shimself
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Post by shimself on Nov 4, 2014 10:22:18 GMT
I've uploaded a screenshot (using the add attachment button top right) a few times but it's always come out too small to be readable, is there any way to fix this
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kmac
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Post by kmac on Nov 4, 2014 10:28:24 GMT
I have found that clicking on the unreadable image will open it to Screen Size
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Nov 10, 2014 16:52:06 GMT
Yes, that's how you do it .. what appears in the thread is always what MS would call a thumbnail view, click it to get to the real thing (which is usually legible, albeit in the case in this thread, the .jpg artefacts are somewhat horrid).
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Post by longjohn on Nov 12, 2014 20:03:19 GMT
I take a screenshot and paste it into MS Paint where I cut out what I need. From there I save it as a .png (Paint's default image type). It's not much larger than a .jpg but it's uncompressed and has no artifacts to spoil it. Like this -  John |
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Nov 12, 2014 23:01:01 GMT
I usually use photo shop (elements, not the real thing). PNG is good, but .jpg works ok if you don't compress it too far. Sadly black text on white is about the worst case for visible nastiness, if you do compress a lot. Graphs and pictures hide it much better.
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Post by uncletone on Nov 13, 2014 9:23:54 GMT
Is there not a "Snipping tool" utility built into Windows?
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Nov 14, 2014 8:53:28 GMT
There's MS paint, which I think still comes free with windoze, but it's a bit basic.
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Nov 14, 2014 12:13:55 GMT
I've uploaded a screenshot (using the add attachment button top right) a few times but it's always come out too small to be readable, is there any way to fix this
The same sort of question is talked about HERE
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Post by uncletone on Nov 14, 2014 12:25:16 GMT
Just drag and drop an image file into your reply and see how simple the world becomes....  |
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Nov 14, 2014 12:45:53 GMT
Just drag and drop an image file into your reply and see how simple the world becomes.... 
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Post by uncletone on Nov 14, 2014 18:34:03 GMT
There you go. Far too many people trying to make computers seem complicated nowadays.  |
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Nov 15, 2014 8:36:29 GMT
Well yes, but that wasn't a screenshot, it was a picture (which clicking on doesn't get me a full screen image of?)
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Nov 15, 2014 9:02:45 GMT
link The Small version and big version, are both above (as I understand it a download can only be in one place at a time so I've put just a link to the small version it) but I admit it's a bind: This is the BBcode of the small version of longjohn's screenshot [*a href="htt*p://p2pindependentforum.com/attachment/download/3*15"]link[/a] And this is the big Version [*img alt="" src="htt*p://p2pindependentforum.com/attachment/download/3*15" style="max-width:10*0%;"] So "all you have to do is" add the below to the beginning of the small version [*img alt="" src=" And style="max-width:100%;"] To the end of the small version to get the big.... As I type I know that is just too involved & complicated. ![]() (I've stuck in a bunch of *'s to stop it looking like just another picture, so delete the *'s if you do use this.) This is the code in BB
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Post by uncletone on Nov 15, 2014 11:04:27 GMT
Well yes, but that wasn't a screenshot, it was a picture (which clicking on doesn't get me a full screen image of?) A screenshot is a picture. Ah... a light dawns. I've just found the difference between Mac and Windows. When you take a screenshot (or partial screenshot) on a Mac, it presents you with a .png file sitting on the desktop. I believe Windows leaves it hanging in the clipboard? I shall have to resign from your problem on grounds of ignorance. Mine, that is. (A noteworthy point I have discovered, the drag and drop method has a maximum file size of 1MB, which is not enough for some larger screens.)
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Nov 15, 2014 14:06:39 GMT
Yep, Windoze leaves the screenshot (or partial, you can screenshot a single window too) sat in clipboard, looking like *god knows what* until you paste it into someplace. Not a problem, if I want to post it I generally want to trim a bit anyway, so you don't get to see all the mess I typically have all around the actual working area of the screen (and while, as I said, you can screenshot just one window, I can never remember if its ctrl-prtscreen, or shift-prtscreen, or alt-prtscreen, or something else-prtscreen which does that, and you can't tell until you paste it whether you guessed the right one .. so I capture the whole thing and then trim).
Nice work by Ton thought, unravelling the mysteries of the BB, maybe I'll try that next time (although I guess there may be a limit on the size there too? I mean 100% is all very well, until someone comes along with a 4k pixel-wide screen capture.)
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