Snip

One of the few really helpful tools that came with Vista (not Stella) is the Snipping Tool which allows you to copy a snippet from your screen and store it as a jpeg (or whatever you prefer).

This way you can easily capture fleeting images from flash-animations, movies or anything that doesn´t work with "save copy as".

Here are a some examples of frozen, unseen digital images from random, perpetual animations. (click to enlarge!)