Screenshots as JPGs?

Synxernal

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Is it possible to take screenshots being saved as JPGs instead of BMPs?

Haung Yu

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

I don't think so. You'll have to open up up the screenshot with mspaint and then manually save it as a JPG.

uigrad

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Illinois

Don't use mspaint. Download irfanview (google search will find it quickly). Irfanview is much better for handling conversion of images, etc.

For example, double click on one bmp file. If it's not the one you want, use the scroll wheel on your mouse to quickly scan through the other bmp files in that folder. When you find the one you want, hit 's' to save. To crop an image, drag your mouse over the section you want to keep, and hit cntrl-y.

Believe me, if you haven't used irfanview before, you'll be please when you first try it.

Tetris L

Tetris L

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Germany

Servants of Fortuna

You're kidding. There can't be a programm suporior to the allmighty PAINTBRUSH!!!!111 It pwnz.

UsagiNoSenshi

UsagiNoSenshi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Draconian Order

R/E

photoshop is nifty for this

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by UsagiNoSenshi
photoshop is nifty for this

yes...surely a piece of $900 dollar photoediting software was designed so you can change BMPs into JPGs.....thats $900 well spent.


use Irfanview....it's a solid application for what you want to do

UsagiNoSenshi

UsagiNoSenshi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Draconian Order

R/E

who said i paid for photoshop? who says ANYONE pays for photoshop <.<

surely you don't think all us starving artist shell out 900$ fot it. that makes me laugh

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by UsagiNoSenshi
who said i paid for photoshop? who says ANYONE pays for photoshop <.<

surely you don't think all us starving artist shell out 900$ fot it. that makes me laugh

I'd like to think(as a developer) that people have the decency to pay for the software they use....though I know this isn't the truth I can't condone the piracy of software....nor the use of a major photoeditting application for the purposes of changing image formats. If all you want is to change image formats save yourself the trouble and download irfanview....photoshops intended purpose was not to change image formats.

UsagiNoSenshi

UsagiNoSenshi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Draconian Order

R/E

I'm an artist, i use photoshop for drawing and editing photos. I just said to use photoshop because it keeps images at an outsatndingly high quality, and most people i know have photoshop, or access to it at university, so i wouldn't think twice about telling someone to open it up for any image editing.

uigrad

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Illinois

Photoshop is just slightly better then the freeware equivalents. See http://gimp.org

If you want it to look and feel like Photoshop, you can use GIMPshop

Still, for converting screenshots, Irfanview (freeware also) is simply the best option.

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by uigrad
Photoshop is just slightly better then the freeware equivalents. See http://gimp.org

If you want it to look and feel like Photoshop, you can use GIMPshop

Still, for converting screenshots, Irfanview (freeware also) is simply the best option.

I use GIMP on my *nix boxes and photoshop on my MAC and PC....GIMP is GREAT! don't get me wrong I LOVE GIMP...but it's not even close to photoshop.