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Post: Uploading high quality, cropped images to your thread.
Forum: RuneScape 2 Free Guides
Assigned Moderators: Determinate, RsProd

Posted by: RwmRS2
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Feedback is appreciated ^_^

I'm writing this because simply, too many people are just putting links to huge, full screen images on their threads.
Not only is this very unattractive to buyers but it's also unprofessional looking.

This guide is only 100% suitable for Windows PC's.
If you're using a Mac or other type, follow it as closely as you can, note some programs may be named differently.

If you have Windows Vista or newer, you may have the "Snipping Tool" pre-installed. Try to run a search for this program.

If you do not have this program skip ahead to "Step 1 - Print screening"

If you have this program, you do not need to know how to print screen.

Simply click the program and it should run automatically.

Click and drag the area of the screen you wish to "snip".

After this, you are able to edit your image with the simple tools provided (these are pretty self explanatory)

Now File > Save As or CTRL+S your image, *make sure to save in the format .png to ensure high quality*

Now skip to: "Step 3 - Uploading."

Step 1 - Print screening.

Your print screen button should be on the top right of your keyboard and look similar to this:
Note: if your print screen function shares a button with another function you may need to press "Fn" (on the bottom left of the keyboard) along with it, this is usually the case for laptops.

Simply press this button, or your equivalent, and that's your image saved as though you have "Copied" your screen are now ready to paste.

Step 2 - Cropping.

Now open MS Paint or a similar program and hold down Ctrl (bottom left and bottom right) and then press V.

Your screen should now be in paint. Click and drag the picture until you can clearly see the area you want to cut out and keep.

For me, it's the icons at the bottom.

Then click the "Select"/"Crop" tool on the toolbar.

Vista

Windows 7

Drag over the area you want to keep. It should now have a dotted blue line around it.

Now, right click and "Cut" this dotted area.

Your paint file should now have a white square where the area you want to keep was.

Now hold Ctrl as before, only now press N. Then click "Don't Save".

You now have a blank paint document. Hold Ctrl and press V as before.
Your selected area is now on its own.

File > Save as or Ctrl+S your file and *make sure to save as .png to ensure high quality*

Step 3 - Uploading.

Go to www.Imgur.com & click this icon.

Then browse your files for the picture and then click this icon.

Then right click your image after it's uploaded and click this option (or similar).

And you should have a link on it's own:

Copy & paste this link including the img tags on your post like so:

Your images should now come up in your post, good luck.

Tips:

Try not to make your images too big, they may not load quickly and buyers may get impatient.
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Karl · Feb 10, 2012

Done.

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