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May 17^th, 2007 at 3:51pm

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how do i get my screenshots to look as good as all the other guys i try and try but the always end up looking wierd

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Reply #1 - May 17^th, 2007 at 4:10pm

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Can you post an example of your screenshots?

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Reply #2 - May 17^th, 2007 at 4:25pm

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Sytse wrote on May 17^th, 2007 at 4:10pm:

Can you post an example of your screenshots?

Yes, that would be rather helpful. Wink

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Reply #3 - May 17^th, 2007 at 4:51pm

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Time and effort tweaking, downloading add-ons, picking up tips...
Money for payware add-ons and a decent comp...

Get yourself (free) Irfanview for basic processing of screenshots, that will help for a start.

Post some shots and people will be happy to start you off in the right direction!! Welcome to the forums!

If you're bored of an evening - and you'll have to be - you can check out my screenshot gallery: Kriglsflightsimscreens...HERE

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Reply #4 - May 17^th, 2007 at 6:33pm

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This is what my screenshots look like they suck could it be cause i use grab click save

Image removed ....... OVERSIZE!!

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Reply #5 - May 17^th, 2007 at 6:40pm

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The first thing you need to do is download a utility to resize the images to a max of 800pixels ...... Infranview seems to be a favourite round these parts. Post the images as you did making sure that each image is less than 100kb ....

After that ..... await your replies about how to improve them.

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Reply #6 - May 17^th, 2007 at 6:42pm

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Reply #7 - May 17^th, 2007 at 6:51pm

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[img]http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/MicrosoftGCS00002.jpg[/img

heres this pic its the right size

« Last Edit: May 18^th, 2007 at 2:14am by eno »

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Reply #8 - May 17^th, 2007 at 6:54pm

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oops heres the right one

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Reply #9 - May 17^th, 2007 at 7:15pm

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That just needs some anti aliassing. You can also try to compress it a tad less. It's now 76 KB, 100 KB is the forum limit. Look here for some great tips.

To enable anti aliassing, right-click on your desktop and click properties - settings (tab on the right) - advanced and then click on the tab of your videocard. If you don't have that option, you should get the latest drivers for your card. One other possibility is that your GPU (videocard) doesn't support anti aliassing. If it doesn't, it's best to turn on anti aliassing in the game. (don't turn it on in the game if you're videocard does support it!)

When taking shots, it's always a good idea to set all the sliders (in the game AND your videocard settings) to the highest quality and run the game in the highest possible resolution. That way, the game might turn into a slideshow, but at least the graphics are optimized and you don't need high framerates to take a screenshot.

After you have taken the shot, size it down to 800 pixels wide (max). That will also remove some jaggies. Wink

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