Select an area to capture using the mouse

Question

I\'m making a Java based screen shot application, and I want to make it so when you push a combination of keys on your keyboard something like this video happens where you s

Answer 1

This is pretty simple to do:

http://www.javalobby.org/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=16400&tstart=0

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2006/jw-0424-funandgames.html