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Got a Guestion

Postby DCFreak524 » Thu May 17, 2007 2:51 pm

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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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby Sytse » Thu May 17, 2007 3:10 pm

Can you post an example of your screenshots?
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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby Double_Farvel » Thu May 17, 2007 3:25 pm

Can you post an example of your screenshots?

Yes, that would be rather helpful.  ;)
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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby krigl » Thu May 17, 2007 3:51 pm

Time and effort tweaking, downloading add-ons, picking up tips...
Money for payware add-ons
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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby DCFreak524 » Thu May 17, 2007 5:33 pm

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


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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby eno » Thu May 17, 2007 5:40 pm

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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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby DCFreak524 » Thu May 17, 2007 5:42 pm

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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby DCFreak524 » Thu May 17, 2007 5:51 pm

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

heres this pic its the right size
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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby DCFreak524 » Thu May 17, 2007 5:54 pm

oops heres the right one


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Re: Got a Guestion

Postby Sytse » Thu May 17, 2007 6:15 pm

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.
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