I used XNView for many years to perform screen or window captures. This worked superbly, I used a hotkey to capture e.g. video frames or application window graphics, sometimes nearly a hundred captures, and then saved them using a File->"Save opened images" menu-item. This took just a couple of mouse-clicks with just a folder selection for saving.
I've just started testing XNView MP, and don't see this option. I tried "Save all" but this prompts on every single image capture which is extremely inconvenient to do for saving many tens of capture. Is there an option or a workaround for accomplishing this?
(A similar issue exists for closing all captured images where the "Close all" menu-item is also missing. However there is a workaround here by right-clicking the image tab and clicking "close other tabs", reducing the clicks to just 2)
How to save multiple screen captures quickly?
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jkm
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Re: How to save multiple screen captures quickly?
Welcome to the forums...
I'm a bit confused by your question... It sounds like you're successfully using XnViewMP to make screenshots, but it also sounds like you've never actually looked at the Capture dialog, which is something of a contradiction.
When you do a Tools->Capture, you get a dialog box to configure the screen capture process. Read that dialog.
If you want to do a bunch of captures quickly with minimal effort, simply select a folder under "Save to folder" in that dialog, and assign a Hotkey using that same dialog (top right corner).
Then, as long as XnViewMP is open, every time you hit the hotkey, the file is automatically saved as you specified in the dialog. No muss, no fuss, no effort. One key, one saved screenshot. It literally could not be easier or faster without telepathy.
You'll also find greatly reduced memory usage compared to your current process, since you won't have an absurd number of new images opened in the viewer waiting to be saved.
If you're doing a hundred captures, it sounds like you're involved in generating documentation of some kind. If you want get serious and have even more advanced capabilities than XnViewMP gives you, like multiple hotkeys for different shot types or the ability to fully capture scrolling windows, I suggest you look into the many dedicated screenshot utilities available, both free and commercial.
Hopefully this helps...
I'm a bit confused by your question... It sounds like you're successfully using XnViewMP to make screenshots, but it also sounds like you've never actually looked at the Capture dialog, which is something of a contradiction.
When you do a Tools->Capture, you get a dialog box to configure the screen capture process. Read that dialog.
If you want to do a bunch of captures quickly with minimal effort, simply select a folder under "Save to folder" in that dialog, and assign a Hotkey using that same dialog (top right corner).
Then, as long as XnViewMP is open, every time you hit the hotkey, the file is automatically saved as you specified in the dialog. No muss, no fuss, no effort. One key, one saved screenshot. It literally could not be easier or faster without telepathy.
You'll also find greatly reduced memory usage compared to your current process, since you won't have an absurd number of new images opened in the viewer waiting to be saved.
If you're doing a hundred captures, it sounds like you're involved in generating documentation of some kind. If you want get serious and have even more advanced capabilities than XnViewMP gives you, like multiple hotkeys for different shot types or the ability to fully capture scrolling windows, I suggest you look into the many dedicated screenshot utilities available, both free and commercial.
Hopefully this helps...
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gnomish
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Re: How to save multiple screen captures quickly?
Thanks for the response, I'm aware of what you wrote and I should have elaborated a bit more.
In the original workflow, images are captured on a machine and then once collected saved to an external disk that isn't always online. (backups, audits, locked etc.).
Can the workflow be changed so as to save immediately? Sure, but it was more convenient to just capture and then arrange for archival storage later.
(There is more than enough RAM on the capturing machines for 100's or images, as I mentioned XNView has been working beautifully for this for many years)
In the original workflow, images are captured on a machine and then once collected saved to an external disk that isn't always online. (backups, audits, locked etc.).
Can the workflow be changed so as to save immediately? Sure, but it was more convenient to just capture and then arrange for archival storage later.
(There is more than enough RAM on the capturing machines for 100's or images, as I mentioned XNView has been working beautifully for this for many years)