The active window is the window in current use, which appears in front of any other open windows on the screen.
NAME=active window client
The active window client is the currently active element within an active window. For example, a dialog box within a window.
NAME=autosize
An image capture option that displays the image with the actual proportions of the capture.
NAME=bitmap graphic
A bitmap graphic is an computer screen image format which displays pictures using arrays of squares or pixels. Each pixel is stored in a specific location in memory, and corresponds to one or more bits. The number of bits per pixel determines the number of colors or shades of gray that can be displayed. Bitmap graphics can be stored in a number of file formats. Depending on file format, bitmap graphics can sometimes be imported into word processing, page layout, or spreadsheet programs, or incorporated in World Wide Web pages. Synonymous with raster graphics.
NAME=BMP (Bitmap)
BMP is the standard file format used by Microsoft Windows. Bitmap files can contain either 2 (monochrome), 16, 256, 65.5 thousand or 16.7 million colors. Most Windows Bitmap files are not compressed. Windows BMP files are stored in a device-independent bitmap (DIB) format that allows Windows to display the bitmap on any type of display device.
NAME=cascade
A cascade describes the arrangement of open windows on the computer screen so that they overlap diagonally with each title bar showing.
NAME=client area
Client areas are any active window elements you select during Client Area screen captures.
NAME=clipboard
The clipboard is an area of memory used to transfer text or graphics (or both) within a document being edited, or between documents. The data is put into the clipboard with either the Cut or Copy command, then the Paste command is used to put it into its new location.
NAME=color depth
The number of bits used to represent an objectÆs color. Bitmap file formats offer the following ranges: monochrome (1-bit) 16 colors (4-bit) 256 colors (8-bit) 65,536 colors (16-bit) 16.7 million colors (24-bit)
NAME=cursor
The cursor is a movable symbol on screen that is the contact point between the user and the data. In GUI environments, it is also referred to as a pointer, and it usually changes shape (arrow, square, paintbrush, etc.) when it moves over different active areas of a screen.
NAME=custom area
A custom area is any boundary of an object on screen that is highlighted by Screen Rip32 as you move the mouse cursor (when grabbing a custom area).
NAME=custom region
A custom region is an image capture size in pixels the user defines with the Define Custom Region dialog box.
NAME=data compression
Data compression is a technique for encoding data with a goal of using minimal storage space. Digital data is compressed by finding repeatable patterns of 0s and 1s. The more patterns that can be found, the more the data can be compressed. Graphics files can generally be compressed from 20% to 90%. Uncompressed bitmap files can be huge. You may want to choose a format that supports compression.
NAME=delay to refresh screen
The Delay to refresh screen field specifies the time (in milliseconds) between when you choose a capture option and when the capture process begins. For example, if you choose Grab Screen and the delay is set to 2000, Screen Rip32 waits 2 seconds before it grabs the screen.
NAME=extensions
see file extension
NAME=file extension
File extensions are file types, or file categories, that are added to the end of DOS and OS/2 file names. The extension is separated from the file name with a period, for example: IMAGE.GIF. There are more than 500 file extensions in use in a Windows environment. Screen Rip32 supports BMP, GIF, JPEG, and ICO.
NAME=file format
The file format refers to the structure of a file. There are hundreds of proprietary formats for database, word processing, and graphics files.
NAME=GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format is a popular raster graphics file format that supports 4-bit (16 colors) and 8-bit color (256 colors) and is widely used on the Web, because the files compress well. GIFs include a color table that includes the most representative 256 colors used.
NAME=GIF Animation
Animated GIFs are a collection of two or more images that appear on the screen in a sequence. You can have them appear slowly, like a slide show, or quickly, like an animated movie. Screen Rip32 supports the animated GIF standard, GIF89A, which allows other applications, such as Web browsers, to cycle through each image in a GIF animation file.
NAME=graphics file
A graphics file is a file that contains only graphic images such as line drawings, paint program files, scanned images, photographs and other halftones, or type designs within a graphics file format.Though it may contain type, the type in a graphics file is presented as pictures and cannot be edited with text editing methods.
NAME=hot keys
Hot keys are key combinations with pre-defined functions that occur in the application. A hot key is commonly used as a shortcut, rather than use the mouse.
NAME=ico
ICO is the Microsoft Windows icon image file extension. Icon image files contain image data for icons used by Windows and OS/2 applications. When Windows draws an icon, it uses the AND and XOR masks to combine the icon image with the pixels already on the display surface.
NAME=icon
In computer terminology, icons are small pictures on the screen which represents a file, a directory, or a program. The represented item opens when the user double-clicks the icon.
NAME=interlaced
Interlaced describes an image encoding technique that displays odd lines and then even lines (every other line first; then filling in the gaps) on a CRT. Interlaced GIFs appear sooner on a screen, with low resolution at first, then improving as the image continues to load. An application that supports GIFs but not interlaced GIFs will just load an image normally if it is interlaced.
NAME=JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group format is a raster graphics file format that supports between 2 and 16.7 million colors, making it a good choice for photographs. However, a lossy compression technique makes JPEG files a poor choice for archiving or any other applications in which you might later need the full image quality. The format is highly portable across platforms and widely supported on the Web. The JPEG compression standard is achieved by dividing the picture into tiny pixel blocks according to the ratio you specify. You do not need to decompress images saved in the JPEG format; they are automatically decompressed when they are opened.
NAME=lossless compression
Lossless compression is a compression technique in which no data is lost and the quality of the original file is preserved.
NAME=lossy compression
Lossy compression is a compression technique that loses some resolution in order to increase compression. If you choose a format with lossy compression, you may want to first save an archived copy in a format that supports lossless compression.
NAME=monochrome
Monochrome is a computer screen display using one foreground color and one background color; for example, green on black.
NAME=pixel
Pixel is short for Picture Element, one pixel is a measurement representing the smallest amount of information displayed on the screen as a single dot.
NAME=portability
Portability describes an ease of file transfer between operating platforms without modification. If a file is portable, the user has little or no trouble moving it between platforms.
NAME=progressive encoding
Progressive encoding is an interlacing technique used with the JPEG format that allows the image to load faster. Progressive JPEGs load sequentially, but the first image often looks better than the first of an interlaced GIF. Progressive JPEGs are not as widely supported as interlaced GIFs and cannot be displayed by applications that do not support progressive encoding.
NAME=raster graphic
Raster graphic is synonymous with bit-mapped graphic. See also bit-mapped graphic.
NAME=RIP
A Raster Image Processor is software that prepares images for output in rasterized format on the computer screen or printer. PostScript printers contain a RIP that converts the PostScript commands into bit-mapped pages that can be printed.
NAME=tile
To tile is to arrange the open image windows in Screen Rip32 so that they are displayed side by side.
NAME=transparent
Transparent color is a technique of GIF formatting where one of the colors in the image is made transparent and the background shows through. For example, you use transparency to superimpose one image on top of another, or to incorporate an image into a Web page without an obvious border surrounding the image.
