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Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 12:23
by SirArtturi
Yes, spring screenshot output... why? I see no point unless they are took for loadscreens or sumthing...
How can I change the output?
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 12:26
by manolo_
SirArtturi wrote:Yes, spring screenshot output... why? I see no point unless they are took for loadscreens or sumthing...
How can I change the output?
didnt u have to use /jpg or /png in the keysettings for that?
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 12:35
by Beherith
You can take jpg screenshots with "/screenshot jpg"
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 12:57
by SirArtturi
You are saying that I could keybind it to take jpgs?
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 13:24
by Beherith
append
to the end of your uikeys.txt file
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 14:09
by BrainDamage
it used to be default jpg, it got changed to png because tons of people were using the jpg screenshots to report about graphic glitches, and the jpg artifacts were making pretty hard to spot them
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 15:27
by hunterw
yeah the dfault spring screeny was like compression 70 .jpg
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 20:59
by SwiftSpear
Because png is lossless.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 23:01
by zwzsg
SirArtturi wrote:Screenshots - Why .png?
Because it is the best image format.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 25 Apr 2010, 23:36
by SirArtturi
zwzsg wrote:SirArtturi wrote:Screenshots - Why .png?
Because it is the best image format.
For certain purposes yes... That wasn't the point however...
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 26 Apr 2010, 03:44
by lurker
Do you want your UI to be garbled in screenshots? There's good reason to not default to jpg.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 26 Apr 2010, 22:31
by Sausage
zwzsg wrote:Because it is the best image format.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 08:21
by Jazcash
Sausage wrote:zwzsg wrote:Because it is the best image format.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 11:39
by Forboding Angel
Jazcash wrote:Sausage wrote:zwzsg wrote:Because it is the best image format.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 12:28
by Google_Frog
Forboding Angel wrote:..
Ironically if you want to continue with this stupidity you will have to use some kind of image format.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 18:06
by Forboding Angel
PNG is the best image format for general use if you want lossless quality.
SirArtturi wrote:Yes, spring screenshot output... why?
Sausage wrote:zwzsg wrote:Because it is the best image format.
Google_Frog wrote:Forboding Angel wrote:..
Ironically if you want to continue with this stupidity you will have to use some kind of image format.
What's your deal?
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 18:10
by AF
Please desist from posting in this thread. Here is a demonstration of the absurdity further posting will cause:
I'm back now, have there been any recent advances?
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 18:15
by CarRepairer
Forboding Angel wrote:Google_Frog wrote:Forboding Angel wrote:..
Ironically if you want to continue with this stupidity you will have to use some kind of image format.
What's your deal?
Googlefrog is referring to the fact that you reached the limit of quote nesting (3) and anyone who would want to further quote the quotes would have to fake it by using a screenshot of the nested quotes. Screenshot.. get it?
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 22:01
by TradeMark
i prefer PNG because you probably edit the images afterwards, and you dont want to double or triple compress it... (some sites may re-compress your images if you upload them). PNG is best for storing them, i always have PNG copy of any image i make, so i can edit it infinite amount of times.
Re: Screenshots - Why .png?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 22:37
by Sausage
I love png because it is the default editing format for fireworks <3 and it also keeps the transparency of images rather than ruining them by turning them into squares with fugly white backgrounds. It always has the best quality and can be imported into pretty much everything with no problems.