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AgileServices
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December 25, 2010
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Saving photos from documents viewed in Flash like newspapers?

  • December 25, 2010
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I like to view newspapers and sometimes to save a picture.

Its possible for me to select and zoom a picture to fill the whole screen and usually elsewhere I would right click and get a save menu but not with Flash.

I have been told that pressing the PrtSc button would save a screen print and then it could be retrieved in another program for printing or saving.

It seems that either the Newspapers or Flash INTENTIONALLY prevent anyone saving or printing the pictures.  This is difficult to understand because i can take a free copy of the paper from a collection point and hold the hard copy in my hands.

Why do Flash or the Newspaper choose to do that?   I only want to save the pictures for my personal use.

Any replies about this closely guarded secret?

Tony

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    pwillener
    pwillener
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    December 26, 2010

    I don't know about the why part of your question.  But if I wanted to capture a still image from a Flash file, I would either use the PrtScr button, then paste the result into an image processing application and save it.  There are also imaging programs that can to the capture by themselves.

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    AgileServicesAuthor
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    December 26, 2010

    You said that you "would". That implies that you have not!

    Can I suggest that you try it and then tell me exactly how you did it.

    There are several threads already about this and none of them have concluded with a solution to the problem!

    Are you the one who is going to come up with the answer?

    Tony

    pwillener
    pwillener
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    December 28, 2010

    AgileServices wrote:

    You said that you "would". That implies that you have not!

    Indeed, because I use Paint Shop Pro for that, usually.  But just for you I will do it manually, and show you how it is done.  I don't know any news site that has Flash still images, so I go to Youtube and just stop a video somewhere, then take a screenshot.  So...

    Step 1: with that Youtube page open, press PrntScrn (on my old DELL Inspiron this is done by holding down the Fn key and hit PrntScrn; other computers may use other combinations like Alt+PrntScrn or Ctrl+PrntScrn).

    Step 2: open an imaging program such as my Paint Shop Pro, or a free program like Paint.NET, or whatever imaging program comes with Windows. Paste Into New Image - usually Ctrl+V.  If you saved the image now, it would look like this - the full screen

    Step 3: select and crop the actual image from the full screen, save it and get this

    P.S. for best quality - no loss through compression - save the images as PNG files.

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