Power DVD Screen Grabs - Britmovie

Lord Brett · 08-05-2008, 01:18 PM

I recently started using a laptop with Power DVD installed, and was very happy to discover it had a screen grab function.

The results look great pasted into Word, but when I paste them into Photoshop to convert the image to jpeg they suddenly look dreadful, with burned out highlights.

Has anyone else come across this? If there is no solution, what is my best software solution to do screen grabs?

Thanks in anticipation.

Dame Starry · 08-05-2008, 01:28 PM

I've never been a great lover of 'Photoshop' - I prefer to work between the editing suites I got with my digital camera (Samsung) and scanner (Canon).

There is another thread in this section: Screen Grabs.

DS x.

Lord Brett · 08-05-2008, 01:45 PM

Thanks, there are some useful suggestions on the earlier thread.

DB7 · 08-05-2008, 05:02 PM

Go to Powerdvd > Configuration > Player > Advanced > Capture to File >

Then change it to jpeg format.

Lord Brett · 09-05-2008, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DB7

Go to Powerdvd > Configuration > Player > Advanced > Capture to File >

Then change it to jpeg format.

Oh, you wonderful administrator - I'll do just that!

Dame Starry · 09-05-2008, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Brett

Oh, you wonderful administrator - I'll do just that!

Don't overdo it, Lord Brett - he might start thinking he deserves wages........

DS x.

Lord Brett · 09-05-2008, 01:45 PM

I tried it this lunchtime on episodes of Four Feather Falls and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, and it worked like a charm.

08-05-2008, 01:18 PM	#1
Lord Brett Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Posts: 783 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (2)	Power DVD Screen Grabs I recently started using a laptop with Power DVD installed, and was very happy to discover it had a screen grab function. The results look great pasted into Word, but when I paste them into Photoshop to convert the image to jpeg they suddenly look dreadful, with burned out highlights. Has anyone else come across this? If there is no solution, what is my best software solution to do screen grabs? Thanks in anticipation.

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08-05-2008, 01:28 PM	#2
Dame Starry Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Here Posts: 2,644 Country: iTrader: (0)	I've never been a great lover of 'Photoshop' - I prefer to work between the editing suites I got with my digital camera (Samsung) and scanner (Canon). There is another thread in this section: Screen Grabs. DS x.

08-05-2008, 01:45 PM	#3
Lord Brett Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Posts: 783 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (2)	Thanks, there are some useful suggestions on the earlier thread.

08-05-2008, 05:02 PM	#4
DB7 Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 5,724 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	Go to Powerdvd > Configuration > Player > Advanced > Capture to File > Then change it to jpeg format.

09-05-2008, 01:45 PM	#7
Lord Brett Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Posts: 783 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (2)	I tried it this lunchtime on episodes of Four Feather Falls and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, and it worked like a charm.