Taking screenshots from the character select screen

[TungstenShark]

When I try this, nothing happens. When I take screenshots in-game, they are saved to the screenshots folder in Tequila. Not so when I try from the character select screen. I tried Print Screen and copying to Paint, but that gets me an entirely black screenshot. What am I doing wrong?

[Oubliette_Red]

For some it also depends on if you are in full screen or windowed mode as well. Which mode do you happen to be running the game in @TungstenShark?

[TungstenShark]

I play in Fullscreen Mode. I switched to Windowed Mode...screenshots at character select still do not show up in the Tequila folder BUT I can use Print Screen and paste in to Paint or something similar and it works (no more full black screen).

 

Weird.

[Christopher Robin]

What I do to get around it in Win7 is hit the Windows key twice. Then Print Screen.

The first press brings up a menu and pushes the game to the background and the second

removes the menu but leaves it in the background until you click the game again or hit Alt+Tab.

[ubergeek2012]

I run in fullscreen windowed mode, and it seems like copying the CoH (Alt+Print Screen) screen to the clipboard copies whatever was on the screen when I last tabbed in or selected the CoH screen.  So I was having luck selecting a program on my other monitor, clicking back on CoH when the animation on the character select screen was at a point I wanted to capture, using Alt+Print Screen, then pasting into IrfanView.  I managed to get a set of reference pictures from the power customization screen that way.

[Oubliette_Red]

You can also use a screenshot app, like the Snipping Tool which comes with Windows.

 

Edit: Hah, I see Evercent had the same suggestion. I had typed mine out bot forgot to post when detracted by Discord. XD

Edited August 2, 2019 by Oubliette_Red

[_NOPE_]

I reccommend Greenshot, because it's free and it's frickin' AMAZING:

 

https://getgreenshot.org/

 

 

[Oubliette_Red]

1 minute ago, The Philotic Knight said:

I reccommend Greenshot, because it's free and it's frickin' AMAZING:

 

https://getgreenshot.org/

 

 

 

I used to use Snagit at work to create visual guides for testers. Great tool, but not free.

[_NOPE_]

I use Snagit and Fraps to make videos...

[Healix]

My default picture viewer is XnView.  Here is how I capture any picture of whatever I want. First, I hit 'Prt Scr' then open XnView. From the dropdown menu I click on 'import Clipboard' and the image appears. From there, I can crop it and use the tools to tweak. Then a quick 'save as' with a name and I am done.

 

I also use the last FREE version of FastStone Capture (Here's the link for anyone who wants it) GREAT little program.)

 

Last free version of FastStone capture

Edited August 2, 2019 by Healix

[WanderingAries]

"Freeware" if you can get an old (make sure it's clean) version of the app, but I've been using the PaintShop Pro editor's built-in screenshot function. It works independent of the OS/game and will ALWAYS work so long as you don't bind a power to the same keys (if you did, then you'd get like a billion screenshots at random :p). I've never had an issue with it and it's nice because then I can edit them with a Photoshop like app. ^.^

[Flashtoo]

Have you tried Snipping Tool, if you're on Windows?

[Healix]

WanderingAries, I LOVE PaintShop Pro and have used it for years. Great suggestion for those who have it!

[WanderingAries]

7 hours ago, Healix said:

WanderingAries, I LOVE PaintShop Pro and have used it for years. Great suggestion for those who have it!

Yeah...I've been kinda sorta using it since oh say Beta (Win3-Win95) when it was on floppies and still owned by Jasc. :p

[_Kai_]

I got Greenshot for stuff I was helping out with for SEGS, its really pretty awesome, I love the freeze frame it gives you so I can hit print screen at the right point in the animation, but have time to pick my area to capture.