can't edit pictures from print screen

ganero · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

hii,
i paste to photoshop ,a picture from a movie which i got by pressing print screen button on keyboard.
but i can't edit it, like crop it or flip it...
i tried to save it to .jpeg, but it became black (dark window) show nothing.
any idea ? Crying or Very sad

sorry really newbie using this...
so confused when the pic could'nt be treated like general pic.

thank you very much...

Hojo · 50+ Club Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 62 Location: N.Wales

I have never come across this problem myself but what i do know is that some films have copyright protection on the actual movie files, which meens you can printscreen them, if thats not your case then i can only suspect you are trying to edit a background layer. If the layer you are editing is the back ground create a new layer and work on that. ( never work on the background layer )

ganero · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

thank you hojo,
but i think this not copyright matter, and yes i did created a new layer then paste the pic over it.

i printed screen the movie or video clip from windows media player .
if i pasted it (while not paused the movie on wmp) the movie is still running in adobe photoshop.
so when i tried to save it, only wmp interface pic was visible. like the clip has lost it's frame... so it became black (showing no pic).
ps: when i did the same on the clip played with flv player (flash movie player) i got what i want , a still picture.
....uhhh... really weird.. please help...

thanks,

Harley · Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 1

it's weird like that, it happens to me too. I think it has something to do with it being real time, as in I tried it once and the movie was playing through photoshop :S

Try take a prnt screen of the prnt screen, or check that the layer isnt locked Wink

~Harley

ganero · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

yeah, i tried to print screen the printed screen as u suggest, but no use..., and no layer locked too ...
yes like u said, it's being real time , why would that happened ?
woah......HELLP..

Nomade · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

what movie player are you using?
many players render an image to an overlay or renderless surface which cannot be captured via PrintfScreen

i use Media Player Classic from K-Lite Codec pack
in the Output menu, i just set Video Output to VRM9 or Uncompressed and PrintScreen works (while not working with other output methods)

ganero · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

i'm using windows media player, any setting like that can be set to my win media ply. ?

Nomade · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

i doubt it

ganero · Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

hiii... i found it..
go to tool->option->performance tab -> click advance button , then uncheck the 'use overlay' on video acceleration.
print screen your pic, and you'll get the still pic.

Thank you all for helping... ^^