How do I post a screenshot?

JohnM2433 · October 12, 2002, 21:05

I know how to take one, but I don't see how to insert it into a post. Am I missing something really obvious here?

Ethelred · October 12, 2002, 21:53

Below the reply box there is an area marked

Attach file:
Maximum size: 500000 bytes

Just hit the Browse button to find the place on your hard drive where you put the image. It should be a JPG. BMPs will show up as an attachment to download on top of being a huge file.

alva · October 12, 2002, 23:00

make it max. 600 width or it won't attach

So that usually means resizing/cropping .

JohnM2433 · October 13, 2002, 13:40

testing

Ethelred · October 13, 2002, 13:55

To quote myself.

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It should be a JPG. BMPs will show up as an attachment to download on top of being a huge file.

Convert that to a JPG and the edit the post. You can change the attachment when you edit.

You can convert it with Irfanviewer, an excellent file viewer and conversion utility that has the added advantage of being free.

http://www.irfanview.com/

Ethelred · October 13, 2002, 13:58

Boy that was one exciting test image.

Blank white. It would be a pretty darn small file as a JPG or even a PNG.

JohnM2433 · October 13, 2002, 14:01

Arg. How do I convert an image to JPG format?

Ethelred · October 13, 2002, 14:10

Use a program like IrfanView or just about any photo editing program. SAVE AS and choose JPG. Set the quality to somewhere between 80 and 95 maybe lower with some images.

Irfan View will do some simple image manipulation like resize or crop. Sometimes the sharpness filter will help after a resize.

JohnM2433 · October 13, 2002, 14:24

I hope this works...

JohnM2433 · October 13, 2002, 14:27

I'm trying this one more time.

JohnM2433 · October 13, 2002, 14:29

OK, thanks! That turned out to be simple enough, after all.

vmxa1 · October 13, 2002, 15:51

I like that tool as it was the first one I found to allow me to convert bmp maps from Might and Magic on XP.

alva · October 13, 2002, 17:39

hmmm,

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OK, thanks! That turned out to be simple enough, after all.

not exactly ,

save as ...Jpeg
well , i dont know what you tried to show in the first place, but keep trying!!! you will get there, eventually

JohnM2433 · October 13, 2002, 18:40

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Originally posted by alva848
well , i dont know what you tried to show in the first place, but keep trying!!! you will get there, eventually

In this case, I didn't want to show anything in particular, just make sure I could post a shot correctly. What I posted was a screenshot of the open program I used to take that screenshot.