How Do You Take Screenshots?

Kagome

Kagome

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Missouri

R/A

So yeah... I have no idea how to take screenies and yeah... I don't have any computer technology stuff so please help! Like the setup and the formation and the setups and stufff....

Thanks so much! ^_^

miskav

miskav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

Mo/

Printscreen button, it should be above home/insert/delete etc.
It'll save it automatically to your C>program files>GW>Screens folder.

Capua

Capua

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2008

N/

What miskav said, and also pressing crtl + shift will get rid of the interface for you (pressing it again will make it reappear)

ALF71BE

ALF71BE

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2008

In your fridge, stealing your pickles. for mah subway

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Capua
What miskav said, and also pressing crtl + shift will get rid of the interface for you (pressing it again will make it reappear)
I thought it was Ctrl + Shift + H.

It also can get rid of the towns in the map (M -> Ctrl + Shift + H for a clean map).

Kagome

Kagome

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Missouri

R/A

Omg okay thanks so much you guys!

How do people take such good screenies then if that's all you could do!? Is it all about the timing?

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

Shift + PrintScreen will take a screen shot without the UI; no need for any toggle.

Default format is JPEG; you can change it to BMP if you are so inclined with a command switch.

I've seen people say Vista saves them to your documents folder rather than your GW directory if you have that OS installed.

Yes, timing and position can make better screen shots. Saving as a bitmap(.bmp) rather than the default .jpg will also increase the quality. If you can't run GW at the highest settings, or run it at a low resolution, you will also lose quality.

ALF71BE

ALF71BE

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2008

In your fridge, stealing your pickles. for mah subway

R/

If you're taking a special screenshot then set your graphics to the max so it looks nice. F11 -> Graphics, and pray like me you won't crash :P.

Otherwise, yes, taking good screenshots is all about timing. Just like IRL.

Luminarus

Luminarus

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2007

Sydney, Australia

Haze of Light [pure]

R/

Its also possible to set up screenshots by using what u know is going to happen upon you doing something.

Like in my avatar, I timed the shot so I would get the picture right as I fired with cripshot.

Hollygen

Hollygen

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2007

UK

Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa]

R/

Sceenshots can take timing. However if you're aiming for a screenshot of an expected action (ie a particular pose within a skill animation) and your PC is not at the bottom of the system requirements you can capture a number of shots quickly by repeatedly pressing PrtScn, sort if like a paparazzi photographer taking multiple shots.
You can then go back and delete the pics that aren't quite what you're after

aQuIline

aQuIline

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2008

UK

Mo/Me

And don't forget that if you don't have the best PC in the world, taking a screenshot will make you sort of lag for a second, so if your doing what Hollygen said and taking multiple screenshots at a time, make sure your not in mid-battle with 50hp left!

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

There are some aspects of taking good screenshots that are similar to real photography. If you're just taking screenshots to record text in the text window or skill bars, etc., then it doesn't matter, but if you are taking screen shots to show off your latest armor or weapon, or as part of a sale or auction, then you should take note of things such as the contrast to the background, the "busy-ness" of the background, the direction of the light source, etc.. (Usually best to have the light source behind your vantage point - the subjects shadow should point away from you.)

isamu kurosawa

isamu kurosawa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Kingdom

Me/

A tip for high quality poses. using bmp screenshots results in much faster screenshotting time compared to jpgs because the client doesn't have to compress the image.

this means you can use an emote and basically spam the prt sc button and get a screen of almost every frame of the animation. Doing the same with screens set to use jpg gives a delay.

Screenshots also automatically increase the quality of your graphics settings for the screenshot, although manually increasing them yourself will make them even better.

As others have stated. Getting a screenshot just right requires a good location, good lighting and the right angle.
The screenshot for my avatar took a while to get right.

A tip for good angles can be to use a different account to screenshto the character.