How DID you get that picture?!
Often times, Gaians are completely clueless when it comes to capturing great screen shots of the action in Towns. Take heart, comrades! Getting those great candids is easier than you think. Here's a walkthrough of how to get screen captures.
Often times, Gaians are completely clueless when it comes to capturing great screen shots of the action in Towns. Take heart, comrades! Getting those great candids is easier than you think. Here's a walkthrough of how to get screen captures.
1. Open up Gaia Towns and find your desired photo shoot location.
2. Find the keyboard button / keystroke that will allow you to take the screen capture.
This button / keystroke varies from keyboard to keyboard, depending upon whether you are a PC user or a Mac user.
---On PCs:
------Use the Print Screen button, located to the right of the keyboard. It's abbreviation is PrtScn, and is usually found aligned with the F-keys.
---On Macs
------Use the key combination Command+Shift+3 to save a screen cap of your whole screen to your desktop. (Mac OS X)
------Use the key combination Command+Shift+4 to save a screen cap of only part of your desktop. A cursor will appear that will allow you to select what you want to capture. (Mac OS X)
***Note: For the two commands above, add Control to place the screen cap on the clipboard instead of the desktop.
3. Open up your imaging software (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, MS Paint, etc.) and paste your image in a new document. Crop and edit as necessary.
4. Save your file as a .jpg, .png, or .gif (most common file types you'll find online).
5. Upload your screen capture to an image host (Photobucket, TinyPic, ImageShack, etc.).
6. Share your picture(s) with us!
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Personal Note: I am a PC user, and use a combination of Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and Photobucket to edit and upload all of my graphics. I am not familiar with Mac computers and operating systems, so I'm unaware of other ways to get screen captures on Mac systems. If anyone has any further ways to add to the Mac section, post them here or send me a PM.
Personal Note: I am a PC user, and use a combination of Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and Photobucket to edit and upload all of my graphics. I am not familiar with Mac computers and operating systems, so I'm unaware of other ways to get screen captures on Mac systems. If anyone has any further ways to add to the Mac section, post them here or send me a PM.
