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Origin is trying to edge its way onto Steam's turf, which seems to have been one of the major reasons for keeping Mass Effect 3 an Origin (and console!) exclusive.

Thing is, I use Steam for a lot more than simply buying games - I've also fallen in love with the Steam Screenshot service.

Does Origin have anything comparable? Or will I have to rely on third party software (like FRAPS, or... even running Origin through Steam?) to get my screenshots?

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Origin does not support screenshots. You will have to use FRAPS or Steam to make them or the game's functionality if there is any.

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  • I assume if you add the game to Steam "Games...Add a non-Steam game to the Library..." it will launch with the overlay which can take snaps for you.
    – Nick T
    Commented Mar 6, 2012 at 4:40
  • Yes, thats right.
    – user12190
    Commented Mar 7, 2012 at 3:56
  • That doesn't help with some games like BF3. EA makes you launch that game from a browser so Steam can't put it's overlay.
    – user42915
    Commented Feb 24, 2013 at 9:09
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    Download Process Explorer from SysInternals, Launch the game using Origin, fire up Process Explorer and copy the exact command line used to launch the exe. Add it to Steam :)
    – Петър Петров
    Commented Aug 16, 2013 at 11:47
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What i have become accustomed to doing is having microsoft paint open when i play my games. When i do good in a match and im looking at the scoreboard i can just do a Print Screen and paste it into paint where i save it as an image. Its not very conveniant but hey, at least its something!

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    While this is a decent substitute in most cases, I will point out for posterity that this does not necessarily work with full-screen games. (If it does not, you will simply paste a full black screen)
    – Raven Dreamer
    Commented Mar 23, 2014 at 20:02
  • Or worse yet, it won't be an image of the game as it was when you pressed the button, but as it is now, when you paste it. I noticed this with a few games, ME: Andromeda, most recently.
    – muru
    Commented Aug 14, 2017 at 8:21
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Although not provided by Origin itself, this shortcut works inside all Origin games:

  • press Win+PrtScn

This will not produce any sound nor visual effect and screenshots of all games are saved in the same folder: %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Screenshots.

Using Windows 10 version 1909 and Origin Version 10.5.63.

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  • i have tried the Win+PrtScn and unfortunately it doesn't work with Origin at all because when i tried it i got what ever was on my desktop at the time.
    – Der Kaiser
    Commented Oct 3, 2020 at 19:39

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