3 Ways To Make Screens

[alkie]

First get yourself Movie Player Classic and PicJoiner, both small and both free.

We will deal with 2 methods using just MPC first.

If you want just a simple single screen then just play your clip through MPC pause it at the spot and save the image to a folder on your pc for uploading into the forum later.

[alkie]

Second type.

If you want to create a set amount of multi screens using MPC then first select the "save thumbnails" in the drop down menu.



Then save it to the appropriate folder on your pc

Notice the facility to change the thumbnail and columns, this can be used if you have a longer clip and you wish to increase the number of screens, for example, I have set this for a large size of 20 screens like so:

[alkie]

Finally for a more precise way of ensuring you get the particular shot that you want for a screen or multi screen, you can use PicJoiner.

First open it up and you will see this



Using the same procedure as before with MPC, catch (in this case 6), single screenshots and save them to an appropriate folder, I tend to number them 1 to 6 for easier reference.



Now
If you switch back to PicJoiner press the "add" tab and navigate to your stored screens (1)
Then click on the columns tab and arrange your lay out (2)
You will notice you can increase or decrease the size of the finished screen by using the scale slider. (3)
Save the screen in an appropriate folder (4)
And finally complete your screen by pressing the "build" tab (5)



And you should have a screen that gives everyone the best representation of how you wish your clip to look.

In my opinion if you want a less random way of showing the content of a clip and highlighting pieces that you want people to see then this is the method to use.

[alkie]

If you have any further questions regarding this, then please don't hesitate to ask another mod

I am away for a lie down!!

[pnmpnm]

Hi alkie, I try to use first way to make screens, but my MPC writes "The 'Save Image' and 'Save Thumbnails' functions do not work with the Overlay Mixer video rendered. Change the video renderer in MPC's output potions and reopen the file". Do you know how can i solve this situation? I cannot find how to do it...

[elgrego]

You need to go to the Options at the bottom of the View tab on the MPC

When the window options open go to Playback / Output

for the Output option I have the following picked

* Directshow Video - EVR custom pres

* Real Media video - Direct X 7

* Quicktime Video - System Default

I'm no expert but these settings have worked for all the caps I have produced for the films I've posted here.

It may depend on the video type you are trying to produce previews for, if my suggestions don't work I'm sure one
of the technical whizzkids here will be able to suggest something.

[pnmpnm]

Thank you again! Done!

[tonic]

On Mac

Screen Grabber

peylow dot se/screengrabber.html

[thedearhunter]

You can also take screencaps with vlc media player

[Faciallover6978]

Need to figure this out later. Just getting started.