1. Screenshot of the week [27 Aug - 2 Sep 2012]

[Fubar]

The free version of Fraps works just fine,and this is what i'm using,although it has some limitations:
a) In the free version screenshots are saved only as bmp,you'll need the paid version for jpeg/png . Or,of course,convert the bmp images to jpeg/png afterwards (i'm using Irfan View for this)
b) You can only record 30 secs of video in one go,in the free version. You can record multiple 30 secs clips then join them using a video editor.
c)make sure you have a lot of free space on your hard-disk. At full-hd resolution a 30 secs clip generates a file of more than 700 MB. Seems like the software doesn't use divx/xvid to encode the video.I'm not sure if the paid version enables this as i haven't seen this option in the interface;probably not.

OK thanks for the tips, i hadn't planned to doing any vids as my ISP upload speeds are slower than a snail in glue, but now you mentioned it i'm tempted!

Could you use windows paint to save the bmp's into jpeg's? It's just that i like to keep my PC as free of 'Freeware' programs as much as possible.

TTFN