Capturing a Screen

 

In some cases you may wish to create a "capture" of the information currently on screen.

 

To capture the current Presentation Screen, hit the CTRL-F7 function key.

 

Screen captures are added to either the Other Exhibits Captures Group, or the current item group depending on the selected Presentation mode setting.

To change the location for screen captures:

1.    Click on theimage\ebx_-980919196.gif icon.

2.    Select Captures

3.    Select the appropriate choice

 

You may capture screens from any pane view, whether full screen or dual pane, with any type of file on screen - image, transcript or video(see limitations below).

 

Note – if you have a magnified window on screen and this window has the focus, only the magnified region is captured. To capture the entire screen, be sure the main window has the focus. Clicking anywhere on the Presentation screen (other than a magnify window) will reset the focus.

Video Captures

 

You may capture a video screen by clicking on the image\ebx_2025520163.gif button. Video captures are placed in the Video Stills group in the Other Exhibits category.

 

Capture Limitations

 

Video images may not always be captured successfully depending on the graphics acceleration on your computer. Sanction II cannot control the video hardware settings on your computer, so if your captures display black windows, do the following:

 

1.    Right Click on the Desktop My Computer icon.

2.    Select Properties from the popup menu.

3.    Click on the Performance tab.

4.    Click on the Graphic button.

5.    Drop the Hardware acceleration value down to the second notch.

 

After re-starting, try a Video capture again. Changing the hardware acceleration value usually has no noticeable effects on the system, however you may change the acceleration back to its original setting when you are finished making captures.

 

Note - A capture screen may leave an artifact line across the edges of the captured bitmap. If this occurs, the artifact may be removed by loading the bitmap into Windows Paint, increasing the bitmap image size by several pixels and filling the region with a black fill.