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Why black square instead of picture? Screen Capture

#1 MickinPlymouthUK

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 02:36 PM

Hi, hitting the Printscreen key works most of the time when capturing game screenshots to Paste into the Paint program, but sometimes all that pastes in is a black square, no picture.
Any suggestions? thanks

This post has been edited by stevealmighty: 11 August 2009 - 09:03 PM
Reason for edit: EDIT: Added "Screen Capture" to title to better reflect topic ~ stevealmighty

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 03:22 PM

hi..
Can u explain a little ... Blank image or many small black squares in the picture?

#3 MickinPlymouthUK

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 03:32 PM

Just a big black blank filling the whole screen, as if the capture hasn't captured anything

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Posted 12 August 2009 - 09:38 AM

Try holding ALT key with print Screen or Shift key.

#5 MickinPlymouthUK

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Posted 12 August 2009 - 06:11 PM

Okay thanks everybody, I asked the question on behalf of a mate of mine and i've been passing your replies on to him, but he says he's now solved it with FRAPS, so this thread is now finished.. :thumbsup: