I can't take a screenshot in Preview:

A window pops up saying, "Can't take screenshot. You're screenshot can't be saved to the desktop." Any ideas on how to remedy this?
Thanks in advance,
Chip

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>Carefull : if the video is displayed by a video card accelerator (acquisition card for exemple) then it won't work.
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>Screen capture only works for "windows content", not video incrusted signal.
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