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[bobber205]

Does anybody know of a good app or two that lets me make animated gif clips of screenshots of my dvds?

Also, what's the best way to take screenshots with DVD player?
(Besides VLC?)

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

I don't think it's possible to take them with DVD player open, so I guess VLC or something else is your only option.

 

[PlaceofDis]

to take screen shots of a DVD using DVD Player you'll have to find a 3rd party app, there are some available on versiontracker.com but i haven't tried any out.

 

[freeny]

You could always rip the dvd with handbrake first then do screen shots from the Quicktime file.
Export as image sequence for animation stills for the gif.

 

[mbl42]

Here's what I know of to take screenshots/clips in DVD Player. It's shareware though, and the demo wasn't so great last time I tried.

 

[motulist]

Here's a quick and dirty way to do it; just take a digital photo of the screen.

 

[WildCowboy]

You can take DVD screenshots in Terminal (MacBytes article on it), or there are third-party apps like SnapzProX that can do it.

 

[Artful Dodger]

SnapzProX that can do it if you want to pay for it (unless they have a trial for it). I have used and like the free CaptureMe app. I use this for pulling dvd shots for use in Flash or Photoshop for my art Give it a search on Version Tracker as that's the last place I found it.

 

[neocell]

Here's a link to a bunch of them

 

[lavem]

Open the terminal (applications/utilities) and type:

screencapture -ic

After you hit enter press space and a camera icon will appear instead of the mouse pointer. Float it over the window you want to capture and click. Now open your fave image editing app and paste

 

[Melkor]

Does command + shift + 3 not work?

 

[kretzy]

Does command + shift + 3 not work?

Not when DVD player is open.

 

[WildCowboy]

Does command + shift + 3 not work?

Nope...Apple wanted to make it difficult to take screenshots of DVDs.