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| Saving screeenshots 31/08/2014 at 11:51 #64234 | |
delticfan
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Hi all, not sure if this has been raised before, my apologies if so. I'm unsure how to produce and load a screenshot in the event of a sim query. Many thanks as usual for assistance. Mal. Log in to reply |
| Saving screeenshots 31/08/2014 at 12:14 #64235 | |
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TimTamToe
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" said:Hi all, not sure if this has been raised before, my apologies if so. I'm unsure how to produce and load a screenshot in the event of a sim query.Not sure how others do it and I'm sure there will be a quicker and easier way... Pause the sim "Print Screen" button on keyboard Then open a new file in any image editing software you may have on your computer Paste & crop as necessary save file upload file Hope that helps and makes some sense to you Mal Gareth Log in to reply The following user said thank you: delticfan |
| Saving screeenshots 31/08/2014 at 12:28 #64236 | |
Steamer
4035 posts |
Quote:Then open a new file in any image editing software you may have on your computerTo expand slightly: Paint (included with all Windows computers) is perfectly suitable. After pressing the 'Print Screen' button, open Paint and click Paste. Then click the 'select' button, and click and hold the mouse to draw a rectangle around the relevant part of the screen shot. Then click 'crop' to remove everything outside the rectangle and save. This is for the version of Paint supplied with Windows 7- other versions may be different. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply The following user said thank you: delticfan |
| Saving screeenshots 31/08/2014 at 14:08 #64241 | |
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Jan
925 posts |
Starting from Vista, there's also the Snipping Tool.
Two million people attempt to use Birmingham's magnificent rail network every year, with just over a million of them managing to get further than Smethwick. Log in to reply |
| Saving screeenshots 31/08/2014 at 14:13 #64243 | |
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Muzer
718 posts |
" said:" said:Right click in an empty area of the sim --> save bitmap will also work, but I'll warn you that bitmaps tend to be quite large in filesize as they're completely uncompressed, so I'm not sure that the forum software will actually accept them without first converting to a PNG...Hi all, not sure if this has been raised before, my apologies if so. I'm unsure how to produce and load a screenshot in the event of a sim query.Not sure how others do it and I'm sure there will be a quicker and easier way... Feature request: PNG save support? Log in to reply The following user said thank you: delticfan |
| Saving screeenshots 31/08/2014 at 17:46 #64252 | |
Gwasanaethau
511 posts |
Whatever you do, don’t save it as a JPEG as that’s designed for photos. It’ll make the screenshot look washed-out with strange blocks all over it and the file size will still be larger than if you saved it as PNG. 
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| Saving screeenshots 01/09/2014 at 02:39 #64273 | |
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maxand
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For what it's worth, I've used Techsmith's Jing (freeware) to take screen captures and save them in .png format, then load them into Paint.NET (freeware) for any further editing such as adding signal IDs, then upload them using TinyPic or similar image hosting service, and selecting "IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards" for including in SimSig posts. The format appears something like I agree, don't use .jpg files. PNGs are much sharper. Log in to reply |
| Saving screeenshots 01/09/2014 at 03:18 #64274 | |
GeoffM
6424 posts |
Yep, png or gif for graphics like SimSig (/IECC/MCS/Westcad), and jpg/png for photos. Even the bog standard Paint that comes with Windows can convert from bmp to gif/png easily. Right click in SimSig and save bitmap will only save the track graphics, not any windows such as the timetable editor / F2 etc. SimSig Boss Log in to reply The following user said thank you: delticfan |
| Saving screeenshots 04/09/2014 at 22:39 #64409 | |
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bill_gensheet
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CTRL+Printscreen will grab the whole computer screen not just an active window Useful if trainlist or messages is relevant Bill Log in to reply |
| Saving screeenshots 05/09/2014 at 11:54 #64417 | |
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Sacro
1171 posts |
" said:CTRL+Printscreen will grab the whole computer screen not just an active windowPressing CTRL is not required, only ALT provides a different functionality. Log in to reply |
| Saving screeenshots 06/09/2014 at 17:46 #64432 | |
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welshdragon
315 posts |
Dropbox has the facility to hit printsacreen and it aoutomagically saves a screenshot in a "Screenshots" folder,
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