Hi,
I was wondering if anybody already created a plugin/button for taking screenshots. Guess it could be done calling up external tools eventually.
I did some forum searches but could not find anything related.
Any inputs on this? Did I miss this feature?
Thanks - Peter
Alt-PrintScr followed by Ctrl-V.
Hi,
yes - I guess that would work, but I would like to have a little more comfort, like options to only capture the active window or even a region.
The plugin might have to rely on external programs for that, I would guess...
Regards - Peter
You really do not need a plug-in for this. Between Windows and Opus, you already have 99.9% of the functionality that you need. Here is what you do.
[ol][li] Copy a screengrab image to the Clipboard (built-in Windows Functionality)[ol][li] To grab of the entire screen, press [/li]
[li] To grab just the active Window, press +
NOTE: Both of the techniques above will capture any highlighted menu items, or any InfoTips displayed as a result of the mouse pointer hovering over a related item. However, the mouse pointer itself will be missing. I usually paste the mouse pointer back in, in any image editing software. (This is the .01% functionality that is missing, and it's Microsoft's issue.)[/li][/ol][/li]
[li] After you have copied your screengrab, in Opus, paste it as a file into any folder, using the + hotkey sequence.
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[li] Narrow a large image down to just a desired region.[ol][li] In Opus, double-click the pasted screen grab, so it is loaded in the Opus Viewer[/li]
[li] Press to size the image to full screen.[/li]
[li] Right-click the image. From the resulting context menu, select the desired zoom ratio from the View Size submenu.
NOTE: You can also use the +<0> though +<8> hotkeys to control the zoom ratio.[/li]
[li] Select the region that you wish to use.[/li]
[li] Right-click the image. From the resulting context menu, select Copy . This copies the selected region to the Clipboard.[/li]
[li] After you have copied your region, in Opus, paste it as a file into any folder, using the + hotkey sequence.[/li][/ol][/li]
[li] OPTIONAL, though most often desired, if not required. Use the Nudel-Images toolbar (included with Opus) to resize your image or convert it from a .bmp to a more suitable file format for your purpose.[/li][/ol]
Years ago, I actually spent money on an elaborate screengrab software. But it's just another software application replaced by Directory Opus.
If you do want a little bit more control over it (or if you're on Vista and want pretty glass titlebars in your screenshots) then Window Clippings is an excellent screen capture tool.
Hi,
yeah, I agree that Windows + Opus does most of it - although not really that intuitive and with that many options that I might want (e.g. having a enlarged view while capturing - ok - even this can be done - just not so intuitive).
There are a couple of great shareware or freeware tools for this available, Window Clippings being one of them.
The other two I like are Mwsnap
mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
which is great, does not need install and is freeware. Unfortunately does not seem to be developed anymore and does not seem to support command line options to start it from opus.
The other one is Screentaker.net which is fairly new, open source and under heavy development. I´ll request to get command line options to the developers.
I´ll then try to build my own button or menu to allow starting one of the programs with the desired options (e.g. capture region, save to .jpg file).
Thanks anyway for your inputs - looks like this plugin is not available yet for Opus, or - other than me - nobody needs it 
Regards - Peter
If you're on Vista, note that a pretty good screen capture tool is already included with the OS. It can capture irregular regions, rectangular regions, windows, and full screens. It supports auto-copying the capture to the clipboard (for a quick Ctrl+V later on to Opus). It also supports using a marker tool to quickly highlight parts of the captured area and mailing the capture from within the tool itself.