+Hambone Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 I want to set up a webcam cache. However the site I want to use does not have a webcam that takes a picture every so many seconds, but rather uses streaming video. I have tried clicking on the video portion and saving it. The only way I can figure out how to do it is to do an "ALT-PRINT SCREEN" and paste it into a Word document. I was really wanting to be able to save it as a gc.com supported format (*.jpb, *.gif etc) so that it could be uploaded with the log for viewing and verification purposes. Anyone have any suggestions how to do this?? Quote Link to comment
AJK Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Alt print screen, then paste into image editing software such as photoshop. Save as jpg..... Quote Link to comment
scoutsout Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 (edited) One of the best things in life that is actually FREE! http://www.irfanview.com/ I don't use this because I'm a Photoshop user... but I read about everywhere. It's regarded as a very respectable image viewing program with more features than most people will ever need, but sure to have the ones that most people actually do need. If you are using MS Word for anything besides text, you are probably doing things the hard way... same goes for MS Paint - download this program today, will be happily working with web images in no time! IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003. It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals. IrfanView was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple (animated) GIF support. One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with Multipage TIFF support. The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple ICO support. Some IrfanView features: Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats) Multi language support Thumbnail/preview option Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD) Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc. Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters Drag & drop support Fast directory view (moving through directory) Batch conversion (with image processing) Email option Multimedia player Print option Change color depth Scan (batch scan) support Cut/crop IPTC editing Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.) Capturing Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs Lossless JPG rotation Many hotkeys Many command line options Many PlugIns Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware messages like "I Agree" or "Evaluation expired" No registry changes without user action/permission! and many more Edited June 7, 2004 by scoutsout Quote Link to comment
WH Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 This webcam cache uses streaming video. I captured the image using PrintKey. Quote Link to comment
+SnowLeopard Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 You can just use the PrintScreen key, the past the image into any photo editing software (even MS-Paint). The just crop the image and save it as a .jpg or .gif image. Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Just remember that everyone that wants to find your webcam cache will have to do the research and get capture software in order to log it. Since most folks won't realize it until they are on the phone with the cacher at home, this might cause alot of dnf's and frustrated cachers. Quote Link to comment
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