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sehana
05-14-12, 11:03 AM
(In Progress...)

Screenshots:
Follow the tutorial here for screenshots and select OS or device for specifics. (http://take-a-screenshot.org/)

After you've pressed the screenshot button using the above diagrams, you need to save it.

Saving the Screenshot (MS Paint, Windows XP):

- Open a photo editing program like the basic MS Paint.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N_NAQJqK2aE/T7FFfmntYKI/AAAAAAAAFLg/zu0kVO-j3Cg/s550/MSPaint_opening.jpg

- Paste image (Ctrl-V) or Edit > Paste

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-z9LTvH1j1-I/T7FFfugalqI/AAAAAAAAFLo/U4Mn-9H4-vI/s224/MSPaint_Paste.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nu0f9fgvZ4Q/T7FFfyUp_zI/AAAAAAAAFL0/eT1wnHyTR7w/s800/MSPaint_pasted_screenshot.jpg

- Click on the Rectangular select tool:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-x85MaUd2Ufc/T7FFgTvr0ZI/AAAAAAAAFME/6p9q6VZxEA8/s203/MSPaint_selecttool.jpg

- click in the top left corner of the image you want to crop and hold it.
- drag it to the bottom right corner to select a crop area and release mouse button.
- you should see a dashed line around the area you want to crop

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-15w2jCQupHA/T7FFgOnBQxI/AAAAAAAAFL4/bYe7jgN0cnc/s640/MSPaint_selectaround.jpg

- press CTRL + C to copy
- press CTRL + E for the attributes menu, for width, enter 2, for height, enter 2, then press Ok

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DOP3HZK6Xvw/T7FFgOShBaI/AAAAAAAAFL8/tbVMK-z-GQQ/s357/MSPaint_attributesmenu.jpg

- CTRL + V to Paste

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n5FoK-jdLLg/T7FFfLvrkGI/AAAAAAAAFLQ/SpBtKcM09NM/s640/MSPAINt_afterattributes.jpg

- Now Save :) (File > Save As...)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AoQ2naYm0FA/T7FFfRew2dI/AAAAAAAAFLU/fJoxF6MTHFQ/s264/MSPAINT_SaveAS.jpg

- pick a folder and enter a filename with and choose an extention of jpg or png

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kjNQBxU-Q34/T7FFfGMzW7I/AAAAAAAAFLM/klMBBnuqOy4/s563/MSPAINT_SaveAS_namefolder.jpg

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Saving the Screenshot (MS Paint, Windows 7):
- After taking the screenshot.
- Open MS Paint in WIn 7.
- Paste the screenshot using CTRL + V or Paste button.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bfLV9az7LTo/T7FQjkTz65I/AAAAAAAAFM8/fvlN-pW9SPU/s110/Win7_MSPaint_paste.jpg

If you can see the whole area you want to crop, skip this zoom part.
- See how you cannot see the whole image?

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Wxy_sQRydJ4/T7FQi_p4T4I/AAAAAAAAFMs/n77L6NdDaGg/s800/Win7_MSPaint_cantseewholeimage.jpg

- you neet to select the magnifying tool

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DPvaVEF27OI/T7FQkMejv9I/AAAAAAAAFNY/HarGyVyoNAQ/s98/Win7_MSPaint_toolbox.jpg

- then press the right mouse button to zoom out until the area you want to crop is all in view.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aObcG7KIuTk/T7FQik3jDCI/AAAAAAAAFMk/veEUOUxgBpg/s587/Win7_MSPaint_Img%2520is%2520all%2520inview.jpg

- Now select the "select" tool (the dashed rectangle)

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cHTWV9DSpp0/T7FQjhGUBVI/AAAAAAAAFM0/_xhHnM_mabk/s130/Win7_MSPaint_imagetoolbox_select.jpg

- click & drag from one corner to the opposite corner to select the area you want to crop.
- should now be a dotted line around the area.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VAdyISYChZ0/T7FQkOKvlxI/AAAAAAAAFNM/MDV36Ze120g/s416/Win7_MSPaint_selectarea.jpg

- now click on the "crop" menu option.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-87dwNBuhY-4/T7FQjOe4wbI/AAAAAAAAFMw/cqqzOlECxEQ/s130/Win7_MSPaint_imagetoolbox_crop.jpg

- should now look like this with just the area you want in view.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8_m3x0v_ntM/T7FQivGhcTI/AAAAAAAAFMg/IAZmPoBBAWg/s382/Win7_MSPaint_cropped.jpg

- click on the menu icon on the top left and select save as

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hFS1xBLv8Y4/T7FQj6sONTI/AAAAAAAAFNA/k9GPEdYaEbg/s518/Win7_MSPaint_saveas.jpg

- now just save in the folder you want and filename you want.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yy7rxfidVlE/T7FQkbA4svI/AAAAAAAAFNk/3IwMcQfNjDc/s625/win7_mspaint_saveas8948.jpg

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Now for the uploads...
you will need a Gmail/Google account for Picasa; a Yahoo account for Flickr and a Photobucket account for, well, Photobucket :p.

Note I will refer to Photobucket as PB.

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Using Picasa (http://forums.teamlava.com/showthread.php?28587-Using-Picasa-as-Upload-Service&p=307285#post307285) <---- click for Picasa tutorial

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Using Flickr:
(In Progress...)

Flickr - Uploading:



Flickr - Getting the image:



Posting:
(this part is also essentially the same after you have the URL copied.)

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Using Photobucket (PB):
(In Progress...)

Photobucket (PB) - Uploading:



Photobucket (PB) - Getting the image:



Posting:
(this part is also essentially the same after you have the URL copied.)

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Using Polyvore (just in case :p ):
I will refer you to BP's tutorial (http://forums.teamlava.com/showthread.php?p=305313#post305313) for the time being :)

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kattybell
05-14-12, 11:04 AM
Very nice!

pinkster73
05-14-12, 12:10 PM
Great job!

Ha ha the "theft" issue popped into my head :p

sehana
05-14-12, 12:40 PM
kattybell - Thank you. :)

Pinkster73 - Thanks :) LOL! Yeah, :p

I'm wondering though, if I should just include everything in this thread or make separate threads for the different uploads??