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Title: screenshot question
Post by: bigsky on November 04, 2004, 10:20:46 AM

the screen shots i take in the game turn out to be large and five meg. in size. is there any way to shrink the size and the file size?

Title: screenshot question
Post by: Dux on November 04, 2004, 10:40:55 AM

Crop or resize them in a graphics editor, save them as JPEG at a medium quality setting (6-7).

I save all mine at 1200x900 and they are about 180 kb when done, without any real quality loss.

Example:
(http://home.sprynet.com/~cwbeals/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/timeofaces_3.jpg)

Title: screenshot question
Post by: bigsky on November 06, 2004, 02:49:10 PM

thanks

Title: screenshot question
Post by: ALF on November 06, 2004, 07:56:03 PM

Then play with them:D


(http://www.combathanger.com/timeofaces_3c.jpg)

Title: screenshot question
Post by: Dux on November 07, 2004, 01:45:41 AM

Nice, Alf. :)

Title: screenshot question
Post by: TBolt A-10 on November 20, 2004, 07:39:20 PM

I just had to add Dux's screenie to my screensaver.    No...I won't pay a royalty fee.  ;)

Great shot, Dux.

But, how did you get that shot out of AH2?  O, maybe that particular aircraft has an F3 mode?  (never flew it)

Title: screenshot question
Post by: Mitsu on November 20, 2004, 07:48:47 PM

I can reduce the size to about 80kb with the same quality. :p

Title: screenshot question
Post by: warmcocoroos on November 23, 2004, 03:10:13 AM

that particular plane is a japeneese bomber (sea faring+no front guns)

Title: screenshot question
Post by: go4maw on November 23, 2004, 06:47:40 PM

Look like Val's

Title: screenshot question
Post by: RTSigma on November 23, 2004, 08:09:52 PM

B5N's in White ?

Title: screenshot question
Post by: Dux on November 24, 2004, 08:48:44 AM

Quote

Originally posted by TBolt A-10
But, how did you get that shot out of AH2?  O, maybe that particular aircraft has an F3 mode?  (never flew it)

I never take shots within the game; I always take them from the Film Viewer. That way, F3 is not an issue. Also, you can slow down time, even stop it, to find just the perfect angle.

One other trick... get the "camera" out of the default zoom setting (get rid of the fisheye lens effect). Set the view settings to External and Pan Mode, then hit the Z key for zoom. Now play with the FoV zoom and the Distance sliders until you get the shot you want. PrintScreen and paste into your favorite Bitmap Editor, then crop out the menus and frames.

Title: screenshot question
Post by: TBolt A-10 on November 24, 2004, 08:59:25 AM

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Originally posted by Dux
I never take shots within the game; I always take them from the Film Viewer. That way, F3 is not an issue. Also, you can slow down time, even stop it, to find just the perfect angle.

One other trick... get the "camera" out of the default zoom setting (get rid of the fisheye lens effect). Set the view settings to External and Pan Mode, then hit the Z key for zoom. Now play with the FoV zoom and the Distance sliders until you get the shot you want. PrintScreen and paste into your favorite Bitmap Editor, then crop out the menus and frames.

Great tips!  Thank you, Dux.  

But, it's the size of your image that surprised me.  When I Print Screen off of my film viewer, I get these tiny images.  Stretching them, of course, affects picture quality.

sample:
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/77_1101307966_109g-10.jpg)

Title: screenshot question
Post by: Dux on November 24, 2004, 09:32:21 AM

Ahhh, gotcha... my monitor is set to 1600x1200, and before I open a film file in the Viewer, I maximize the Viewer window, filling the screen.

After PrintScreening and pasting into PhotoShop, I crop at a consistent size of 1200x900. Never resize an image larger than it's original size.

Another trick... although you may not want it IN the game, you can turn on AntiAliasing for the Film Viewer; it makes the shots look even nicer