Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Vanity: Need Help Converting a Screen Capture to Photoshop for Tea Party Sign
4/3/2010 | GVnana

Posted on 04/03/2010 9:37:50 PM PDT by GVnana

I have a single frame from a YouTube video that I'd like to capture and edit using my PhotoShop Elements. I've tried uploading the capture to PhotoShop, but apparently I don't have the software I need to get the screen print into a format that can be read by PhotoShop.

I downloaded the video to RealPlayer, but still don't know how to get the image into PhotoShop.

Can someone help me with this?

It'll make a dynamite sign!


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: computer; photoshop; teaparty; technical
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last
Thanks in advance for any advice!
1 posted on 04/03/2010 9:37:50 PM PDT by GVnana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: GVnana

Okay, create a blank document. Do your screen capture (print screen, right) then go to Photoshop and hit Control + V (paste) and there ya go!

Works great in regular Pshop, should work well in elements too.


2 posted on 04/03/2010 9:40:56 PM PDT by kimmie7 (THE CROSS - Today, Tomorrow and Always!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

1.) When the scene is where you want it to be, hit the PrtScn button to capture the screen.

2.) Open New in Photoshop. It should open up the same resolution as your monitor.

3.) Paste the screen capture from the clipboard.

4.) Crop the image and proceed.


3 posted on 04/03/2010 9:41:26 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (:: Happy Dependence Day!. ::)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

View it [the particular frame] full-screen at the highest resolution that you can [Media Player Classic will do nicely] and push Ctrl + Print-Screen... this will copy a bitmap screen-capture image to your clipboard.

Paste that into photoshop and you’re done.


4 posted on 04/03/2010 9:42:39 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

I can do it for you if you can’t get it worked out. I use Photoshop every day.


5 posted on 04/03/2010 9:42:46 PM PDT by noblejones (Obama rules!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: musicman

Bookmark


6 posted on 04/03/2010 9:53:09 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

Post a link to the You Tube video along with the time the frame appears.


7 posted on 04/03/2010 9:57:52 PM PDT by hole_n_one
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

Firefox add-on called FireShot.


8 posted on 04/03/2010 10:00:44 PM PDT by Boucheau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kimmie7

GOT IT! (That was way tooo easy!) Thank you so much!


9 posted on 04/03/2010 10:03:44 PM PDT by GVnana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

I’ve virtually never succeeded in getting “Print Screen” to work at all.

That would be wonderful.


10 posted on 04/03/2010 10:05:03 PM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

For basics, just use a standard Prnt Scr in windows.

Then save as just about 1 of a dozen choices that will be there in Paint. I always prefer jpg and can use that in nearly any graphics program.

A great free program is paint.net (just go to google and type in paintdotnet). They have dozens of free addons for it. Nearly as strong as Photoshop but free!

Also consider using Firefox as your browser and there are tons of great screen capture addons available. Many will let you work right from the capture program to save as a particular format of your choice.

Remember also to use “resize image” and pump up the resolution to like 500 or 600 DPI (at least) in what ever you are saving it in. Photoshop Elements, Paint.Net both have this (I believe) under the “Image” file menu’s. This will make a difference in image quality (prevents jaggies) on the web or when you enlarge the file to print it out.

This is easy, and good luck.


11 posted on 04/03/2010 10:05:14 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nutmeg

bookmark


12 posted on 04/03/2010 10:06:01 PM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

The screen capture has to be placed in whatever graphic image editing software you have, in your case Photo Elements. After doing your print screen command, go into Elements, open a new document, and either go to the pulldown menu “edit” and then “paste,” or you can use the keyboard command “control V” which does the same thing.


13 posted on 04/03/2010 10:09:11 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hole_n_one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY
2:19 Artwork for an anti-ObamaCare poster.


14 posted on 04/03/2010 10:09:20 PM PDT by GVnana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

15 posted on 04/03/2010 10:20:24 PM PDT by hole_n_one
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: hole_n_one

I can see where that’s going - and I like it!


16 posted on 04/03/2010 10:22:09 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Oceander

NO MORE DR. UTOPIA! OBAMACARE IS A FRAUD!


17 posted on 04/03/2010 10:56:33 PM PDT by GVnana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: GVnana

I made mine by loading the photos onto a CD and taking it to Kinkos along with $35 bucks. They made it fit onto a piece of foamboard and voila - I had a cool sign.


18 posted on 04/03/2010 11:31:33 PM PDT by bopdowah ("Shove it down our throats in 2009 & we'll shove it up your ass in 2010!')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bopdowah

That’s what I’ll be doing. Now to figure out how to make the captions...


19 posted on 04/03/2010 11:52:44 PM PDT by GVnana
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: kara2008

bookmark


20 posted on 04/04/2010 12:03:13 AM PDT by kara2008 (FUBO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson