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Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts


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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 4:15PM
Hi all,
Those of you with Macs who like to get stills from dvds will have noticed that the new operating systems no longer allow you to do so. When you use snap n drag, and "grab" the screen shot, it produces a "checkerboard" instead of the image. It fucking sucks.
Anyway, I have tried using VCL, and it works as long as I'm not picky about the image I grab, but most of the images I want to capture are intended to represent something quite specific about what I'm saying about the film in question. VCL FFs way to quickly, and is super annoying in that regard. You also can't see the images as you FF - it just freezes and then when you press play, it is at a random point in the movie.
So, if I'm willing to pay for a program for Macs to grab images from a DVD *as easily and as precisely as using snap n drag* which should I use? Or, if someone has a secret to using VCL, do tell!
Walter Burns
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Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 5:06PM
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 17 2012 : 5:23PM
^ Thanks! I have downloaded the trial and will try it when I get home. If the pic happens to be kewl I will post it. :)
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 19 2012 : 9:12PM
Works awesome! I'm guessing when I buy it, the watermark will disappear?
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liloleme
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Posted - Jul 19 2012 : 10:27PM
It had better! I would assume the developer's site has an FAQ that you could check out.
 
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 8:43AM
^ Yep, it does. I bought it. I got the newer version though, which seems significantly different. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it once I sit down and learn the ropes.
liloleme
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My favorite cartoon as a kid
1666 Posts
10/06
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 11:26AM
^^ Be sure to post links to some hot samples of your shakedown cruise with it :)
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 12:23PM
^ Will do!
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 4:42PM
It works amazingly well - way easier than snap n drag. It also saves the images to a folder, which you can then export as a folder or as individual images. I'm so glad I bought it.
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BYOB_Kenobi
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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard
2684 Posts
8/09
Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 5:24PM
GGG they don't have any free scree shot applications for Macs?
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 5:26PM
^ They do - snap n drag worked great. And then Apple decided their new operating system (is that the right phrase?) would make it not work anymore. You can still "grab" the screenshot, but all that shows up is a checkerboard type pattern. According to the Snap 3 website, it's the only one that works with Mac dvd player now.
BYOB_Kenobi
Senior Member

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard
2684 Posts
8/09
Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 5:33PM
^I hate Apple's anti-OpenSource and anticompetitive attitude. Microsoft has been extremely anticompetitive, but hasn't engineered and blocked other developers out by changing their Operating System code.
You need to embrace OpenSource GGG.
But I know you are big friends with one of the worst offenders, publishing companies, journals esp. Just kidding, I'm being really facetious.
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 5:45PM
^ Ha, no worries. I'm no friend of the publishers! ;)
Ok, so explain to me what "OpenSource" is and why I should embrace it. Yes, I am ignorant.
BYOB_Kenobi
Senior Member

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Kierkegaard
2684 Posts
8/09
Posted - Jul 23 2012 : 8:53PM
OpenSource is philosophy and method people use for projects, esp. big ones. Basically there's lots of collaboration and distributed work as opposed to a head of a project that rules with an iron hand (any one can correct me if I'm wrong).
OpenSource has been used in software development for a long time and successfully mad Firefox, 7-Zip, Linux, Android platform among many others. It's expanding into other sectors.
One push I've read is the frustration/hate of academic people towards classic publishing and their stranglehold. There's been a recent push to use OpenSource or Common License for publications as many view publishing companies as a hindrance and counter productive to science/advancement never mind monopoly. This battle has just started and if I remember it was either a MIT or Harvard group who wants to accelerate this. However, there's much inertia of course, and even many academic scientists/MDs love the prestige publishing in certain journals.
This is just my take, so don't quote me. My knowledge of Intellectual Property isn't good.
ChodeMasterJ
Perpetual Marxist

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4/03
Posted - Aug 1 2012 : 11:01PM
I read an article on TruthOut about people wanting to take OpenSource outside of computer programs and into manufacturing. There was a claim that a new workable automobile could be manufactured for $2,000 as compared to the brand name version that was like a Lexus or something. I'll have to find that article. It's been several months since I read it. Cool shit.



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