"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> blake wrote:
>
>>>> shit, the page finally loaded (after twenty minutes and a refresh),
>>>> and the images *don't* seem captureable.
>>>
>>> You wanted something like this?
>>>
>>> http://i40.tinypic.com/260wcpv.jpg
>>>
>>
>> i didn't, no, but you might tell janet and om how you snagged it.
>
> OK, this is from Windows:
>
> 1. Open MS Paint. (It ought to be in the Accessories folder.) If you don't
> see a white rectangle which represents a virgin picture, press Ctrl-N to
> start a new picture.
>
> 2. Use your browser to open the slideshow, and navigate to the picture you
> want.
>
> 3. Press the "Print Scrn" key.
>
> 4. Go back to MS Paint and press Ctrl-V (for "Paste") to paste the
> screenshot into the picture. Use the selection tool to select the photo
> part of the screenshot, and press Ctrl-C. Click File --> New to open a new
> picture. (You'll be asked if you want to discard the old photo. Yes, you
> do.) Then press Ctrl-V again to paste the cropped photo into the new
> picture. What you'll have at that point is a .bmp file; if you want to
> make it some other format, you can do a File --> Save As... to select a
> different format.

Even easier. Fraps. Made for capturing stills from streaming video, but I'd
bet it would work with flash slideshows, too. Free to use the limited
function version.
http://www.fraps.com/