Another Windows 7 discovery....

Lately, I've been surfing the web for something I didn't need to look for - a way to capture individual images from a video DVD slideshow playing in full screen on the monitor.

In Windows Media Player, the usual directions say to do this, you use hotkeys CTRL + i for "image" presumably. Sorry, but it doesn't work. The thing that works is something we were told would not work - simply hit the PrtScrn key to the right of F12. Doing this will capture an image which you can then view and modify and save using a photo editing program like Paint, or more recently Paint.NET, or others like PhotoStudio 5.5 ( my choice).

Hitting the Print Screen key works with the slideshow either running or paused, but if you do it while running, you need to pick an instant while an image you want is being displayed, naturally. This all seems simple enough, but I mention it because up until this latest Windows 7, the usual solution to grabbing images from a Video or Video Slideshow involved buying a special video capture program like Snag-it, for serious money. Now, we can do the whole thing with the stuff that's already in Windows 7. And if you need a photo editing program, Paint.NET is freeware, and works very well. There's a link on the right.

Lastly, here's another photo from yesterday at the beach.....