Taking print screens of videos
 

Okay, so I'm pretty damn stupid when it comes to a simple thing like this. I can take print screens just fine, it's just that if I take a screen of a video that's playing (in DivX, VLC Player, etc.) and I paste it into Paint or Photoshop, the video itself doesn't show up, yet everything else does.

How can I get the video part to show when taking print screens?

If you use VLC, there's the snapshot function under the Video menu. Just make sure you have a snapshot folder set in the preferences under Video.

That's the easiest, and least time-consuming way to.

If you use Media Player Classic, there's the same type of function under the File menu, but that requires a lot more playing around with filters and such.

If you're playing a file in Windows Media Player, you have to lower the Video acceleration to nothing under Options -> Performance and then take a screen shot.

Yeah, I use VLC most often now. Thanks for the tips. =p