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Offline 1pLUs44

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How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« on: September 07, 2008, 12:18:27 AM »
Well, I think it would be easiest to finally show how to make your own screenshot with out people telling you how, here is my quick and basic tutorial, which should get you going pretty quickly.

First thing you should do is:

Open up your film viewer and find the shot you're looking for (sometimes hard, but worth it).



Next, you need to hit F3 (Or where it's circled in red 'External View') and F8 (or the scoll bars circled) and set your shot up accordingly.



Also make sure you check and then uncheck the 'Icons' box

Also circled in red is 'Full Screen View' after you get everything set up, click that and hit this exactly:

'Alt-Prnt Scrn' and Open up your MSPaint (or Paint, however you would like to call it) and press 'Ctrl-V'

Please remember that some keyboards have the 'F-Lock' button, make sure you turn it off, take your screenshot, then turn it back on.


And, you end up with this!


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« Last Edit: September 07, 2008, 12:53:28 AM by 1pLUs44 »
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2008, 12:35:57 AM »
Japanese gunsight in a 262? Blasphemy! :lol

You might want to add in there that you have to check and then uncheck the 'Icons' box to turn them off.

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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2008, 12:52:08 AM »
Japanese gunsight in a 262? Blasphemy! :lol

You might want to add in there that you have to check and then uncheck the 'Icons' box to turn them off.

Rgr, and I couldn't find the gunsight I wanted to use, so I was stuck with that, but Fixed :D

(one of the downers of downloading and putting all of AKSketchs gunsights on the game... But I never know which one I might wanna use! )
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2008, 06:58:34 PM »
That's the spirit! Now make a tutorial for MA terrain making. :D
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2008, 07:27:25 PM »
That's the spirit! Now make a tutorial for MA terrain making. :D

I dont even know how to make those though!!! :D


But I am planning on making a Tutorial on how to make Videos.
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2008, 08:27:37 AM »
Thank you, thank you, thank you for even mentioning a tutorial for videos. 

I've tried the link to the site that Fulmar gave me and I can't get it to work, and I would love some help on this one that I'm trying to do.
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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2008, 10:20:48 AM »
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2008, 10:29:02 AM »
my first atempt!
 
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2008, 10:43:05 AM »
second atempt, better maybe?



thanks for the advice!! i have been wanting to do this for a while!
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2008, 11:06:46 AM »
Great shots. :aok

You can take that one of two ways. :D
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2008, 06:20:38 PM »
I give glory to whoever can aim the 262's guns.
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Re: How to get your screenshots, the basics.
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2008, 12:45:18 AM »
second atempt, better maybe?

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thanks for the advice!! i have been wanting to do this for a while!

Nice, if you wanna zoom in on it more, hit the ] key or they'll have a bar that you can use to zoom in.  :aok
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