Screen capture doesn’t work!

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Helen_Capstick
Oct 27, 2008
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Hi All!

has anyone come across the problem of the screen capture/grab not working and has anyone solved this problem or know why it happens?

thanks ever so much,

Helen
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dave_milbut
Oct 27, 2008
usually ps needs to be restarted when the clipboard stops functioning. known bug/issue.

what version of photoshop are you running helen?

dave
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Helen_Capstick
Oct 27, 2008
hi dave

cheers, cs3

Helen
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dave_milbut
Oct 27, 2008
ya, not as prevalent as cs or cs2 but i’ve had it happen a couple of times in cs3 too. like i said, restart seems to fix it for a while…
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Mylenium
Oct 27, 2008
Most clipboard lockups happen with either copy&paste of different types of data from within PS (e.g. pixel data mixed with paths, patterns, brushes etc.) or by having multiple programs open at the same time and clogging the clipboard with incompatible data. As Dave said, restarting the program and/or restarting the computer usually fix the matter, even if it’s inconvenient.

Mylenium
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chris_farrell
Oct 27, 2008
Are you referring to the ‘PrtSc’ button? If so, in Vista, this has been disabled in favor of their nifty snipping tool.
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Anthony.Ralph
Oct 27, 2008
The PrtScr button stills works okay in Vista. The snipping tool is good though…

Anthony.
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Rick Moore
Oct 27, 2008
It works for me in Vista64 Ultimate

Are you referring to the ‘PrtSc’ button? If so, in Vista, this has been disabled in favor of their nifty snipping tool.
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SostyPasha
Nov 1, 2008
well,,
I had the same problem before
& I thought I must reinstall PS ,
But instead of removing it ( from CPanel> Programmes n Features) I chose to repair it ^^

it’ll work fine isA ^^

regards
IA
Ian_Ashton
Nov 3, 2008
PrtSc does work in Vista
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John Joslin
Nov 3, 2008
Sometimes Photoshop messes with the Windows clipboard.

A variety of remedies had limited effect and I ended up getting a screen capture utility.

Vista doesn’t need "Print Screen" since it has the Snipping tool.
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Matt Porter
Nov 13, 2008
I’d recommend Print Screen Deluxe. The company has been around since the early 90’s. And it’s extremely easy to use. A no-brainer really.

http://www.americansys.com

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