voodoo
02-10-2006, 03:47 PM
A lot of people have asked how this is done so I feel it be appropriate to have a guide to stop topics such as this (http://www.edgeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63488) one.
1. Get in a situation where you think it would make a good screenshot.
2. Press the button on your keyobard marked prt sc/sys rq. (The actual labelling on the key may vary depending on models but it should be fairly similar)
3. Once you have pressed the key you need to exit San Andreas. You can either save and close or you can just Alt+Tab out.
4. Open up an image editing program such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or even Microsoft Paint.
5. Go to Edit and Paste. This will paste the image from the clipboard of the computer to the screen.
6. Now you can make any adjustments you desire to the image such as cropping or resizing.
7. Now onto saving the image. You are presented with a range of file types. The best is probably JPEG. This offers a good balance between image quality and file size. However, JPEG is a 'lossy compression' format so there will be a reduction in image quality. But not so much as to make the image look horrible.
8. Now you may wish to upload the image for viewing on the web. Go to ImageShack (http://www.imageshack.us) and find the image in your computer. Once it has uploaded you will be presented with a lot of links. You can now copy the links for putting on a forum to display the image. (If it is a huge image then please be considerate and paste the thumbnail link so you don't stretch a page.
This is all very well for a single photo but what if you want to take a series of photos? It is very time consuming to use this method but there is an easier way. (Or at least I think)
1. Download a program called Fraps located here (http://www.fraps.com/).
2. Once installed you can open it up. (Once any desired preferences have been edited the program will go to the system tray, a simple click on the icon will bring up the preferences again)
3. Open up San Andreas and let it load. You will now notice a constantly changing number at the top left of the screen. This is your frames per second counter.
3. Once you have lined up your image you wish to capture, you just press F10 and this will save the image to the Fraps Directory in your computer. The images are automatically saved as BMP so you may wish to edit the format later to reduce the file size.
4. Once you have taken all your images you can now close down San Andreas. Head to
C Drive> Fraps and all your images will be there for you.
5. Now you can do what you like with the images.
I hope this helps anyone in doubt.
1. Get in a situation where you think it would make a good screenshot.
2. Press the button on your keyobard marked prt sc/sys rq. (The actual labelling on the key may vary depending on models but it should be fairly similar)
3. Once you have pressed the key you need to exit San Andreas. You can either save and close or you can just Alt+Tab out.
4. Open up an image editing program such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or even Microsoft Paint.
5. Go to Edit and Paste. This will paste the image from the clipboard of the computer to the screen.
6. Now you can make any adjustments you desire to the image such as cropping or resizing.
7. Now onto saving the image. You are presented with a range of file types. The best is probably JPEG. This offers a good balance between image quality and file size. However, JPEG is a 'lossy compression' format so there will be a reduction in image quality. But not so much as to make the image look horrible.
8. Now you may wish to upload the image for viewing on the web. Go to ImageShack (http://www.imageshack.us) and find the image in your computer. Once it has uploaded you will be presented with a lot of links. You can now copy the links for putting on a forum to display the image. (If it is a huge image then please be considerate and paste the thumbnail link so you don't stretch a page.
This is all very well for a single photo but what if you want to take a series of photos? It is very time consuming to use this method but there is an easier way. (Or at least I think)
1. Download a program called Fraps located here (http://www.fraps.com/).
2. Once installed you can open it up. (Once any desired preferences have been edited the program will go to the system tray, a simple click on the icon will bring up the preferences again)
3. Open up San Andreas and let it load. You will now notice a constantly changing number at the top left of the screen. This is your frames per second counter.
3. Once you have lined up your image you wish to capture, you just press F10 and this will save the image to the Fraps Directory in your computer. The images are automatically saved as BMP so you may wish to edit the format later to reduce the file size.
4. Once you have taken all your images you can now close down San Andreas. Head to
C Drive> Fraps and all your images will be there for you.
5. Now you can do what you like with the images.
I hope this helps anyone in doubt.