Capturing an image
The image you capture can be sent to the Clipboard, a file, or a printer. You can also capture an image to another application by using object linking and embedding. Once it has been captured, you can set a file path for the image.
You can capture specific parts of an image by defining your own capture area. For example, you may only want to capture the top half of a window to show all menu bars and toolbars.
You can also capture a series of images. Each image is assigned a value and placed in order, which you can open in a graphics or word processing application.
To capture an image
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Click the
Source tab and enable the button that corresponds to the element you want to capture.
2
Click the
Activation tab and choose a hot key and enable the check boxes that correspond to the capture settings you want to apply.
3
Click the
Image tab and specify the image attributes you want to apply.
4
Click the
Options tab and specify the options settings you want to apply.
5
From the
Destination tab, enable any of the following
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File — captures an image to a file
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Clipboard — captures an image to the clipboard
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Printer — captures an image directly to a printer
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Set up the image you want to capture, and press the hot key.
Before capturing an image to a file, make sure the file path is correct. If a new file path is not specified, you send the captured image to the location used previously.
Images captured to the Clipboard can be pasted into other applications.
To set printer options, click Setup.
To set a file path
1
Click the
Destination tab.
2
Enable the
File check box.
4
In the
Capture as dialog box, choose the drive and folder where you want to save the file.
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Choose a file type from the
Save as type list box.
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Type a filename in the
File name box.
If you want to compress a file, choose a compression format from the
Compression type list box.
The file types you can compress are Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT), Targa Bitmap (TGA), TIFF Bitmap (TIF), and Adobe Photoshop (PSD).
To capture an image to an application
1
Click the
Source tab and enable the button that corresponds to the element you want to capture.
2
Click the
Activation tab and choose a hot key and enable the check boxes that correspond to the capture settings you want to apply.
3
Click the
Image tab and specify the image attributes you want to apply.
4
Click the
Options tab and specify the options settings you want to apply.
5
From the
Destination tab, enable the
OLE automated application check box, and choose an application from the list box.
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Set up the image you want to capture, and press the hot key.
To capture a user defined area
1
From the
Source tab, enable the
Area capture button and choose an area from the list box.
2
Apply any settings or options you want.
4
Set up the image you want to capture, and press the hot key.
5
Position the cursor where you want to anchor the user-defined area drag to create a rectangular or an elliptical area capture.
If the
Show editable marquee check box is enabled, you can fine tune your capture by moving the sizing handles. After making any adjustments, click anywhere inside the capture area (the cursor has a check mark at the bottom of the arrow) to finish the capture.
For freehand area captures, the cursor becomes a cross-hairs cursor. Click around the image to capture only what you need.
To capture a series of images
1
Click the
Source tab and enable the button that corresponds to the element you want to capture.
2
Apply any settings or options you want.
3
Click the
Destination tab and enable the
File check box.
4
Click
Browse and do the following:
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Enable the
Use automatic naming check box.
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Type a value in the
Start naming at box.
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Press the hot key when each successive image is ready to be captured.
For example, if you give the filename Arrow to a series and assign the initial value as "1", your first capture is saved as Arrow001, your second capture is saved as Arrow002, and so on.