[Guide] How to take and post a screenshot

This guide will show you have to take a screenshot and post it here on the forums.

STEP ONE: Taking the screenshot.

• This is fairly simple, you just need to press the "Print screen" button.
  

If you have a laptop, you may need to press "FN"[Function] Then the "print screen" butten.


So when you want to take a screenshot, all you need to do is press that little button and you will have taken a picture of what is visible on your screen.



STEP TWO: Seeing the picture.

• To do this go to "start", "Programs", "Accessories", Then "Paint"
  
• Now once you have paint opened, go to the top of the screen and click "Edit", then click "Paste" you should now see the picture you took.
  

This is what your screen should look like, but with your picture.




Now you have this, But with your picture ;D

Now go up to the top of the screen again and click "file" and then click "save as" Save the picture with any name you want.

STEP THREE: Cropping the picture.

• This involves removing the unwanted parts of the image.
  
• Basic cropping involves clicking the small box in the bottom right and drag to remove the excess.
  

For a much neater crop and also the way I prefer to use -the square Selection Tool:

• Take the screenshot and Paste into Paint.
  
• Click on the square Selection button.
  
• Drag over the game window
  
• Copy (Ctrl+C or Edit -> Copy)
  
• Open a new file (File -> New). You do not need to Save changes.
  
• Paste (Ctrl+V or Edit -> Paste)
  
• Crop using the box in the bottom right corner
  
• Save as .PNG **This is important - the default JPEG format is VERY low quality compared to PNG**
  

Becomes...



STEP FOUR: Posting the picture on the forums

• Now that you have your picture saved, you need to upload it on the internet.
  
• To do this go to http://imageshack.us
  
• Click the "browse button" once you get to the site, Now find your file and click "open", Then click "start upload"
  
• Once your picture is done uploading you should have a picture that looks like this:
  

Now Copy and paste the words that say "Direct link to image"


After you have that, come to the forums and click this little button:



Click that and paste the link that you copied in that little box.


Now you should have a picture

Taking Screenshots with Swiftkit

• This requires you to download Swiftkit (see guide here)
  

STEP 1: Screenshot format

Before taking the screenshot you must first make sure the screenshot format is set to PNG. To do this open
Swiftkit and go to "View" then "Settings". On the right, under the "Main" tab you can change the Screenshot format:



Click "Save and Close" to exit. All of the Screenshots you take with Swiftkit will now automatically be saved in the correct format!

STEP 2: Screenshots of the entire game screen

To take a Screenshot of the entire game screen click the "Take Screenshot(PrintScreen)" button:



** A screenshot of the full game screen should be used during item checks as the MiniMap MUST be included in these. **

Your screenshot will automatically be saved in the directory shown in the Settings menu. The default is "C:\\Program Files\\SwiftKit\\Screenshots"

Upload your screenshots as shown in Step 4 of the first section of this guide.

STEP 3: Drag Screenshots

Alternatively, Swiftkit gives you the option of selecting part of the screen and only saving that. To do this you must first click "Show Internal Utilities"in the bottom right of the screen. Then go to the THIRD tab and click "Drag Screenshot". You can then simply drag a box over what you would like a screenshot of. This can be handy for taking screenshots of PM's, conversations in the chatbox, and good trades.




Your screenshot will automatically be saved in the directory shown in the Settings menu. The default is "C:\\Program Files\\SwiftKit\\Screenshots"

Upload your screenshots as shown in Step 4 of the first section of this guide.

Hope this guide helped you, if you have a question just ask.

Video guide by Pudd:



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Hio,

I noticed that you dont have information for how to post screenshots on a Mac so I have listed the relevant information below.


How to take a screenshot on a Mac.

To take a screen shot of the entire screen its:

Command + Shift + 3


To take a screenshot of a selected area its:

Command + Shift + 4
When you do this your cursor changes to a little target type thing, and you can click and drag the area you want captured.


To take a screenshot of a window its:

Command + Shift + 4 + Space
When you do this you get a camera icon appear and you click on the window you want to capture.

Screenshots taken in this way automatically are saved to the desktop.

Hope it helps.