simple stupid question

swingdjted · 6th December 2007, 06:30

I need to make a poster out of a paused DVD screen shot.

When I use the dreaded WMP and take a screen shot it posts a black box when I paste it into MS paint.

All I really need is a way to make a decent quality screen shot of a paused dvd to make it into a poster for someone.

Enlarging/printing it will be easy since I have access to printers that can print huge ass posters, but getting a good quality screen shot that I can toss into a photo editor for printing is all I need to learn how to do.

I feel stupid for not knowing how to do this, but I've never had to before so I never learned how.

Any ideas?

Wildrose-Wally · 6th December 2007, 06:41

You can make excellent screenshots with WinDVD.
I am however prevented to tell you where to find it due to forum rules.

Too-DAMN-Much · 6th December 2007, 06:58

ted, search a thing called imagegrab, it's widely used on Empornium and works great, pretty sure it's publicly available too, if not i can send it to ya somehow just PM me.

Canon · 6th December 2007, 08:05

Why not just use VLC. Open a DVD in VLC, get to the scene you want to capture. Right click and choose snapshot and it'll save a PNG or Jpeg (you can choose the filetype in the prefrences) of your scene. Simple. BTW VLC is free, it's released under the GNU license.

J_Darnley · 6th December 2007, 10:27

It's released under the GNU General Public License v2. GNU now has four licenses (if you ignore the versions of each), GPL, LGPL, AGPL and FDL.

I also suggest VLC, no need to dick with hardware overlay unless you really need to use the print screen key. Also, you shouldn't print the image too large as they are only 720x480 px (in NTSC-land).

k_rock923 · 6th December 2007, 12:25

FDL is not a software license. . .

J_Darnley · 6th December 2007, 13:30

I know it's the Free Documentation License but it is still a license created by GNU an is listed on their licenses page. But now were are just being overly pedantic. I was merely pointing out that there is no single GNU license that can be referred to as "the GNU license".

ElChevelle · 6th December 2007, 15:46

Take a picture of your screen.

k_rock923 · 6th December 2007, 16:29

Quote:

Originally posted by J_Darnley
I know it's the Free Documentation License but it is still a license created by GNU an is listed on their licenses page. But now were are just being overly pedantic. I was merely pointing out that there is no single GNU license that can be referred to as "the GNU license".

I work in server and network management. Overly pedantic is the name of the game

watadoo · 7th December 2007, 01:38

snagit. a fine tool.

swingdjted · 7th December 2007, 02:55

Quote:

Originally posted by ElChevelle
Take a picture of your screen.

Primitive as it sounds, I've actually tried this with decent success when converting old slide photographs to digital pictures. I took a pic of the projector screen using manual settings in a dark room.

I do have VLC media player, never tried using a DVD with it - didn't know it could play DVDs, but I'll try that. If that doesn't work, I'll try the other suggestions.

Thanks a bunch. I was worried about blowing such a low res. pic too, but I'm not sure there's any other choice. Perhaps I could try putting the dvd on the projector at work and doing the old school taking a pic of it with the camera if nothing else works well first. I know it sounds irrational to grab a camera and take a picture of something displayed at low res expecting it to look better when blown up, but sometimes it does look pretty good. My home video projector needs a new bulb and I've been too lazy and cheap to get a replacement, plus the one at work is stronger than my home one.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them.

Canon · 7th December 2007, 06:16

Quote:

Originally posted by J_Darnley
It's released under the GNU General Public License v2. GNU now has four licenses (if you ignore the versions of each), GPL, LGPL, AGPL and FDL.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Fickle · 9th December 2007, 07:20

Quote:

Originally posted by ElChevelle
Take a picture of your screen.

This is why chev=awesome.

ElChevelle · 9th December 2007, 15:00

<3 Fickle's ass.

swingdjted · 15th December 2007, 22:17

The snapshot from VLC was good enough. One of the other teachers sharpened up the pic. It was a screen shot from a 1969 Scooby Doo episode. I'm not sure what software he used to do the sharpening, but it looks really great on the poster now, somehow much better than even the original picture onscreen.

