screenshots

How to Create Screenshots

You’ve probably seen screenshots of various reports, like battles or scout reports, such as:

Here’s an easy, step-by-step process to doing this.

On The PC

Process 1:

Find and tap the ‘PrintScreen’ or ‘PrtScrn’ button, usually above or near the ‘Insert’ key

What this does is ‘copy’ the screen as an image, like when you copy text (to paste it.)

Find and open Paint, Photoshop, or your graphics program of choice.

Hit the Paste button, or CTRL V. (Open a new, blank canvas in Photoshop first.)

Your screenshot should appear.

Crop to the section you want to share.

Save the file, as a JPG or PNG. Note where you save it. I usually just drop it on the Desktop.

Go to imgur.com, upload your screenshot. This requires no log-in, just a few clicks.

Note the URL, and send to your allies! It’ll look something like this:

http://i.imgur.com/txtg0.jpg

Process 2:

On Windows Os, navigate through on “Start” > “All Programs” > “Accessories” > “Snipping Tool”.
This tool allows you to to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image. Rectangular Shape, Free-form Shape, Whole Screen Or Window Snap Are Allowed.

On the Mac OS

You can use the following shortcuts:
Command-Shift-3 – Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop.
Command-Shift-4, then select an area – Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop.
Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop

Pressing shift with the above shortcuts saves the screenshot to the clipboard instead of file.

Firefox Extention Screengrab

Users of Firefox could use the extension ‘Screengrab!’, which is very handy and easy to use. It could be downloaded here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/screengrab/

More Information could be found on its website:
http://www.screengrab.org/

Note: Feel free to add instructions for other OS’s.

Google Chrome Screen Capture

You can use an all-in-one screen capture extension by Google for the Google Chrome web browser called Screen Capture.