Can't Convert BMP --> JPG, GIF (Trying to clipboard DVD)

[Perfect Sin]

Hey guys, listen...I'm trying to convert images. I "print screen" off of a DVD and convert them to JPG or GIF files.


I tried doing it in Paint...But every time I save the image, it turns into a darkpurple screen.



To be more detailed...I'm watching a DVD. When I like the picture shown, I pause the DVD and say "print screen". I go into paint and say "paste" then I say "save as" then type something like example.jpg and make sure it saves it as a JPG file.

Well when I open the picture again, the screen is a very dark purple.

THis leads me to believe the Screen i'm trying to copy is a BMP file and when I save it as a JPG or a GIF, the colors get lost.



Can someone help me?

[Cera]

It could be either paint or some sort of copy protection- I know some copy protection just gives a black screen.

Did you try saving it in photoshop?

[Perfect Sin]

I don't have Photshop, I do have Paint Shop Pro though, and I tried opening it in that, but when I saved it I got the exact same results as when i saved it in Paint.

[NoUseMercenary]

try saving it in .tiff format which is the format for print files and see if that works....Then you can use the .tiff and convert it into jpeg if you want to.

[Perfect Sin]

I tried that too, and it didn't work.

[nouse4aname68]

Email me the pic, and I'll try a few things.

[Perfect Sin]

Alright...I did that. I can't send multiple BMPs because everytime i copy one to clipboard the other BMPs turn to the most recent image i copied...

[Hunnter]

ah yes, i hate that! hehe

The way i managed to get around it was having WinM8, its a multi-clipboard, something i think you would love Perfect Sin hehe
It lets you copy up to 90,000+ spaces (if you can handle that much)
You can copy as much as 96 at one time in the bulk cache, then you can copy it into a category.

It managed to get around the problem, although as it was said, its some weird copy-right protection thing.
I noticed a rather strange effect when i tried doing this.
Okay, print screen the video, paste it into Paint, then play the video again and bring Paint over the top of the playing video (the video section in paint needs to be somewhere over the playing video)... notice anything strange?
If it works the way it did on mines, you will actually see some of the video inside Paint!
Pretty damn freaky if you ask me (i did this under Winamp btw)

[NameTaken]

It sometimes depends on the player itself...

Open up Windows Media Player
Go to "Tools" and click "Options..."
Go to the "Performance" tab
And under "Video Acceleration" and move the bar down to "none"

Now open your video in WMP and try taking the shot now.

[Perfect Sin]

Well I tried NameTaken's idea. That didn't work, just got the purple screen again.

[NameTaken]

eh sorry...that's what worked for me...

[Perfect Sin]

What version of WMP do you have?

[NameTaken]

V 10

[Perfect Sin]

We have a 5 word minmum rule here, please respect that.


Anyways, yeah i have V10 also...Do you want to state the whole process you went through?

[NameTaken]

We have a 5 word minmum rule here, please respect that. Anyways, yeah i have V10 also...Do you want to state the whole process you went through?

No problem, didn't realize that. Thanks for the heads up.

I did this whole number

Open up Windows Media Player
Go to "Tools" and click "Options..."
Go to the "Performance" tab
And under "Video Acceleration" and move the bar down to "none"

and then loaded up the video. Pushed "Prt Scr" whenever i wanted a shot. Opened Paint Shop Pro and Ctrl+V'ed to paste it and that was it...

[Perfect Sin]

What did you save it as?

[nouse4aname68]

Perfect sin, that BMP image you emailed me was a screenshot of a black screen, so it must be copy-protected...

[Perfect Sin]

Perfect sin, that BMP image you emailed me was a screenshot of a black screen, so it must be copy-protected...


Yeah, I kind of figured as much. Is there a program that can bypass the copywrite?

[Skribble]

I know of none, I've tried to print screen dvd images (on a mac) and there are the same problems. Copyright protection, pretty damn clever if you ask me, google Print Screen DVD bypass or something, you might get a result or two.

[Hunnter]

Well WinM8 multiclipboard can bypass the copyright stuff somehow, i remember using it to copy things like this before
Plus in your case, it would be pretty useful since you said about copying something, then copying another thing and losing the first thing you copied... hate that happening! lol

Heres their website, http://winm8.com/
Heres the actual programs page - http://m8software.com/clipboards/winm8/winm8.htm
Heres the direct link to save you going through looking for it http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/170426-2S01/install_winm8.exe (most recent)

Its a great program, simple to use as well.
60 day free trial to note as well, $19 to buy it but thats more than enough time if you decide to get it, which im sure every graphics person here would love anyway, not only useful for graphics though.

edit:

SnagIt may work as well http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.asp
I cant really remember since i never used it to copy things from a movie or video file, but it probably would work since its a screen capture program.
It can even extract all text from a window, such as Task Manager or a webpage, pretty damn useful if you ask me

[proof]

If i remember correctly, quicktime has a copy frame. Just play it in quicktime and look for the feature. I cant be bothered doing it now, now i think it works ;)

[Perfect Sin]

Hunnter, I dowloaded the program and used it. I got the clip I wanted. I right clicked on it so I could see what I "captured"

I said "save as file" ---> JPEG ---> Then I found the file and viewed it.


The file was the same forboding purple black screen as always.


Nice program though...



GrIm-ReaPer, I can't play the movie in Quicktime...I do have the full version of Quicktime, but there's no way for me to tell it to play the DVD.

[Hunnter]

IrfanView works! :D

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7062/pspiconinps3conf6hj.jpg
Just done this earlier watching the PS3 conference.

I have Irfanview to take screen shots as PNGs, then play your video, hit CTRL+F11 (or whatever you change it to, if you wish)
Oh and set it to save the file automatically, i dont know if its just me but it didnt show in the file viewer for Irfanview when i took a screenshot.

True this was done on an non-DRMed video...
Hope this works for you! *crosses fingers*

[WhatRuOn]

Have you tried using different players? I know it works for me when I use Divx Player.