How-To Guide: Taking Screenshots and Posting Images

How-To Guide: Taking Screenshots & Posting Images

Capture the screenshot to your clipboard:

• Mac OS -> press [shift]+[Apple Key]+[3] to capture the entire screen, or [shift]+[Apple Key]+[4] and click and drag what you'd like to capture.
• Windows -> Press [Print screen] to capture the entire Desktop or [Alt]+[Print Screen] to capture the active window.
• For some laptops, press [FN] + [insert] to capture the screen.
• Open a graphics program such as MS Paint, Paint.NET or IrfanView.
• Paste the image.
• Crop/resize the image to the smallest portion you need to post.
• Save it as an image file to your hard drive.
• Upload your file to an imaging host.

Upload sites with free access that require registration

• PhotoBucket
  File Types: bmp, jpg, gif, swf
  Max Image Size: 800 X 600
  Storage: 1 GB
  Bandwith: 10 GB/month
  ***recommended***
• Sighost.com
  Account: Free (branded) and Member
  File Types: jpg, gif, png
  Max Image Size: 128KB & 640x480
  Storage: 256KB
  Bandwith: 100MB/month
  Note: Images gets the label "Hosted by http://www.sighost.com at the lower-right part.
  The 60 days trial has no labeled images but it consists of 2 months hosting - 1 month of access.
• VillagePhotos
  File Types: bmp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, swf, psd, tif, tiff
  Max Image Size: 250KB
  Storage: 10 MB
  Bandwith: N/A

Upload sites with free access that do not require registration:

• ImageShack
  File Types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp, tif, tiff, swf
  Max Image Size: 1.5 MB
  ***recommended***
• TinyPic.com (a Photobucket Video and Image Hosting company)
  File Types: bmp, jpg, gif, png, tif
  Max Image Size: 250KB
  ***recommended***

Note: When the image is done uploading, be sure to save the link it gives you! Some hosts will have the link with IMG tags ready to just grab.

• Copy the link generated by the host site.
• Paste the link into your post content with img tags surrounding it like this:

  [img=http://www.imagehostiused.com/mypicture.jpg]

• To make your image a clickable link use the following code:
  

  [url=http://www.urliwanttolink.com][img=http://www.imagehostiused.com/mypicture.jpg][/url]

• Preview your post to ensure the image appears properly.
• Submit your post.

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