"blake murphy" > wrote in message
.. .
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:37:12 -0400, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> "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/
>
> thanks, bob and cheryl. i don't know how often i will want to do this,
> but
> i've squirreled away both your replies against that day.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Thanks from me too, Bob and Cheryl
Janet