How to screenshot trade chat window?

This is a very good issue to bring up.. since Valve has forced us to use the steam trade overlay for ingame trades you really don't have a choice and adding everyone each time is unacceptable. I've tried zscreen, zuploader, this screenshot utility and a few other ways aside from holding a digital camera up to the screen which again is unacceptable I don't know of any other way to take a screen shot of that steam trade over lay. The ideal solution would be that valve returned the in-game trading system the way it was but doesn't appear that is going to happen. Not sure of a solution aside from sending in steam support tickets.

aww but step #3 shouldn't be required or running in window mode shouldn't be required- Valve needs to just address the problem - I sent in a support ticket yesterday on the issue I suggest you do the same.

Appears Fraps is the only solution which works but even still Valve should address the problem with their screen shot function.

both.. screen shot worked perfectly

But it still works which is the point here.. however the bigger issue is Valve's inability to support a change to a working system but instead break it and then not comment since that day on what they did or future plans. I've lost count of the support tickets I've sent in regarding returning the old trade system to TF2, at least in that screen shots would work as they gave us the ability with.

Sorry I don't follow? You clearly said:

I don't see anything in there about video recording... just that you mentioned Fraps being old news? I'm not here to start something so relax ok! Fraps does in fact work pretty good and is lighter on the resources it seems than what xSplit seems to use (Yeah just tried it on a test comp). Plus having a full version of it already worked out well.

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