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magikarcher

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« on: August 30, 2009, 09:30:20 pm »
Is there a fast and easy way to get screenshots for a community fortress/story? Thanks :D
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2009, 09:31:44 pm »
Prt Scrn
Then paste into paint
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2009, 10:49:25 pm »
Alt + Print Screen just snags the foremost window.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2009, 11:24:16 pm »
Thank you so much Capntastic!!
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 03:04:10 am »
Quote from: Rashilul on August 30, 2009, 09:31:44 pm
Prt Scrn
Then paste into paint
Is there any way that takes more time than this? Besides hand-drawing the pixels in Paint.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 02:10:40 pm »
What's your problem nagual?
This is the ultimate way us pro's do our business.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2009, 09:54:07 pm »
Quote from: nagual678 on August 31, 2009, 03:04:10 am
Quote from: Rashilul on August 30, 2009, 09:31:44 pm
Prt Scrn
Then paste into paint
Is there any way that takes more time than this? Besides hand-drawing the pixels in Paint.

Wtf that takes like 5 seconds.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2009, 11:02:23 pm »
Technically, it takes longer to paste into Photoshop or Gimp since they take a fair bit longer to load, but IMO it's worth it because they don't screw up the image quality like Paint does.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2009, 10:24:28 am »
Quote from: Untelligent on August 31, 2009, 11:02:23 pm
Technically, it takes longer to paste into Photoshop or Gimp since they take a fair bit longer to load, but IMO it's worth it because they don't screw up the image quality like Paint does.

Try saving to a lossless format like BMP or PNG instead of Paint's quality 4 JPG compression :>
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2009, 02:29:27 pm »
In Windows 7, there's the 'Snipping Tool' that lets you use the mouse drag to make an area selection, which can be immediately saved in whatever format you like. Ubuntu Linux also has this feature, and it makes taking pictures for community games extremely convenient.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2009, 06:30:21 pm »
Quote from: Untelligent on August 31, 2009, 11:02:23 pm
Technically, it takes longer to paste into Photoshop or Gimp since they take a fair bit longer to load, but IMO it's worth it because they don't screw up the image quality like Paint does.

Paint defaults to JPG compression, but that's horribly unsuited to simple colours like DF uses. Great for photos, not for this. Use .gif or .png instead.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2009, 06:36:27 pm »
Quote from: Ampersand on September 01, 2009, 02:29:27 pm
In Windows 7, there's the 'Snipping Tool' that lets you use the mouse drag to make an area selection, which can be immediately saved in whatever format you like. Ubuntu Linux also has this feature, and it makes taking pictures for community games extremely convenient.

I use Snipping Tool.
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2009, 09:55:35 am »
Quote from: Skorpion on September 01, 2009, 06:30:21 pm
Quote from: Untelligent on August 31, 2009, 11:02:23 pm
Technically, it takes longer to paste into Photoshop or Gimp since they take a fair bit longer to load, but IMO it's worth it because they don't screw up the image quality like Paint does.

Paint defaults to JPG compression, but that's horribly unsuited to simple colours like DF uses. Great for photos, not for this. Use .gif or .png instead.

Hmm... I am under impression that PNG thriumps over JPG in general.

What does JPG have that PNG does not?
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Re: Screenshots
« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2009, 10:22:37 am »
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What does JPG have that PNG does not?

Reasonable sizes with images that vary in colour shade greatly, such as photos.
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