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Offline dANGER boy

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Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
on: June 06, 2009, 12:18:54 pm
I've been trying to figure this out but haven't been able to.  I use a 1680x1050 resolution so sometimes it can be hard to find adequate resolutions for wallpapers.  Is there a way or function to disable the HUD and everything else in Freespace so I can take a fullscreen screenshot?
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #1 on: June 06, 2009, 12:19:49 pm
Shift-O
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14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
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01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
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Offline dANGER boy

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #2 on: June 06, 2009, 12:33:52 pm
Quote from: Jeff Vader on June 06, 2009, 12:19:49 pm
Shift-O
Damn, why does it always have to be so easy...

But another quick question, more like a technical issue.  When I try taking screenshots (using the Print Screen button on the keyboard), afterwards when I paste it to MS Paint or something all that shows up is a black box.  Any ideas?  It works for other games.  I just tried out Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and the screenshot comes out ok...
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Offline ssmit132

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #3 on: June 06, 2009, 07:56:33 pm
You shouldn't need to use MS Paint - Print Screen should save an image in the Freespace2/Screenshots folder.
 

Offline dANGER boy

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #4 on: June 06, 2009, 09:13:03 pm
Hey, thanks!  Didn't know there was that folder!  Now I can finally get an eyecandy screenshot.
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[21:39] <Zacam> Dear. God.
[21:39] * dANGER_boy is now known as God
[21:39] <God> Yes, I'm here
[21:39] <Zacam> I'd like to file a bug report.
[21:40] * thesizzler is now known as Jesus
[21:40] <Jesus> sup
[21:40] <God> Check with my secretary.
[21:40] <Jesus> hey dad
[21:40] <Zacam> Regarding the INANE flaws in human intelligence and the equality (or disparity) therof.
[21:40] * God points at Jesus
[21:40] * mura is now known as WhitePidgeon
[21:40] <+WhitePidgeon> kuuuuu
 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #5 on: June 06, 2009, 10:04:36 pm
And use IrfanView to convert them from TGA. Why do they save as .TGA and not PNG or something?
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Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #6 on: June 07, 2009, 12:20:50 am
Quote from: colecampbell666 on June 06, 2009, 10:04:36 pm
And use IrfanView to convert them from TGA. Why do they save as .TGA and not PNG or something?

On Windows, I use Quicktime PictureViewer to open them as .TGA, then copy-paste to Paint and save it as a PNG over there.
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Offline eliex

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #7 on: June 07, 2009, 12:35:25 am
My Quicktime PictureViewer is broken . . . everything is displayed as black.  :(
 

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #8 on: June 07, 2009, 12:45:56 am
maybe because the picture is all black?..

if you are not sure, download Gimp, it's free and will open almost any image format available.
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #9 on: June 07, 2009, 02:25:04 am
Paint.NET ftw.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #10 on: June 07, 2009, 08:03:22 am
IrfanView if you just want to look at them. And why in zombie jew's name are you using QuickTime?
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Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #11 on: June 07, 2009, 08:28:05 am
Because I'm too lazy to download IrfanView~ :D
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Offline Herra Tohtori

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #12 on: June 07, 2009, 09:07:17 am
For relevance, ThumbView. Basically enables thumbnails for DDS, TGA, PCX and other non-natively supported image types on Windows Explorer.
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Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #13 on: June 07, 2009, 10:16:16 am
Isn't that the same as IrfanView Thumbnails?
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Offline Charismatic

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #14 on: June 09, 2009, 02:45:47 pm
Irfanview FTW, been using it for years now. It rules.
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Offline Mikes

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #15 on: June 10, 2009, 07:18:59 am
Fraps works great for taking FS pictures too.
 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #16 on: June 10, 2009, 02:00:16 pm
Or PrintScreen.
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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #17 on: June 10, 2009, 02:49:17 pm
Guys, how do I reset my screenshot count? I broke a thousand not long ago...
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Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #18 on: June 10, 2009, 03:01:10 pm
Delete the registry keys? The folder?
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Offline Sushi

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Re: Taking good screenshots for desktop wallpapers
Reply #19 on: June 10, 2009, 03:04:01 pm
Yep, Irfanview is where it's at. Small, loads fast, handles pretty much any image format for both read and write. One of the first things I install on any new machine. :)
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