512*448 snapshots?

Boksha · Post by **Boksha** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:10 pm

Are there any plans for adding the ability to take 512*448 snapshots of games that natively run in higher resolution? In particular, by downsizing the screen for a snapshot, the more complicated kanji in Seiken Densetsu 3 become unrecognisable, making it impossible to take note-snapshots or snapshots for later translation (which is what I'd like to use it for; it currently takes a long time for me to read the text since I have to look up every other word or so, so I'd like to do it at my leisure afterwards, from screenshots)
I'd love to see this happen, having to alt-tab and paste/save for every single snapshot is a pain.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:21 pm

Printscreen is your friend regardless.

Boksha · Post by **Boksha** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:38 pm

No chance then?

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:18 pm

You can also pause the emulator. But Alt+Printscreen is actually the fastest way to save the current image on screen, even if only temporary to programs like PSP.

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:07 pm

Irfanview has a nice feature that allows you to capture and save screenshots automatically (without having to alt-tab away from what you're doing), using any key combination you want, in any file format you want, using any file naming sequence you want. It works fine in Zsnes, just watch that you're not using a key combination that's already used in Zsnes itself (the standard, ctrl+F11, disables a sound channel, it still works but you'll end up with messages on your screenshots).

Boksha · Post by **Boksha** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:11 am

creaothceann wrote:You can also pause the emulator.

True. Downside to that is that when you alt-tab away from the paused emulator, then go back, the screen isn't redrawn so you need to unpause it momentarily.
I'm guessing some screenshot solution like Irfanview or a program to flush the clipboard would be best then.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:06 am

Boksha wrote:
creaothceann wrote:You can also pause the emulator.
True. Downside to that is that when you alt-tab away from the paused emulator, then go back, the screen isn't redrawn so you need to unpause it momentarily.

Well, the F1 menu screen is updated and you can move the window.

Boksha · Post by **Boksha** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:31 am

But then, pressing F1 will reduce the screen resolution to 256*224 again.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:53 am

http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap.html

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:13 am

so your not going to use print screen?

Boksha · Post by **Boksha** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:44 pm

Well, I am.
I decided to go through with the clipboard flushing idea.