"How To" Screenshots: fire away!

[maxd]

Firefox has advanced quite a bit from the days when I first posted this thread. If in-browser snaps are good enough for you then Nimbus Screenshot (

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) has served me fairly well recently. It drops your screenshot (visible part of the page, all of the page, selectable region, etc) into a basic paint-style editor for mark-up and then saves to their own "cloud" storage or locally, as the user prefers. Being a browser plugin it has its quirks but overall it's pretty respectable.

On Linux I've been using Hotshots which seems fairly full-featured and robust. It ain't Snagit -- nothing is really -- but it gets the job done. It is Qt-based so it's dead easy to install from the Software Manager if you are using either KDE or LXQt (aka Razor-QT) desktop managers. Not sure how well it performs in a GTK+ desktop manager -- Gnome, Mate, Xfce, LXDE, etc -- but knowing Linux I'd say you're probably fine as long as you don't mind the install process adding a little Qt bloat to your GTK+ environment. As I recall Enlightenment has it's own screenshot tool. I'll hazard a guess and say you're probably best sticking with that, whatever it is. In my experience -- admittedly a couple years old now -- E's stability can easily be compromised by adding Qt and GTK+ apps.

 

[TheSlotsMan1978]

How to post a screenshot

Hi all can anyone help I would like to post a screenshot but I don't no how to can you please help thanks all.

 

[Tirilej]

Maybe you can find some tips in this thread.
https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/how-to-screenshots-fire-away.27799/?t=27799

I'm bad at explaining that kind in English

 

[KasinoKing]

Hi all can anyone help I would like to post a screenshot but I don't no how to can you please help thanks all.

Quick version:
Hold ALT GR and press PRNT SC.
Open paint & press CTRL+V
Resize to 680 x 480 pixels
Save as a JPEG (VERY important!)

Long version (including step-by-step instructions, screenshots and how to upload to CasinoMeister):

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Hope you've got something great to show us!

KK

 

[quber]

easier way if you have win 7 or 8.

open up the 'Snipping tool' just search it from the start button and drag the cursor around what you want to screenshot then just do 'File_save as' and it will save as a jpeg and should be the right size to post.

in the post just click on the add image button, hover over the tools and it will say which one to use.

 

[Tirilej]

easier way if you have win 7 or 8.

open up the 'Snipping tool' just search it from the start button and drag the cursor around what you want to screenshot then just do 'File_save as' and it will save as a jpeg and should be the right size to post.

in the post just click on the add image button, hover over the tools and it will say which one to use.

Can you please tell me in Swedish what a 'Snipping tool' is?
English is fine too
Maybe you can take a screenie of it and show me

 

[clubworld]

Can you please tell me in Swedish what a 'Snipping tool' is?
English is fine too
Maybe you can take a screenie of it and show me

Hi Tirilej,

To capture a snip


Open Snipping Tool by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button. In the search box, type Snipping Tool, and then, in the list of results, click Snipping Tool.

Click the arrow next to the New button, select Free-form Snip, Rectangular Snip, Window Snip, or Full-screen Snip from the list, and then select the area of your screen that you want to capture.

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It is very easy to use so when you play with it you will get an idea how this work.

Hope this helps.

Kind Regards,
Karolina

 

[Tirilej]

That won't help much since I need the Swedish word for Snipping tool

I'll try and google for it. Thanks for trying Karolina

Edit: Found it. Skärmklippverktyget is the Swedish name. Now lets see if I can find it.

 

[clubworld]

That won't help much since I need the Swedish word for Snipping tool

I'll try and google for it. Thanks for trying Karolina

Edit: Found it. Skärmklippverktyget is the Swedish name. Now lets see if I can find it.

Skärmklippverktyget ??? WOW ...

I'm sure you will find it as long as you on windows 7 or 8 it should be under start menu.

Good luck and have fun exploring!

Regards,
Karolina

 

[Tirilej]

Skärmklippverktyget ??? WOW ...

I'm sure you will find it as long as you on windows 7 or 8 it should be under start menu.

Good luck and have fun exploring!

Regards,
Karolina

I do have Windows7, but apparently not the right version so no tool for me

Edit: That was a lie. I found it

 

[Journeyman]

i post my screenshots with this. works very well.

 

[clubworld]

I do have Windows7, but apparently not the right version so no tool for me

the Ctrl + PrtScn is also easy to use then you can paste it to paint / email / word etc. I personally use this short cuts as find it easy.

 

[Tirilej]

the Ctrl + PrtScn is also easy to use then you can paste it to paint / email / word etc. I personally use this short cuts as find it easy.

I edited my post if you scroll back up. I found it.

Now I will start to practise it too

 

[clubworld]

I edited my post if you scroll back up. I found it.

Now I will start to practise it too

That's great! Good luck with it, it is very useful tool too

 

[maxd]

This thread seems like a natural continuation of the one in Screenshots-O-Rama. I trust no one will be overly inconvenienced if I merge the two.

 

[thebigs]

I really have no idea what i am doing wrong.
Even when i shrink my screenshots to a minute size they are saying they are too large when i upload them so i cannot seem to post them today.

 

[Tirilej]

I really have no idea what i am doing wrong.
Even when i shrink my screenshots to a minute size they are saying they are too large when i upload them so i cannot seem to post them today.

Is it really jpeg then?

 

[thebigs]

Is it really jpeg then?

I am saving as jpeg.Is that wrong.

 

[Tirilej]

I am saving as jpeg.Is that wrong.

No that is what it should be, so it's strange you can't get it down to the right size.
I know how to but can't explain in English. Read KK's link to his side. he explains it well.
I think it's on page 2 in this thread.

 

[KasinoKing]

I am saving as jpeg.Is that wrong.

JPEG is correct.
Sounds like your problem could be the "huge white border" one.
If using Paint always look carefully to ensure the area outside of your actual shot is light-grey, not white.
If it's white, then this is part of your picture and will consume extra memory space when you save it, and it will be too big to upload.
My guide explains how to avoid this. It's very simple once you know to look out for this problem.

KK

 

[BETAT]

I really have no idea what i am doing wrong.
Even when i shrink my screenshots to a minute size they are saying they are too large when i upload them so i cannot seem to post them today.

Have you perhaps met your attachment allocation (ie you've maxed out the space you're allowed here in CM to post screenies/images)? Check under your settings, look to the left, scroll down, miscellaneous/attachments. Click this, you'll see a green/red bar up top. If you've maxed out your allocation, delete a few older ones to free up some space. This might be why you can't up any more images. Gl.

 

[PrivatePike]

Post more JPEGS

Hello All,

How can I post more pictures?
My profile says I have nearly use 750MB

I have only posted 10 pics APPROX and are around 100 KB each

I have seen post alot more Pictures that are the same size/quality.

Thanks in advance

Al

 

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