how do u take pictures of items?? - Guild Wars Forums

ivan90sp · Aug 10, 2006, 04:31 PM // 16:31

hello everyone.... i have been trying to take pictures of my items but instead it clears everything and only takes picture of where i am and nothing else

cant i take a picture of the items i have so i can price check them?

plz tell me how someone

milias · Aug 10, 2006, 04:37 PM // 16:37

You absolutely can!

You can hit the Print Screen key while you mouse-over the item, so that the item stats are displayed. This will put a screenshot in the clipboard, and also save a bitmap image to your Guild Wars/Screen Shots directory.

You can then use Paintbrush or something to edit/crop the image and save it as a JPEG or something.

ivan90sp · Aug 10, 2006, 05:21 PM // 17:21

it wont show the items when i hit the print screen key when my mouse is over the item... kinda odd

maybe it will show it in the clipboard? where can i find the clipboard on my pc?? i have no idea

Dr Strangelove · Aug 10, 2006, 05:33 PM // 17:33

Hitting "printscreen" while you have the item's information shown will take a picture of your screen. Go to your Guild Wars folder and find the "Screens" folder within it. It will have all the screenshots you've taken in it. Open your screen of choice up in MS paint and use the cropping tool to isolate the item's information.

Make sure you aren't hitting shift + printscreen when you take screenshots, as that will clear your HUD, just printscreen will do. Also, when you take the screenshot, it should give the a message something like "screenshot saved as C:/Program Files/Guild Wars/Screens/screen1.bmp

ivan90sp · Aug 10, 2006, 06:40 PM // 18:40

ok i tried that but still it takes the picture and shows it in the screen folder...but all the stuff like the skills and party info.
is missing

nope i checked and not holding shift... but i checked in the screens and i do have one that has all the stuff but i have no idea how i got it to show it....do i have to activate or de-activate something?

milias · Aug 10, 2006, 08:54 PM // 20:54

Hmm, that could be a bug, then. Or maybe some kind of incompatibility with your graphics card.

Chief · Aug 10, 2006, 09:01 PM // 21:01

Print Screen will present different results depending on the keys used.

Print Screen
Alt-Print Screen
Shift-Print Screen
Ctrl-Print Screen

Each of these will produce a different image.

ivan90sp · Aug 10, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46

yay!

thank you thats what i needed

it works for me with the ctrl+print now

Aug 10, 2006, 04:31 PM // 16:31	#1
ivan90sp Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2006 Profession: W/Mo	how do u take pictures of items?? hello everyone.... i have been trying to take pictures of my items but instead it clears everything and only takes picture of where i am and nothing else cant i take a picture of the items i have so i can price check them? plz tell me how someone

Aug 10, 2006, 04:37 PM // 16:37	#2
milias Grotto Attendant Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Defected back to America Profession: Me/E	You absolutely can! You can hit the Print Screen key while you mouse-over the item, so that the item stats are displayed. This will put a screenshot in the clipboard, and also save a bitmap image to your Guild Wars/Screen Shots directory. You can then use Paintbrush or something to edit/crop the image and save it as a JPEG or something.

Aug 10, 2006, 05:21 PM // 17:21	#3
ivan90sp Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2006 Profession: W/Mo	it wont show the items when i hit the print screen key when my mouse is over the item... kinda odd maybe it will show it in the clipboard? where can i find the clipboard on my pc?? i have no idea

Aug 10, 2006, 05:33 PM // 17:33	#4
Dr Strangelove Furnace Stoker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wasting away again in Margaritaville Guild: [HOTR]	Hitting "printscreen" while you have the item's information shown will take a picture of your screen. Go to your Guild Wars folder and find the "Screens" folder within it. It will have all the screenshots you've taken in it. Open your screen of choice up in MS paint and use the cropping tool to isolate the item's information. Make sure you aren't hitting shift + printscreen when you take screenshots, as that will clear your HUD, just printscreen will do. Also, when you take the screenshot, it should give the a message something like "screenshot saved as C:/Program Files/Guild Wars/Screens/screen1.bmp

Aug 10, 2006, 06:40 PM // 18:40	#5
ivan90sp Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2006 Profession: W/Mo	ok i tried that but still it takes the picture and shows it in the screen folder...but all the stuff like the skills and party info. is missing nope i checked and not holding shift... but i checked in the screens and i do have one that has all the stuff but i have no idea how i got it to show it....do i have to activate or de-activate something?

Aug 10, 2006, 08:54 PM // 20:54	#6
milias Grotto Attendant Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Defected back to America Profession: Me/E	Hmm, that could be a bug, then. Or maybe some kind of incompatibility with your graphics card.

Aug 10, 2006, 09:01 PM // 21:01	#7
Chief Site Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005	Print Screen will present different results depending on the keys used. Print Screen Alt-Print Screen Shift-Print Screen Ctrl-Print Screen Each of these will produce a different image.

Aug 10, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46	#8
ivan90sp Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2006 Profession: W/Mo	yay! thank you thats what i needed it works for me with the ctrl+print now