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Hey all, since FS2 pictures come out as .TGA format, and those are files that are A: huge, and B: not in common usage, what do you guys use when converting them to something everyone can see?

 

Offline niffiwan

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I use the default ubuntu image editor (gThumb) which can read & write TGAs.  Gimp can also read TGA, and it's available on Windows and while it's overkill it'll do the job.
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I use Irfanview to convert to PNG (or just use FRAPS to take PNG screenshots directly).
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(or just use FRAPS to take PNG screenshots directly).

That's what I do nowadays. I got tired of chasing the various screenshot folders of every game and then converting the shots to something I can use.
Also, it uses the same screenshot key for every game.

 
Actually, how to you do take pictures of "in menu" things like command briefings etc? The flight deck? Etc. Print screen doesn't seem to be working.

 

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Er, "works for me"? You mean that nothing appears in your screenshots dir when you press "Print Screen"? Are you running windowed or fullscreen?
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Actually, how to you do take pictures of "in menu" things like command briefings etc? The flight deck? Etc. Print screen doesn't seem to be working.
Er, "works for me"? You mean that nothing appears in your screenshots dir when you press "Print Screen"? Are you running windowed or fullscreen?

...You're not installed to \Program Files or anything, are you?