Screenshot help

[NoNickname]

This is a question for anybody. Ok, I have been taking screenshots using the print screen button and I was wondering do I have to go into paint or something to save them or do they all go to a seperate folder where I can access and save all of them?

[Baac]

Usually, in a game, they have a separate folder for that. If you're doing that on desktop though, i think you have to paste it on paint.

[zidane]

when you print screen it will be save automatically to the folder of the screen shots of the game.

[Guardian-Commander]

If you go to My computer, Local Disk (C, program files, the name of the game, then images or screenshots (really depends on the game) they should be saved there, if it wasn't in a game then you have to paste it somewhere like paint first.

[NoNickname]

Sorry it took so long to respond, but I play Rise of Nations, and whenever I take a screenshot using the print screen button, I then check the game folder for a ss folder but didn't find one.

[Retodon8]

If I don't know where a game puts the screenshots, I often check for files by date, specifically files made max 1 day ago.
Keep in mind that the game needs to have this kind of support built in.
If it doesn't, the Print Screen key doesn't actually save a file.

By default it acts like a Copy action.
Just like you can select text with your mouse, right click, en select Copy (or use Ctrl + C), it ends up in your Clipboard.
Your Clipboard is basically the "memory" Windows uses for copied stuff.
You still need to Paste the captures image somewhere, for instance in MS Paint, Photoshop, IrfanView, or a Word document, although that last is not really what you usually want.

If you use it, Xfire has a pretty easy to use screenshot system, simplifying things a bit.

[Pocketwolf]

Here are a few (more) possible locations for screenshots:

* Desktop
* Program Files/(name of game or company)
* My Documents/My Games/(name of game or company)
* My Documents/My Pictures/(name of game or company)
* My Documents/(name of game or company)

Note also that sometimes the WinXP clipboard screws up and is very hard to fix... mine's currently on the fritz.

[Sensational]

Originally Posted by NoNickname

Sorry it took so long to respond, but I play Rise of Nations, and whenever I take a screenshot using the print screen button, I then check the game folder for a ss folder but didn't find one.

Uh, you should probably begin by making sure that the print screen button is the one that is actually bound to the screenshot function of said game, otherwise it does nothing beyond saving whatever is on your screen when you hit it, sort of like when you do ctrl+c. It also disappears as soon as you take a new print screen. You can use paint to copy your print screen to a more permanent form.

[Fragment]

Sometimes, for whatever reasons, these screenshots don't save. In that case, you can go to Paint (Start >> Accessories >> Paint) and press Paste (Ctrl + V).

You can then save the file.

You may also need to post it online, for which you need a picture host such as http://www.photobucket.com