how do you do a screen shot?

[[SIC]Byronic]

I have wondered for a while now about how you do a screen shot and then post it on this forum. PLEASE use basic computer illerate language...technical stuff and me don't mix.

[ShadowKi][er]

hit F9.

[[SIC]Byronic]

Now that couldn't be easier....So how do I post it on the forum? If I want to design my own avatar or signature, what program would be the easiest to use so I can post it on the forum?...too many questions not enough patience to answer them all eh?

[8-4-7-2]

Signature:
Just go to "edit profile" at the bottom of this page

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Photoshop

Then e-mail alien@planetunreal.com with the link. You misz store the file on the net (in jpg) and it must nto be bigger than 50*50

[Azmo]

Getting screenshots on the forums:

- Press F9 in UT when you want to take a screenshot (unless you've re-assigned F9, then you'll have to bind a key to "SShot" first. Post by Surebrec explains how to do that here)

- The screenshot can be found in your UT/System dir. It's called Shotxxxx.bmp, where xxxx is the number of the shot.

- Don't put the bmp file on the web, since it's not compressed. You can use a program like IrfanView to convert the bmp to a gif or jpg (IrfanView's jpg quality isn't very good, though )

- Get a webspace account somewhere (I use Spree for my images; most other webspace providers don't allow direct links to images, so everybody would only see a if you tried to post an image.)

- Upload the image to your web account, and copy the correct URL.

- Insert the image tag in your post to show the image: