Comments on: Taking Great Screenshots

By: Cymre

Cymre — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:01:27 +0000

@Rio – hehe will do :)

@Töki – ah ok, PNG is great (quality wise) then. I like using PNG for icons :)

@Mabaho – that’s one reason I like MAC, the inbuilt vids :P

@Aygaren – I usu choose JPG due to the amt of pics I upload. My storage for the Blog would be full in no time otherwise :)

@Evilitis / Dragonray – Glad you found it useful :)

@Tzufit – Yeah exactly, I still tend to use auto-contrast or sharpen edges before I save though.

By: Tzufit

Tzufit — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:19:54 +0000

This is great, thank you Cymre! I had no clue about the image quality settings that you could choose from, and your last few pictures there really demonstrate what a difference they can make.

By: dragonray

dragonray — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:03:26 +0000

Thanks for the tip on quality size :) Didn’t even think to see if it could be changed!

By: Evilitis

Evilitis — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:23:10 +0000

Some great info here. Thanks for sharing!!

By: Aygaren

Aygaren — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:43:43 +0000

Always looking for ways to better my screenshots, I use the TGA and higher quality settings. After i view and crop or resize as needed though, I ‘save as’ in .png format. I find the file size is more space conservative than the TGA.

I still have a ways to go with improving mine though, and always appreciate seeing a post about our “screenshot addictions” :)

By: Mabaho

Mabaho — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:43:21 +0000

Oh, reread that, I hadn’t thought of using the OSX command. The in game gives jpeg. The OSX one PNG yes, I think. Have to try that.

By: Mabaho

Mabaho — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:42:17 +0000

No the standard is JPEG, just checked my folder. Average about 700K for a 27″ screen on ultra, so the detail isn’t high. It’s something I’ve been noticing for my own screenies when I’ve cropped them. Hadn’t got around to investigating it.

By: Mabaho

Mabaho — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:39:59 +0000

Argh, was all excited until your last para… not compatible with Macs. I guess it’s a trade off, we lose screenshot detail, but gain built in – in game – movie making. No need for fraps etc.

By: Töki

Töki — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:30:30 +0000

Mac users take picture perfect (or so I’m told) PNG screen caps by a standard OS command, much like the print screen key. Since I play windowed, though, I have to crop out the background before I can do anything else. (First world problems, anyone?)

Nevertheless, great info; I had no idea this was an option!

By: Rioriel

Rioriel — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:44:22 +0000

MOAR SCREENSHOTS!