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gabhriel in icon_tutorial

Poor image quality from PowerDVD caps

Jan 08, 2006 19:55

Recently snagged a copy of PowerDVD from my cousin. My version, that came with our Dell computer, didn't have the capture capability ( Read more... )

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raynedanser January 9 2006, 01:11:43 UTC

I usually resize them DOWN a bit, but even then, they are still wicked grainy, so I am curious what the answer is as well. I've taken caps with Windows Media Player (though I loathe the program itself) and those come out very nicely...

afdani1984 January 9 2006, 01:26:17 UTC

i use the program VLC media player. It's free and you can play pretty much any media file with it. My screen caps come out nice and need minimal retouching before I make them into icons. I've taken screencaps with both PowerDVD and windows media player, and VLC is by far better than both those programs for screencapping. Hope this helps.

VLC Media player

raynedanser January 9 2006, 01:33:22 UTC

Thank you! I'll be sure to check it out. :-D

syko4bosco January 9 2006, 04:39:54 UTC

I second that. There's nothing VLC won't do and it's available for all platforms. I have mine set to take one button screen shots and I love it!

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OT _unreal January 9 2006, 01:34:13 UTC

what's your icon from? :D

Re: OT afdani1984 January 9 2006, 01:34:58 UTC

my icon? it's from an episode of CSI Miami. I have a Jonathan Togo fascination..and I couldnt resist snapping a pic of his butt *giggle*

Re: OT gabhriel January 9 2006, 01:50:09 UTC

Beauty and the Beast. XD It's the feather duster after she turns back into a human. x3

Re: OT afdani1984 January 9 2006, 01:55:25 UTC

oooo now i want to watch beauty and the beast. good thing i own it.

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sawcat January 9 2006, 01:56:33 UTC

I find that some of it depends on what dvds you're capping. Some, especially older movies and some tv shows haven't been cleaned up and are naturally a bit grainy.

Also, what size are you doing? If you've set it very large it might effect it too.

The Power DVD I have has it's version on the splash page in the viewing area. Also click on the cyberlink logo on the controller part for the specifics.

If you have PSP 9 or higher, you can use the enhance photo> one step noise removal feature, works great on the grainy caps I download.

jaimekeane January 9 2006, 03:51:25 UTC

If you use itunes at all, I just tried this tonight and you can use print screen with the itunes video player and take great quality caps. Though, it's not the best method if you want to take a ton.

gabhriel January 10 2006, 02:22:47 UTC

I haven't really used iTurnes for anything, though I think I have it. I'll give it a shot, thanks!

luthien_black January 9 2006, 04:38:49 UTC

Hmmm, I'm currently using my default dvd player, and I have the same problem. Does anyone know if moving to PowerDVD would give me less grainy caps? Because at the moment they're useless :(