Screen Capture program?

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lindaetterlee:
I would like bigger screens than the settings that sims 2 offers. Does anyone know of a great screen capture program that is either free or crackable?

Emma:
I usually just press 'print screen' on the keyboard, then paste it into paint or Microsoft Photo Editor. Trouble is you get the Sim UI on your picture too, so you end up cropping it anyway :D I don't know of any other program, but I am interested too.

SaraMK:
Freeware Gadwin PrintScreen is great. Low use of system resources and has lots and lots of features. But you have to use windowed mode or it minimizes the game and kicks you to the desktop. Another slight annoyance is that a little popup comes up to notify you that a picture is being taken (you don't need to click anything, it goes away by itself when the picture has been taken), making it impossible to take many pictures rapidly. However, at least you always know your picture was actually taken.

Freeware YAFSSCREEN doesn't have the minimizing problem, and is also a good program with many useful features, but unlike Gadwin it takes pictures "silently" with no notification that the picture was actually taken. I have found that every once in a while it doesn't actually take them, especially if you take many in quick succession. I have a feeling this is a problem similar to Gadwin, in that it simply takes a while to take a picture and save it as a file on your harddrive. Gadwin shows you the process, while YAFSScreen does not, so YAFSSCREEN fools you into thinking that you can keep hitting the button quickly, when in fact the program is busy with your first request and is ignoring all subsequent requests until it finishes its current action.

If you're going to steal a program, Snagit is really the only one worth stealing. Widely available over bittorrent. Lots and lots of features, but a bit heavy on the system resources, I find.

ElfPuddle:
I use Gadwin and love it.

Can I have my two cents back now?

JadeEliott:
I have tried other programs, but Gadwin always gets my vote.

Emma, F10 gets rid of the UI before you take the pic using printscreen.

Some folks love FRAPS, though...google it.

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