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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Screen capture/post

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m2design
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2010 18:30
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Can any one tell me how to do a screen capture and then include
it in a forum post

Thanks
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Fantasy Multimedia
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2010 18:40
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Alt+PrtScn or Shift+PrtScn will capture either the active window or your entire desktop (useful if you need to capture multiple monitors), this will copy it to the clipboard. Then you need to open your favorite photo editor (ms paint, photoshop, gimp w/e), create a new document then paste the clipboard contents (the image you just captured) into the new document. Once you have done this, save the file. When you go to create or reply to a forum post, below the Message window is a link that reads: or Use the File Uploader applet (Max. 50MB), click that and append the photo to your message.
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chafari
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2010 19:23 Edited at: 22nd Apr 2010 19:35
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First step :just take an image,and attach it to the post





Second step: re-edit your post and at the right down of your post you will see in pink DOWNLOAD and VIEW....press in VIEW, and just copy the url with the right key of your mouse.

last re-edit again your post, and above your post, you can se the button of "image"...press there, and paste the url you had copy.



cheers.

I'm not a grumpy grandpa
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baxslash
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 12:40
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Do you know I never thought to do that...

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TDK
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 17:01
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Something else worth mentioning is the image size.

Your monitor screen may well be bigger than 1024x768 and lots of people who use the forums are viewing with smaller desktops.

Posting a screen capture image that size (or greater) is a real pain for them as the forum width adjusts to accommodate the image.

The result is that you have to scroll across to read every single line in a post.

So, please resize your images to 640x480 (or 800x600 if you lose too much detail) before posting.

TDK

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Kira Vakaan
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 18:24 Edited at: 23rd Apr 2010 18:24
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@Fantasy Multimedia: Really? For me I only have to press PrtScn without anything else.

However, the file uploader applet has never worked for me. I always get this message regardless of file size:



Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is happening?

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