Need hi-res screen grabs

[cerebus]

I need to grab icons and screenshots of programs for image editing purposes. I'm using Photoshop Elements but it doesn't have a screen grab function. Gadwin Printscreen works pretty well but it doesn't seem to be able to produce the kind of resolutions I need. I need to put icons into help files. Any suggestions? I'm not sure what the previous person used...

Thanks

 

[bwana]

Not sure if this will help you but I make the icon its largest possible size and then capture.

 

[kayvee]

http://picpick.wiziple.net/ works for me.

 

[cerebus]

I think i'm actually being limited by the default resolution of my monitor - 1024 *blech*. Maybe I need to just find the icons on my hdd and grab them independently

 

[dudewotevr]

Can't you just press "print screen" and then paste into the program? I do that with Fireworks/Photoshop..

 

[cerebus]

no because it grabs the image at the screen resolution which isn't high enough for my needs.

 

[Jabberwocky]

The windows GUI & Icons are raster based, So it will have the exact same effect if you just print screen and scale the bitmap.

 

[cerebus]

Ah ha!! I think I've found the program she was using: http://www.microangelo.us/icon-tools/find-icons.asp

 

[Keeper]

why not just edit the icons themselves, instead of using printscrn?

doesn't matter what app you use, they all gonna look the same - just use good 'ol printscrn if you can't edit the icons

 

[cerebus]

i'd love to edit the icons themselves but they're buried in my hard drive - I'm not even sure that they exist as discreet icons.

 

[cerebus]

Ok I found the problem after all - the icon I'm looking for is actually terrible quality. took another one and resized it, think that should do the trick.