FAQ/Screenshots - Revision history

PWpedia>Sangodoc: Reedited it

2011-09-01T21:30:48Z

Reedited it

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	Screenshots are taken by pressing the F9 key (by default) ~~- you can~~ then zoom around ~~a camera~~ using the controls to set up your shot, and take it - with or without the UI. (~~With~~ the UI if you want to raise a customer support ticket, otherwise without is usually prettier)		Screenshots are taken by either pressing the "Print Screen" key or you can press F9 key (by default) and then zoom around using the controls to set up your shot, and take it - with or without the UI. Additionally, you can hide/show the UI by pressing [ALT]+H. (Take the screenshot with the UI visible if you want to raise a customer support ticket, otherwise without is usually prettier.)

	~~They will then arrive~~ in your ~~perfect world~~ directory, in element\screenshots. The filename is the timestamp of when the screenshot was taken with the extension of ".bmp" for bitmap image.		The screenshots are saved in your Perfect World directory, in element\screenshots. (Exactly where depends upon where you installed the game to; check the properties of the shortcut you use to launch the game if you are unsure.) The filename will be the timestamp of when the screenshot was taken with the extension of ".bmp" for bitmap image.

	~~(Exactly where depends upon where~~ you ~~installed the game~~ to ~~- check the properties of~~ the ~~shortcut you use to launch the game if you are unsure.~~		If you want to show the images elsewhere, you should load them into your image editor of choice and resave them as JPEG (smaller file size) or PNG (higher quality).

	~~Additionally~~, you ~~can hide the UI by pressing [ALT]-H. This allows you to take a screenshot as normal and paste the results~~ into your image editor of choice~~. This can result in a higher resolution image~~ and a smaller file size~~, which is ideal for sources for signatures and banners~~.

PWpedia>Flyingsoloist: added a couple technical notes- filename/type/alt-h

2011-08-31T16:45:41Z

added a couple technical notes- filename/type/alt-h

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	Screenshots are taken by pressing the F9 key (by default) - you can then zoom around a camera using the controls to set up your shot, and take it - with or without the UI. (With the UI if you want to raise a customer support ticket, otherwise without is usually prettier)		Screenshots are taken by pressing the F9 key (by default) - you can then zoom around a camera using the controls to set up your shot, and take it - with or without the UI. (With the UI if you want to raise a customer support ticket, otherwise without is usually prettier)

	They will then arrive in your perfect world directory, in element\screenshots.		They will then arrive in your perfect world directory, in element\screenshots. The filename is the timestamp of when the screenshot was taken with the extension of ".bmp" for bitmap image.

	(Exactly where depends upon where you installed the game to - check the properties of the shortcut you use to launch the game if you are unsure.		(Exactly where depends upon where you installed the game to - check the properties of the shortcut you use to launch the game if you are unsure.

			Additionally, you can hide the UI by pressing [ALT]-H. This allows you to take a screenshot as normal and paste the results into your image editor of choice. This can result in a higher resolution image and a smaller file size, which is ideal for sources for signatures and banners.

PWpedia>Vitenks: This gets asked often enough. Should probably be fleshed out quite a bit sometime.

2011-08-31T08:12:55Z

This gets asked often enough. Should probably be fleshed out quite a bit sometime.

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Screenshots are taken by pressing the F9 key (by default) - you can then zoom around a camera using the controls to set up your shot, and take it - with or without the UI. (With the UI if you want to raise a customer support ticket, otherwise without is usually prettier)

They will then arrive in your perfect world directory, in element\screenshots.

(Exactly where depends upon where you installed the game to - check the properties of the shortcut you use to launch the game if you are unsure.