Trying to crop picture, but isn't working, help. (Photoshot, Paint)

[3 Justin 3]

So I am trying to capture a image from a show on my computer. I have the show playing, then I press "Prnt Screen" (only thing I can think of). Then I print it and paste it into Paint, but when I try to crop the part I want (a face), then try and move it, it doesn't move the image, it just moves where the video plays, like a window showing the movie. I don't get it. Any other way to get it? I tried doing it on Photoshop as well but same issue.

If anyone still doesn't understand what I mean, I want this "zzzz" part of the image:

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-oooozzzzooo-
-oooozzzzooo-
-ooooooooooo-
-ooooooooooo-
-ooooooooooo-
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but when I try and crop the zzzz part, and then move it, it erases that zzzz part, and the back goes white (like nothing there) and it doesn't actually move the image I want. Please help!

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

but when I try and crop the zzzz part, and then move it, it erases that zzzz part, and the back goes white (like nothing there) and it doesn't actually move the image I want. Please help!

In Paint, use the cropping tool (dotted line rectangle at top) and highlight the section you want and hit cut (ctrl-x) or copy(ctrl-c). Then open a new image, setting the size of the image to 10X10 pixels ( you do this under 'image attributes" I think).

Then click inside that 10X10 box, and ctrl-v. This will paste the image from your clipboard into the 10x10 image, which will automaticly grow to the exact size of the portion you are cropping to.

There are more direct ways of doing this, but I figured this was the easiest to explain since by your explaination you already are halfway through it.

[schnee]

I thought this is related to how some videos are played to the video cards memory (?) not to the display (?).

You can see the video in paint once you have pasted it... but paint is not capturing the image from the video... it's copying the display.. which is really showing nothing.... but you can see the video.. it's like you've pasted a window to the video.

I think you have to try playing the video in a player that will do a 'still image' capture.. then paste that into paint/paintshop and crop.
Or depending on the video type.. you may have to capture it to another format first, then do a still image capture from a video player.

Someone else might be able to explain better.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by schnee

I thought this is related to how some videos are played to the video cards memory (?) not to the display (?).

You can see the video in paint once you have pasted it... but paint is not capturing the image from the video... it's copying the display.. which is really showing nothing.... but you can see the video.. it's like you've pasted a window to the video.

I think you have to try playing the video in a player that will do a 'still image' capture.. then paste that into paint/paintshop and crop.
Or depending on the video type.. you may have to capture it to another format first, then do a still image capture from a video player.

Someone else might be able to explain better.

I am not sure what you are talking about, but if you hit 'print screen' while watching a video and then paste into paint, it will do a still image. I just tried it to be sure before I responded.

You might have a point though, I just don't see what it is. If you want to explain it (or anyone else can) I am always interested in understanding things better.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

So I am trying to capture a image from a show on my computer. I have the show playing, then I press "Prnt Screen" (only thing I can think of). Then I print it and paste it into Paint, but when I try to crop the part I want (a face), then try and move it, it doesn't move the image, it just moves where the video plays, like a window showing the movie. I don't get it. Any other way to get it? I tried doing it on Photoshop as well but same issue.

If anyone still doesn't understand what I mean, I want this "zzzz" part of the image:

--------------
-oooozzzzooo-
-oooozzzzooo-
-ooooooooooo-
-ooooooooooo-
-ooooooooooo-
--------------

but when I try and crop the zzzz part, and then move it, it erases that zzzz part, and the back goes white (like nothing there) and it doesn't actually move the image I want. Please help!

A question about the terminology you're using: you say you're trying to 'crop' and then 'move' it. Cropping eliminates everything outside of what you're working with and reduces the image size to just the 'zzzz' portion, so there's nowhere to move it to. Is that what you want? If so, Rathji's solution should work well. Or are you trying to select an area of the image and then move that somewhere else?

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by schnee

I thought this is related to how some videos are played to the video cards memory (?) not to the display (?).

You can see the video in paint once you have pasted it... but paint is not capturing the image from the video... it's copying the display.. which is really showing nothing.... but you can see the video.. it's like you've pasted a window to the video.

I think you have to try playing the video in a player that will do a 'still image' capture.. then paste that into paint/paintshop and crop.
Or depending on the video type.. you may have to capture it to another format first, then do a still image capture from a video player.

Someone else might be able to explain better.

Yeah, I am 99.9% sure this is what is happening. To the person above me, I understand cropping is to take everything out but the part I want, but I didn't know another word for it, so I just said that.

Do you guys know of a video player that I can take a still image from? I am not sure I can do it with WMP11.

P.S. I said to move the image I want, because that is what I do when I do it with other images (not from video), then I just open a new document and paste it there. I only move the part I selected to see if it worked properly, sorry to confuse.

[worth]

fraps should be able to take a screenshot of a video

[Rathji]

I use VLC, and I had not problems with printscreen

[SebC]

Seen the same thing. Nero Showtime let me take a screenshot that worked.