[Guide] How to Crop, Edit and Post A Screen-Shot! [Guide]

JumpedYou\\\'s Guide to making the perfect Screen-Shot

.:[Index]:.
1. Taking the screen-shot
2. Cropping the screen-shot
3. Editing the screen-shot
4. Hosting the screen-shot
5. Posting the screen-shot


Introduction -
Hey everyone, welcome to my third guide. How to take, edit, crop, and post a screen-shot. Now, screen-shot\\\'s are basically a projected image that you can take from your computer to your, on whatever is showing on your screen, onto a paint method and edit it to do what you please. This way, will be no fancy methods. Just a few easy, extra type\\\'s of images. You also, can crop out all those icky things. Such as the things you do not want to show in your screen-shot. For this example we will be doing a stake picture, that I used in Runescape. A online MMORGP, If you have not played it. Screen-shot\\\'s can be used on many ways. Which are, normal pictures, proof of something, or a simple message to someone. I hope you enjoy the rest of my guide, and don\\\'t forget to post constructive criticism. Thanks!
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Step One: Taking The Screenshot -
Alright, now you have something you want to picture or take a screen-shot of. For my example I will be using a stake picture. I will first open the picture or thing that I want to take it of. Which I have already completed. Now you want to do the following.
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Hold down CTRL, and click Print Screen.
Here is a picture of this print screen button, if you are lost.


The next step, is open your Paint section, which can be found by doing the following steps:
1. Click Start
2. All Programs
3. Accessories
4. Paint

Now, you want to simply hold the CTRL and Press the V button.

You should have something like this -


Ugly huh? The outside edges. All you want to show is the winning!
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Step Two: Cropping The Screenshot
Alright, now you have your paint open. Your file and/or picture opened on the paint. And ready to do some cropping action! Actually, it isn\\\'t as fun as it sounds. Here is how it goes.

1.Now you want to click the Square figure in the far right corner next to the star.
2.Now, start at one edge of the picture and make a box, all around the things you want to keep. YOU MUST HOLD DOWN THE MOUSE BUTTON.
3.If you mess up, just click off screen and do it until you get it right.
4.Then, let go of the key and you should see a dotted line around the picture of the thing you would like to keep, right click and click COPY.
5. Now go up to file and click NEW. This should open a blank sheet.
6. Now right click, and click PASTE.
7. You should have something like the following

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Step Three: Editing The Screenshot
Awesome, you are mainly done. Please skip this part if your not into editing, or having fun. Alright in this section, I will explain a few things.

1. Adding a \\\"eye drawing\\\" experience.
This means a simple, red line to show what they should be looking at, like the following.


Awesome, now. This is one of the most simple methods on editing.

This is the steps to adding these effects.

1. Simply, click the paint brush in the right hand corner.
2. Click a color that you want to add to the picture.
3. Draw around the item.


2. Now we will go onto, Adding Text To the Picture.

This is a little mode advanced editing, but by the end of it, your picture should look something like this.


Here are the steps to doing this editing,
1. Simple click the A, figure in the right hand key of the Paint Method.
2. Now, make a box where you want to add text.
3. Type what you please into the box.
4. Save the image

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Step Four: Hosting Your Screen-Shot
Wow, you\\\'ve made it a far way, now its time to edit your finished product. And show the e-world

Alright, I\\\'ll break this into easy, to follow steps.

1. Visit www.ImageShack.us
2. Click Browse.
3. Click Resize Image, change to 15\\\' screen.
4. Click \\\"Host It!\\\"
5. Scroll down, until you see HotLink For Forum (1)
6. Un-check \\\"Include Details\\\"
7. Copy the link[Img/]
8. And if your lost here is what you need to have it look like:
[IMG]http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/483/hotlinkvj3.png

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Step Five: Posting Your Screen-Shot
Well done, you are at the easiest part of all screen-shots. Hosting it.
If you followed the guide, there is only one thing you need to do.

Put the link that you copied from Part Four, onto the forum or place your posting it

And you have posted a edited, croped, nice Screen-Shot.


Well done!
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Thanks to the following people/organizations,

http://ali233.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/windows-xp-print-screen2.jpg - For the screenshot of the keyboard
www.ImageShack.us - For the hosting
www.Runescape.com - For the Image for your game.



Thanks to everyone that reads it. Be sure to vote me for User Educator.



Thanks!

 

Looks like a pretty good guide. Well written good spelling and grammar. You have basically made an all in one guide explaining the majority of the questions asked in the Help & Requests section.

 

Nice guide. Detailed. But damn, your pictures are old. O_<

 

Nice guide.

 

This is a good guide, very detailed and easy directions.

 

Wow, it's a good guide but are the people here on sythe really that retarded that they don't know how to take a screenshot and crop it...
I mean, I know that they're retarded but are they really THAT retarded?

 

Awesome.

I pleased the person that I strive to please, and some others.

Thank\'s alot guys.

 

Very nice guide, it is well detailed.

 

Great guide, on a pre covered subject. Normally I would slate you for that, but it's better than most others. Proof reed it for Spelling and Grammar mistakes and it will be great. Good work.

 

Thank\'s Dark.