(This was full resolution at only 640x480) taken from the remastered DVD set.

shelyronald · 22nd May 2010, 13:17

Hi.........,

Sorry I don't have any idea about this. Hope some will help you.

Fickle · 30th May 2010, 05:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElChevelle

<3 Fickle's ass.

oh baby

swingdjted · 30th May 2010, 06:48

lol poster printing spam is still up

Where the fuck is chev?

Psythik · 30th May 2010, 21:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by swingdjted

I'm not sure what software he used to do the sharpening, but it looks really great on the poster now, somehow much better than even the original picture onscreen.

Probably turned into a vector image, which works quite well with cartoons.

rockouthippie · 30th May 2010, 22:21

I'd use avidemux for getting frames out of mpeg2. It makes it easy to get exactly the right frame. It can deal with interlace. Then I'd use gimp or the like and scale (bicubic) the image so that it's at least 100dpi for your poster. Gimp has lots of filters to smooth that down and get rid of compression artifacts. Blurring then re-sharpening might help because you aren't sharpening noise.

I'd do things in this order:

White balance
Color correction
Scale (bicubic)
Smooth the noise out
Sharpen the edges

If you are using a professional print shop, expect to be told no. If you are a college professor, plagiarism and copyright infringement are taken very seriously. You could be fired. Back when I was in high school, I had some experience clearing works for educational non profit use. It was mostly out of print books that my history teacher wanted to reprint. Rights holders were mostly cooperative.

http://www.snopes.com/disney/wdco/daycare.asp

Disney isn't.

I'm not sure committing copyright infringement in front of students is real cool. In a litigious modern society, a discussion on "fair use" would probably be helpful to them. I guess you are providing an example of "what not to do".

swingdjted · 31st May 2010, 00:30

No students were involved or knew about this when it happened (although that doesn't make it right). It was done back in 2007 in a different state, outside of a school building (the art teacher's computer was her own at home, and the printer was at her print shop, not at the school).

ElChevelle · 11th September 2010, 20:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by swingdjted

Where the fuck is chev?

In a cave in Crackistan.

swingdjted · 11th September 2010, 21:17

Holy shit... HE LIVES!

Welcome back!

ElChevelle · 12th September 2010, 23:51

welcome back?
That's reserved for family and friends! Your appropriate response should be

"ALL BOW BEFORE CHEV, THE SUPREME BEING!"

6th December 2007, 06:30	#1
swingdjted DRINK BEER NOW (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern West Virginia Posts: 10,039	simple stupid question I need to make a poster out of a paused DVD screen shot. When I use the dreaded WMP and take a screen shot it posts a black box when I paste it into MS paint. All I really need is a way to make a decent quality screen shot of a paused dvd to make it into a poster for someone. Enlarging/printing it will be easy since I have access to printers that can print huge ass posters, but getting a good quality screen shot that I can toss into a photo editor for printing is all I need to learn how to do. I feel stupid for not knowing how to do this, but I've never had to before so I never learned how. Any ideas? Don't forget to live before you die.

6th December 2007, 06:58	#3
Too-DAMN-Much The Big Bad Boots (Forum King) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 420 Big Buds Way Posts: 3,964	ted, search a thing called imagegrab, it's widely used on Empornium and works great, pretty sure it's publicly available too, if not i can send it to ya somehow just PM me. I hate everyone, so you don't have to.

6th December 2007, 10:27	#5
J_Darnley Forum King Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belgium, Europe Posts: 3,625	It's released under the GNU General Public License v2. GNU now has four licenses (if you ignore the versions of each), GPL, LGPL, AGPL and FDL. I also suggest VLC, no need to dick with hardware overlay unless you really need to use the print screen key. Also, you shouldn't print the image too large as they are only 720x480 px (in NTSC-land). Winamp ATF Reference — My cPro timer widget — My port of AVS Do NOT email me with general tech support questions.

