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These instructions explain how to create a '''screenshot''' to save or post on a wiki, forum, or elsewhere. | These instructions explain how to create a '''screenshot''' to save or post on a wiki, forum, or elsewhere. | ||
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+ | For the Dwarf Fortress wiki, all images on public pages should meet several criteria, as stated by this wiki's [[rules]]: | ||
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+ | :# Please use one of the two '''standard''' graphics displays (either the [[Character table|ASCII]] or the included tileset), ''and'' the '''default [[color scheme]]''', '''not''' a [[Tileset repository|custom graphics tileset]] or creative personal color scheme that players may not recognize. For User pages, bloodline games or other "personal" use, use what works for you, no problemo. | ||
+ | :# All images should be in '''.png''' format (rather than .jpg or .bmp). (Conversion is explained below.) Any images ''not'' in .png format are subject to deletion. | ||
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# Press {{k|Ctrl}}+{{k|v}} to paste the saved screenshot into paint. | # Press {{k|Ctrl}}+{{k|v}} to paste the saved screenshot into paint. | ||
#* You now have a bitmap of the screenshot. You can edit this as with any bitmap in paint. (Handy for circling key areas, adding arrows, blacking out personal/private info, cropping, whatever.) | #* You now have a bitmap of the screenshot. You can edit this as with any bitmap in paint. (Handy for circling key areas, adding arrows, blacking out personal/private info, cropping, whatever.) | ||
− | # Under <File>, select <Save As...>, and save your image as a .PNG | + | # Under <File>, select <Save As...>, and save your image as a .PNG file. (The wiki [[rules]] specify PNG rather than another format like JPEG.) |
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=== MacOS === | === MacOS === | ||
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=== Upload to a new File: page === | === Upload to a new File: page === | ||
First, your image needs to be uploaded to a simple wiki page that exists solely to contain your image. | First, your image needs to be uploaded to a simple wiki page that exists solely to contain your image. | ||
− | # Give the file on your PC a ''unique and meaningful name'' (as per the [[rules | + | # Give the file on your PC a ''unique and meaningful name'' (as per the [[rules]]). "7dwarves", "my fort" or "screenshot" probably aren't good choices! |
# In the lower left sidebar of any wiki page, in the lower section marked "toolbox", click '''[[Special:Upload|Upload file]]'''. | # In the lower left sidebar of any wiki page, in the lower section marked "toolbox", click '''[[Special:Upload|Upload file]]'''. | ||
# On the file upload page, use the '''Choose file''' button to select your file. | # On the file upload page, use the '''Choose file''' button to select your file. | ||
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* '''thumb'''nailed to a smaller size (click to enlarge) | * '''thumb'''nailed to a smaller size (click to enlarge) | ||
* Aligned '''right''' | * Aligned '''right''' | ||
− | * Sized to '''200''' pixels max width | + | * Sized to '''200''' pixels max ''(width or height, which hits that limit first)'' |
* & labeled with that exact text below it, including formatting and line breaks | * & labeled with that exact text below it, including formatting and line breaks | ||