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Aditia -> Tip for the readability of AARs (8/11/2016 7:57:00 PM)

I really enjoy reading AARs, but 1 thing makes them less readable, and that is super wide screenshots.

Having to scroll sideways really isn't a reader's delight [:-]

Using snipping tool (or equivalent) to make your screenies, as to not show pointless part of the map, really helps with this.

Edit: Snipping Tool comes standard with windows and is stupidly easy to use.

Write on! [&o][&o][&o]



jwolf -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/11/2016 8:24:23 PM)

The effect could be mitigated by putting line breaks in the text so that only the pic is super wide. But I haven't seen anyone do that. I agree it's an irritating problem, though some AARs are just so great that we readers will put up with just about anything to read them! [:'(]



sillyflower -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 8:49:40 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Aditia



Using snipping tool (or equivalent) to make your screenies,



I have no idea how to do this



Aditia -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 9:07:02 AM)


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ORIGINAL: sillyflower


quote:

ORIGINAL: Aditia



Using snipping tool (or equivalent) to make your screenies,



I have no idea how to do this


What operating system are you using?



BrianG -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 12:38:17 PM)

I am a wide screen poster.

Sorry.

I would shrink to size if I could do it in 2 or 3 seconds.

Alas I only have so much time to fiddle.[;)]



BrianG -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 12:43:50 PM)

actually, someone or Microsoft should invent a side ways scroll on the mouse besides the up and down .
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Aditia -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 1:00:53 PM)


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ORIGINAL: BrianG

I am a wide screen poster.

Sorry.

I would shrink to size if I could do it in 2 or 3 seconds.

Alas I only have so much time to fiddle.[;)]


Snipping Tool let's you do just that, which is why I recommend it.
I use it in work quite a lot. I have a screenshot made and pasted into a business email in a couple seconds, as opposed to the old way of having to open a graphical program like Paint to work the screenshot just taken with the Print Screen button.



zakblood -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 1:02:44 PM)

i'm just glad and happy to read and see others enjoying what they play, so thanks to all for making them[&o]



timmyab -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 1:34:42 PM)

I've tried resizing pics in the past but for some reason I don't understand they are still huge when posted into the aar. It actually made things worse because they were then grainy and huge.



sanderz -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 1:42:32 PM)


lots of ways to do it but i use irfanview (its free), http://www.irfanview.com/


press the windows print screen button to get a screenshot
open irfanview
ctrl-V to paste in your screenshot
drag a box around the bit you want to keep
then go to "edit" and "cut area outside of selection"
save as .jpg



EwaldvonKleist -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 2:21:58 PM)

Maybe I am alone with that view but i prefer to have the full picture because it contains all the Information-trucks, APs, weather and what is happening somewhere else.
Scrolling to the side with the arrow keys or zooming in/out with the mouse wheel/Ctrl is easy and does not bother me.
Best way of course is what MichaelT is doing: Make one big picture of the entire frontline out of the many screen.



Stelteck -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 2:35:59 PM)

AAR also can take a lot of time so there is always a tradeof to do between time and readability&organisation display.



Aditia -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 3:28:15 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Stelteck

AAR also can take a lot of time so there is always a tradeof to do between time and readability&organisation display.


I'll stop going on about it after this, but if you have windows, please give snipping tool a try. It makes for faster posting and better readability. No trade off involved... Just make your screeny and hit the save button.



Stelteck -> RE: Tip for the readability of AARs (8/12/2016 3:53:50 PM)

Thanks for the tool, definitely worth a try.



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