RE: .ncd to .jpg query...

Found a nifty, simple FREE solutiuon to this problem [I had it, too!]
Screenshot Captor
v2.18.04 by DonationCoder

you can find it on no-nags and other only freeware sites.

once installed it will take a snapshot of your active screen and save it in any format you want . jpg, gif, bmp, png...
Then you just have to open your default image viewer to edit the image..crop, cut, filter, resize...whatever.
[I use irfanview for simple tasks..also freeware..but there are a gazillion similarly good progs out there..]
ANYWAY..I solved my problem in less than 5 minutes with this Screenshot Captor and I highly recommend it to you.

Good luck,
Zohar818