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How do you save your screenshots? i mean, there must be something im missing because the quality of the screenshot when i upload a track is always pretty bad compared to other people, and i dont know why, and its impossible to tell a difference between a jpg and a png when i do it, so i keep using jpg...

Cheers, BBA!

I've noticed, that when you take a screenshot with F12, open it in photoshop, blur a little bit (like 5%), and then resize to 800x600... it's quality doesn't decrease
Format doesn't matter, but with .png it's easier to keep it high quality and small size.

At fist a game hint, rest out of game:

I make screenshot always, when the track is not full of rubberized tarmac, the texture of track looks better.

I use maximal possible resolution of my display (4:3 is always better, because in 16:9 is the max. in GR only 2nd best in total). The best resolution makes smallest bricks on screenshot when I press F12.

But it's not so important as good tool for resizing of the pic to forum limits 800x600. I use IrfanView, which offers several methods of resizing with different kinds of loosing quality of colors.

Finally I often use png, because it save colors best IMHO. But gif works too (lost are colors, but picture is not bricked).

In results in quite good, even if I know guys, who make better screenshots.

Bouncebackability wrote:How do you save your screenshots? i mean, there must be something im missing because the quality of the screenshot when i upload a track is always pretty bad compared to other people, and i dont know why, and its impossible to tell a difference between a jpg and a png when i do it, so i keep using jpg...

Cheers, BBA!

Are you using MS Paint to resize? That had a spate of stupidness with me as well.

Lukeno1 wrote:Are you using MS Paint to resize? That had a spate of stupidness with me as well.

Paint can resize really well, if you use Ctrl+W instead

I didn't test it at my Nashville screen (track WIP thread in a few minutes) but changing the screen resolution (or tumbnail screenshot resolution) to 800x600 px might also help...
then just save as png or gif (also easy in MS paint) and your pic is ready!
As I said before I didn't test it but it might be good

I took the screenshot with F12, then I open the bitmap and save it as jpg. Easy, quick and no problems

AleksiNir wrote:I've noticed, that when you take a screenshot with F12, open it in photoshop, blur a little bit (like 5%), and then resize to 800x600... it's quality doesn't decrease

I personally just don't blur it with GIMP I then save in PNG/JPG depending on my mood...