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[dherblay]

I haven't done one of those gratuitous icon posts for a while, having spent very little time making icons recently (though more time making icons than updating my LJ). Here are a few userpics I've made in the last few months.

The strange thing is I didn't even have to download this episode to get the screencap:

Comments

[ladyhelix]

These are GREAT DH... what graphics program are you using?

[dherblay]

Thank you!

If I'm making my own screencaps then I open the .avi video file with VirtualDub. This allows me to view the video frame by frame -- I use Window's alt-PrntScrn function to copy a snapshot of the VirtualDub window to my clipboard and then paste that into a Photoshop Elements 2 project. Everthing else is done in Elements; it's a phenomenally powerful program and it was phenomenally free.

[ladyhelix]

Excellent!! Last time I priced it it was virtually $80- but I'm likeing the prices I'm NOT seeing on VirtualDub! Thanks for the tip!

[dherblay]

Well, this is Elements 2, rather than the brand-new Elements 3, and Elements 2 was being included with various digital cameras or scanners, so some people who bought a lot of picture equipment ended up with multiple copies and were giving extras away.

Ask around, you might find someone with an extra disc, or a disc he or she would be willing to lend.

[ladyhelix]

Very cool!! Thanks DH!