6th December 2007, 12:25	#6
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,850	FDL is not a software license. . . Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

6th December 2007, 13:30	#7
J_Darnley Forum King Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belgium, Europe Posts: 3,625	I know it's the Free Documentation License but it is still a license created by GNU an is listed on their licenses page. But now were are just being overly pedantic. I was merely pointing out that there is no single GNU license that can be referred to as "the GNU license". Winamp ATF Reference — My cPro timer widget — My port of AVS Do NOT email me with general tech support questions.

6th December 2007, 06:41	#2
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,133	You can make excellent screenshots with WinDVD. I am however prevented to tell you where to find it due to forum rules.

6th December 2007, 08:05	#4
Canon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: California Posts: 275	Why not just use VLC. Open a DVD in VLC, get to the scene you want to capture. Right click and choose snapshot and it'll save a PNG or Jpeg (you can choose the filetype in the prefrences) of your scene. Simple. BTW VLC is free, it's released under the GNU license.

6th December 2007, 15:46	#8
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,436	Take a picture of your screen.

7th December 2007, 01:38	#10
watadoo JEDI MASTER Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canyon, CA with a bunch of hippies Posts: 1,336	snagit. a fine tool. "Which is worse, ignorance or indifference?" "I don't know, and I don't care."

9th December 2007, 15:00	#14
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,436	<3 Fickle's ass.

15th December 2007, 22:17	#15
swingdjted DRINK BEER NOW (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern West Virginia Posts: 10,039	The snapshot from VLC was good enough. One of the other teachers sharpened up the pic. It was a screen shot from a 1969 Scooby Doo episode. I'm not sure what software he used to do the sharpening, but it looks really great on the poster now, somehow much better than even the original picture onscreen. (This was full resolution at only 640x480) taken from the remastered DVD set. Don't forget to live before you die.

22nd May 2010, 13:17	#16
shelyronald Banned Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1	Hi........., Sorry I don't have any idea about this. Hope some will help you.

30th May 2010, 06:48	#18
swingdjted DRINK BEER NOW (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern West Virginia Posts: 10,039	lol poster printing spam is still up Where the fuck is chev? Don't forget to live before you die.

30th May 2010, 22:21	#20
rockouthippie Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 11,002	I'd use avidemux for getting frames out of mpeg2. It makes it easy to get exactly the right frame. It can deal with interlace. Then I'd use gimp or the like and scale (bicubic) the image so that it's at least 100dpi for your poster. Gimp has lots of filters to smooth that down and get rid of compression artifacts. Blurring then re-sharpening might help because you aren't sharpening noise. I'd do things in this order: White balance Color correction Scale (bicubic) Smooth the noise out Sharpen the edges If you are using a professional print shop, expect to be told no. If you are a college professor, plagiarism and copyright infringement are taken very seriously. You could be fired. Back when I was in high school, I had some experience clearing works for educational non profit use. It was mostly out of print books that my history teacher wanted to reprint. Rights holders were mostly cooperative. http://www.snopes.com/disney/wdco/daycare.asp Disney isn't. I'm not sure committing copyright infringement in front of students is real cool. In a litigious modern society, a discussion on "fair use" would probably be helpful to them. I guess you are providing an example of "what not to do". Last edited by rockouthippie; 30th May 2010 at 23:02.

31st May 2010, 00:30	#21
swingdjted DRINK BEER NOW (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern West Virginia Posts: 10,039	No students were involved or knew about this when it happened (although that doesn't make it right). It was done back in 2007 in a different state, outside of a school building (the art teacher's computer was her own at home, and the printer was at her print shop, not at the school). Don't forget to live before you die.

11th September 2010, 21:17	#23
swingdjted DRINK BEER NOW (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern West Virginia Posts: 10,039	Holy shit... HE LIVES! Welcome back! Don't forget to live before you die.

12th September 2010, 23:51	#24
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,436	welcome back? That's reserved for family and friends! Your appropriate response should be "ALL BOW BEFORE CHEV, THE SUPREME BEING!"

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