriend and I for a while and someone told me about snag-it http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2192-10004813.html
Nice! i recommend it… it’s free for a trial

anyone know any other ones that are free indefinitely (no trial period)?

Jon

August 21, 2003 at 11:40 pm #56718

Jeff Hester
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You can also create capture the entire screen to your clipboard using Shift-PrtScrn. From there you can paste into your favorite image editor and crop as necessary. Not quite as convenient as SnagIt, but it’s free. 🙂

August 21, 2003 at 11:49 pm #56720

ShadowSlayer469
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Press alt-PrntScrn to only capture the window, this might be a little more easy.

August 21, 2003 at 11:53 pm #56722

jonjan
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I tried both shift-print screen and alt-print screen and nothing happens on my computer???
(XP)

August 21, 2003 at 11:59 pm #56719

shifter
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Using the Print Screen function simply puts an image capture into your systems clipboard. Once captured you then have to paste it somewhere using ctrl+v – In this case an Image-Editing program such as Paint or Photoshop.

August 23, 2003 at 6:54 pm #56721

jonjan
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😀 I got it.. thanks all

August 24, 2003 at 9:35 pm #56723

Chuck Thomka
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Along with using the (to capture the entire screen) or Alt- (to capture just the active application window) I recommend that you use a freeware program called “IrfanView” available at http://www.irfanview.com.
It is probably the absolute best graphic viewer/converter/basicEditor/screenCapture/etc. tool available.
Once you have captured your screen or application window you can simply paste (^v) into an open IrfanView window, then save it into any of dozens of graphic formats. IrfanView can read over 60 graphic/sound and movie formats.

Even easier, you can use the IrfanView Capture routine, and immediaty save via a hotkey (default is ctrl-F11, but you can change it).

IrfanView is a tool that I put on every computer I use. It is small enough to even run from a floppy, if you need that portability, since you don’t need to install it (there are no registry changes).
Really, really great. Really fast. Really free.
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