Whats the quickest way of taking screen caps for galleries?

BOSS · 2006-04-17, 12:33 PM

Is there a good free tool. That just takes screenshots saves it as a file in a certain size u want?

frankthetank · 2006-04-19, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BOSS

Is there a good free tool. That just takes screenshots saves it as a file in a certain size u want?

I´m using irfanview http://www.irfanview.com/ which allows to copy screencaps diretly from the mpg file. Maybe that helps...

Lemmy · 2006-04-19, 05:05 PM

Windows Movie Maker lets you take screen shots, but it's a little bit cumbersome and you'll have to fine tune them later. I just got Frame Shots, it's $35 but IMO well worth the money.

tickler · 2006-04-24, 05:10 AM

I found a free tool called Movie Snapshot that works pretty good.

selena · 2006-04-24, 10:14 AM

Not free, but has a free demo, I think.

http://www.frame-shots.com/

KG Gary · 2006-04-24, 12:15 PM

Media Player Classic has an option to "Save thumbnails" which exports a picture file containing screenshots taken throughout the clip.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/vi...er_classic.cfm
Not sure if that's exactly what you are after, but it's free anyway.

digital2 · 2006-04-25, 02:23 PM

Frame Shots without dude..

QuickDraw · 2006-04-26, 11:43 PM

I use Frame Shots too. Copy the code below into a text file and save it as make_thumbnails.bat or whatever you want and it will create 8 screenshots for every movie file in the directory that the batch file is run in. I usually make 8 and keep the best one for each movie as sometimes they're blurry or just dont represent whats going on in the clip very well. Anyway

Code:

FOR /F %%a IN ('dir *.mpeg *.avi *.mpg *.wmv /b') DO frameshots -thumbs 8 -cropthumb -width 320 -height 200 -trimthumb %%a ..\thumbs

That's the code for the batch file, pretty self explainitory. You also need to add the path to the frameshots.exe file in your PATH environment variable by right clicking on 'My Computer', go to the advanced tab, down at the bottom click the 'Environment Variables', in the 'System variables' section, find Path, edit it, add ";C:\Program Files\Frame Shots" to the end of what's already there ( note the semicolon, and DONT delete what is there already ) and you might have to reboot. After that though, simply copy your batch file into a folder that contains movies you want to make screenshots of and double click it. It'll save them to ..\thumbs, change to whatever you want. See the website for more info reguarding the various options you can pass to the exe.

2006-04-17, 12:33 PM	#1
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2006-04-19, 05:05 PM	#3
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	Windows Movie Maker lets you take screen shots, but it's a little bit cumbersome and you'll have to fine tune them later. I just got Frame Shots, it's $35 but IMO well worth the money. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES!

2006-04-24, 05:10 AM	#4
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2006-04-24, 10:14 AM	#5
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2006-04-24, 12:15 PM	#6
KG Gary I can now put whatever I want in this space Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South East UK Posts: 744	Media Player Classic has an option to "Save thumbnails" which exports a picture file containing screenshots taken throughout the clip. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/vi...er_classic.cfm Not sure if that's exactly what you are after, but it's free anyway. __________________ Sponsors that used to convert with freesites Over 700 clean freesites

2006-04-25, 02:23 PM	#7
digital2 A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spain Posts: 51	Frame Shots without dude..

2006-04-26, 11:43 PM	#8
QuickDraw Heh Heh Heh! Lisa! Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and eskimos! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 72	I use Frame Shots too. Copy the code below into a text file and save it as make_thumbnails.bat or whatever you want and it will create 8 screenshots for every movie file in the directory that the batch file is run in. I usually make 8 and keep the best one for each movie as sometimes they're blurry or just dont represent whats going on in the clip very well. Anyway Code: FOR /F %%a IN ('dir .mpeg .avi .mpg .wmv /b') DO frameshots -thumbs 8 -cropthumb -width 320 -height 200 -trimthumb %%a ..\thumbs That's the code for the batch file, pretty self explainitory. You also need to add the path to the frameshots.exe file in your PATH environment variable by right clicking on 'My Computer', go to the advanced tab, down at the bottom click the 'Environment Variables', in the 'System variables' section, find Path, edit it, add ";C:\Program Files\Frame Shots" to the end of what's already there ( note the semicolon, and DONT delete what is there already ) and you might have to reboot. After that though, simply copy your batch file into a folder that contains movies you want to make screenshots of and double click it. It'll save them to ..\thumbs, change to whatever you want. See the website for more info reguarding the various options you can pass to the exe.