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Screenshots; How to Take/Crop/Post Screenshots
Topic Started: Sep 12 2010, 12:58 AM (92 Views)
Vanquisher
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Hey guys, it's Vanquisher.

This is my first guide, and in this guide, I am going to introduce how to take, crop and post screenshots to those who don't know.

Screenshots

First of all, what are screenshots?

A screenshot is a picture taken from your computer to capture the things on your screen.

Heres an example of a screenshot I took:

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In that screenshot, it shows that I was browsing Yahoo.
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Why are screenshots so important?

Screenshots are important, because it can be used for many things and is extremely useful.

You may take a screenshot of someone breaking the rules, which can be used to report someone on the forums.

In many cases, proof is required.
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How do you take a screenshot?

Theres a button "Prt Scr" on your keyboard, you can take a screenshot by simply pressing on it:

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After you've pressed it, you can open up an application called Paint.

After you've opened up Paint, click on paste:

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After you have clicked on paste, you should see the picture you have taken a screenshot of:

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There you go, now you may save the picture.
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Cropping

Cropping: Removing parts of an image.

Why would you want to remove parts of an image?

Before:

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After:

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How do you crop?

To crop, you need to open up paint, and paste the picture you want to crop:

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Then, click on the Select button on the top left corner.

Next, drag over the part you want to crop and click on crop:

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After you've clicked on crop, it should look something like this:

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Congratulations, you have successfully cropped a picture.

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Bringing It on Forums

How do you bring it to the forums?

You need to find a picture hosting site, upload your picture, and look for the [IMG] code.

An example of an [IMG] code would be:

Code:
 
[IMG]http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af173/Zhuhaolin/AfterCrop.png[/IMG]


The picture hosting site I use is www.photobucket.com
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This is the end of my guide, hope you guys learnt something.

Feel free to ask questions if you have any.

Happy Screenshotting!

Vanq








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Mike
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nice guide
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