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Apr 3^rd, 2011 at 11:51pm

Capt.Propwash Offline
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ok guys, i need some help. every pic that I post is turning out "grainy" while other shots that everyone else posts is turning up perfectly clear... what gives? am I missing something in my 'editing' of my shots? should I be using a special key other than the PrtSc/SysRq key????? is there a program that I should be using like "screen capture"?

any help would be appreciated and help me out GREATLY!

thanks

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Reply #1 - Apr 4^th, 2011 at 2:31am

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Hi,

I am using irvan view to compress the shots. To get a good quality I try to stay at a picture quality of around 90%. I found the following can significantly affect the file size and amount of compression required:
- cropping the original shot can significantly reduce the file size, even if the re-sized image in the end has the same size/format (and even more so if you crop the top/bottom and reduce the number of pixels of your final picture)
- the more different colours and "structures" you have in the picture, the large it will be. For example a shot looking down on a city will have a much larger file size than a shot taken upwards against the sky.

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Reply #2 - Apr 4^th, 2011 at 4:22am

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is there a program that I should be using like "screen capture"?

FSX has it's own multiple screen capture feature. Press the V key to take the shots & automatically save them in BMP format. The location they're saved to will depend on your OS.

WinXP C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\My Documents\My Pictures\Flight Simulator X Files

Vista/Win7 C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\Pictures\Flight Simulator X Files

You might like to check out my resizing tutes. Reply #2 here --> http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1289831860

I've noticed that the shots you've posted look a little jaggy. You might need to tweak your display settings.

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