How to take screen shots tutorial !

[Hellfirejet]

Hi guys, I have a number of forum members, asking me how do you take screen shots in game,and then post the image on the forum?

Well the first thing you need is an art software program,windows comes with the basic version of paint as standard,but I use the freely available Paint.NET you can download it here.

http://www.getpaint.net/

I will shortly be posting step by step instruction,on how I take screen shots,there are other ways to do it,but the following is the method I use and it works well for me,in my next post I will highlight in image form,how I do it.[;)]

[Hellfirejet]

Step 1 = Run the game as if you were going to play,now whenever you want to take a screen shot,just press these 2 keys on your keyboard, Ctrl & P. The screen shot you just took will be stored,in your Documents,My Game folder see photo.Now using your mouse, left click twice on the My Games folder to open it.

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Step 2 = After you have opened the My Games folder,you will arrive at this folder Commander The Great War.Now left click twice to open this folder.

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Step 3 = After you open the Commander The Great War folder,you will arrive here,and now you have access to the Screen Shot image you just took in game.

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Step 4 = Right click on the image file,and scroll down the menu to open with,then left click on Paint.NET [;)]

NB : You can save time in the future by making Paint.NET your default software for opening this type of file!

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Step 5 = The Screen shot image will now open inside the Paint.NET software.

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NOW HOW TO GET THE IMAGE READY TO POST TO THE FORUM.


Step 6 = Within the Paint.NET software,left click on file in the top left corner,and from the menu left click on save as !

[operating]

ORIGINAL: kirk23

Step 5 = The Screen shot image will now open inside the Paint.NET software.

At this point, is this where everyone can upload and embed into a post? or does something else need to be done (other steps)?

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Step 7 = Save to desktop and select save as JPEG !

You can now come out of the Paint.NET software,because the image you want to post to the forum,is on your desktop waiting for you,and its saved in a format, that the Matrix forum allows.

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Step 8 = Go to the Commander The Great War games forum,and select REPLY to post.

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Step 9 = You will now be faced with this screen,where you write your message and Embed your image in your forum post.

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Step 10 = The final step, choose a file,left click on this to open,scroll down till you see your image file on your desk top,and follow the on screen instructions job done !

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Your screen shot image is now on the forum. It might look complicated but once you have done it a few times its a piece of cake!

[operating]

The SS is in the CTGW file, open with paint, exit paint, (or minimize) done both, go to Desktop, cannot find SS, I'm about ready to puke, or throw computer out the window.. I'll try downloading that paint site you suggested, then go from there. Getting real close to doing the right thing, but do not know what I am doing wrong.

[Hellfirejet]

If you use the standard paint software that comes with windows.See photo,top left corner open file,scroll to save as, and select JPEG.

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From the previous post, if you left click on save as you will arrive at this screen,hope this helps better![;)]

[operating]

Kirk,

The SS is jpg on the desktop, from paint.

Went to forum reply, typed in some letters, clicked embed, clicked upload, browsed to desktop, right clicked SS, clicked select, then nothing happens.... Message window pops up saying: "You can only upload 1 files per message." I tried it at least 10 times, always same result, don't get it? Am I supposed to do something special with the cursor?

Thanks, Bob

[Hellfirejet]

ORIGINAL: operating

Kirk,

The SS is jpg on the desktop, from paint.

Went to forum reply, typed in some letters, clicked embed, clicked upload, browsed to desktop, right clicked SS, clicked select, then nothing happens.... Message window pops up saying: "You can only upload 1 files per message." I tried it at least 10 times, always same result, don't get it? Am I supposed to do something special with the cursor?

Thanks, Bob

Hi Bob, Once the the image you want to post to the forum is on your desktop,there is no need to right click,when you have the desktop image hightlighted,left click on open!![;)]

Then just follow the on screen instructions.[;)]

[operating]

One other thing: The uploaded SS did not appear in the preview mode, so I was not sure if it was in the posting till posting was "OK'd".

[operating]

Having a problem putting more than 1 SS in a AAR post.

Below is the file line of the post. A window pops up saying I can only use 1 image at a time. What do I have to do to get it right? Thanks...

Attachment Delete? Upload More Files? No Change in picture embedding Embed picture in post