[LMB] AKICTOT:L screen caps

[Mark Allums]

Elizabeth Holden wrote:
> A friend of mine is looking for software information.  Her question: "What type of program to get
> that will make excellent quality (at least 300 dpi) screencaps from movies?"
> 
> I think she wants specific answers as well as generic ones, if possible.
> 
> Suggestions?

I don't think you can get 300 dpi screen caps from movies.  You mean 
from tape or DVD?  They aren't that high resolution.  Even HD movies 
aren't 300 dpi.  On my 24" monitor, they are about 100 dpi.  I guess if 
you resize the image down to a smaller area for printing, it could end 
up at 300 dpi.

Most commercial video oriented software can do a frame capture.  I use 
CyberLink Ultra to play video.  It plays HD-DVDs and Blue Ray discs, if 
you happen to have such a player on your computer.  It can do screen 
caps.  It will not screen cap a commercial Hi-Def movie, however.  That 
is not currently permitted by the movie industry.

Anyone can do a basic screen cap by using the print screen key, 
(CTRL-PRTSCR) and then opening Windows paint, and pasting into a new 
picture.  However, due to the implementation of a lot of the hardware 
involved with importing video, it does not work for video.  There, you 
rely on your video software.  Almost all software has some way of doing 
a frame grab.  The CyberLink People have a video editing suite, Adobe 
has Premiere, (and Premiere Elements), and there are dozens more.  Tell 
here to go to Best Buy. She will almost certainly find something there.

Hey list!  What's the name of a good open source video editing program 
for Windows?

--Mark Allums